Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Elections in Nepal: look at the headline of the Times: "Election Results in Nepal Signal a Political Right Turn"

So the Times speaks of a political right turn. But let us look closely at the results:
The Nepali Congress won 105 of the 240 directly elected seats
The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) came in second with 91 seats
The Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the dominant Communist party, secured 26 seats in the direct election.  Political right turn?