Editorial | Is RSP becoming the centralised party it once decried?

Key Points

• The Rastriya Swatantra Party's new statute grants the party chair significant control over the parliamentary party leader, including removing them for not following directives.
• The statute allows the party chair to nominate nearly one-third of the Central Committee, creating a loyalist bloc.
• This centralization risks undermining the balance between the party chair and the prime minister established in a previous pact.
• The party risks losing its moral standing and becoming like the old autocratic parties it aimed to replace if it continues consolidating power in the chair.
• Devolution of power and clear separation between party management and state governance is urged for good governance.