Nepal, March 15 -- Amid the campaign of the March elections, anyone could sense the wind blowing in favour of the three-year-old Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) with its bell (Ghanti) election symbol and the name of Balen Shah, the former Mayor of Kathmandu. Yet the tsunami-type results were unexpected. It's almost two-thirds majority in the 275-member parliament, along with the low presence of opposition parties, has made people curious about how the new party propelled by the strong wave would meet the expectations of the general public.

One of the consequences of electoral upheaval has been the end of the domination of old political parties in Nepali politics. The role of Nepali Congress (NC) in transforming Nepal from autocracy to lib...