Nepal, May 20 -- There is a National Debate Championship going on in Nepal. The resolution: is Prime Minister Balendra Shah's government is doing a good job or not? Nearly two months after assuming office, supporters think he is off to a flying start, and others that he has an authoritarian streak.

For the sake of this country's stability, this debate needs a rapid resolution. Toxic trolling has polarised the polity and society to the point of paralysis. Healthy debate is impossible.

What does the pro-prime minister team support, and what do his critics oppose:

Affirmative Team: In favour of the resolution.

Nepalis fed up with the last decades of mismanagement, partisanship and corruption voted en masse for the RSP mainly because Bal...