06
Mar
Kathmandu (Rajeev Sharma): In a political transformation described by locals as a "pairo" or landslide, the Rashtra Swatantra Party (RSP) has achieved an astounding supermajority in Nepal’s 275-member legislature. Making its electoral debut only in 2022 with a modest 21 seats, the RSP has defied all conventional projections to secure nearly 200 seats in the 2026 general elections. This massive mandate, crossing the two-thirds threshold, marks the first time since 2008 that a single political force has so thoroughly dominated the House, effectively ending the long-standing hegemony of the traditional "old guard" parties. The catalyst for this seismic shift appears…