Politiking gets heated

Phuentsholing, September 12: As the political dish-dashing gets heated, the only two parties in the country have begun their campaign for votes, at least in sub-urban areas. Panickingly, those who once ruled out the possibility of party politics, have now beg votes with people.

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of the king’s uncle Sangey Ngedup addressed a gathering of 250 people in Punakha, the place where he grew up. And his political address began with love affairs between young girls and boys.

“We do not want to be like a young man promising a girl land and property at night and forgetting about it the next morning,” a sex-oriented statement he made in a country which puts strict restriction on open sex, doing or talking. And then he pondered his was not just promises, the cliché that most politicians use ahead of the polls.

Tandin Wangchuk, a candidate from Ngedup’s party, exaggerated the qualities that his fellowmen have to serve the people, even to the extent to say “There is no person other than Ngedup who understands people’s needs.”

While Ngedup said, his party not just give promised, Wangchuk promised to construct a guest-house in Kamichu.

Other one, Sephu-Nisho candidate Rinzin Namgyal continued to glorify what Ngedup did as minister.

Down in Phuentsholing Druk Phuensum Tshokpa (DPT) organized a familiarization program on September 9.  Yeshey Zimba and Khandu Wangchuk introduced their party’s’ candidate for Phuentsholing, Chencho Tshering. Some 80 individuals had gathered.

Interestingly, Nepali was the medium used by the members in the familiarization program.

Zimba outlined the party’s manifesto that emphasized growth of the private sector, promoting the single window facility for all business procedures, liberalizing licensing, giving a special boost to the IT sector, attracting foreign district investment, tax incentives in selected areas, and special economic zones along the border towns. Bhutan News Service