_____ I have already outlined the practical reasons behind not supporting federalism. Your points are based on ideal scenario which is not the case in Nepal. If everything was ideal then we would not even need to be considering federalism at this point. Even the concept of democracy was ideal when we 'got' democracy, but sadly due to less than ideal scenario of Nepali politics, democracy has not be able to yield much positive impact in the country. Now, politicians are trying to say 'federalism' will solve the problems just like they did decade ago. After a decade of 'democracy' the general population of Nepal have realized that mostly politicians have been impacted positively, and the rest of the people are poorer and less well off than before. Now, these same politicians are saying 'federalism' will solve the problems, and people really believe that it will solve anything, instead of creating more problems? The following post by Shiva Prakash is noteworthy in questioning Federalism.