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Kathmandu Tuesday January 02, 2001 Paush 18, 2057.
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Hollow talks
The day after the Deuba camp filed no-trust
motion against Girija Prasad Koirala, it was reported that some district committees of
Nepali Congress (NC) claimed that there was no alternative to Mr Koirala "at the
present scenario." This statement sums up the nature of NC party. We have been
constantly hearing from its leaders that there is no alternative to the Congress party
when it comes to protecting democracy. Looks like the Congress party is yet to understand
the definition of democracy: the role and will of people.
From what happened in 2046 BS, Mr Koirala and
his party cadres should understand that an individual or a party simply does not matter if
people really speak up as a combined force. The Congress party has been responsible for
bringing down every government since the restoration of democracy in 1990. Mr Koirala
became Prime Minister ten months ago, promising to restore law and order, fight corruption
and provide good governance. His achievements after ten months ? Hollow talks and zero
results. As a person who has held power for seven of the last ten years, he should be held
accountable for current miseries of Nepal. After all, he has twice headed majority
governments, and this time, as party president, he himself nominated 85 percent of the
Congress central committee members.
Responsibility and accountability are some of
the fundamental qualities of good leadership and our netas, especially those in the ruling
party, seem to be oblivious to them. Democracy can work well only if the nation-state is
strong. If Nepal continues to drift in this seemingly stateless manner, then our future is
bleak.
Bichar Nepali
Kathmandu |
