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BP’s Ideals
THE nation celebrated the 88th birth
anniversary of visionary leader late BP Koirala the other day in which leaders and workers
of the ruling Nepali Congress vowed to translate BP’s ideals into practice. BP
Koirala is the founder leader of the Nepali Congress and trailblazer of the democratic
movement in Nepal. It was during BP’s leadership, Nepali Congress launched the mass
movement that successfully overthrew century-old Rana oligarchy and established democracy
in the country. After the royal coup that crushed democracy, BP consistently fought and
led the movement for democracy and human rights for years. BP was always a source of
inspiration for all democratic people in Nepal. He is widely acclaimed as a visionary
leader and his ideas and ideals are still relevant today. Democratic socialism is
BP’s ideal. Democracy guarantees political freedom to the people. But without
economic prosperity people may not always be able to enjoy the freedom and democratic
rights. The global experience has shown that socialism in the absence of civil and
political rights and individual freedom has proved to be a failure. Thus, democratic
socialism is the ideal for the sustainable economic and democratic development. It is
because of his vision and commitment to democracy and human rights that BP has been
regarded as a statesman of international stature . The Nepali Congress has adopted
BP’s democratic socialism as its guiding principles. In Nepal’s context,
democratic socialism alone can lead the nation towards progress and prosperity. Against
this background, various leaders of the Nepali Congress including Prime Minister Sher
Bahadur Deuba, party president Girija Prasad Koirala and former Prime Minister Krishna
Prasad Bhattarai dwelt on BP’s democratic socialism and expressed their commitment to
work for the translation of BP’s ideals into reality. Democratic socialism, which BP
championed, is not only a political theory but also a way of life and culture. BP used to
tell his workers to always think and act from the perspective of the poor people living in
the rural and remote areas. His vision was to create an egalitarian society in which even
the poorest Nepali would be able to enjoy equal rights, freedom and opportunities in the
political, social and economic front. As the country now is suffering from massive poverty
and backwardness, it is necessary to translate BP’s vision and ideals into action in
order to solve national problems and uplift the social and economic condition of the
people.
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