One year has passed since the death of King
Birendra. A large number of people from all strata of the population have paid homage to
the late King and other royal family members killed on the night of June 1, 2001.
King Birendra is history. He was a good and popular King. It is dangerous to be too good,
which was proved by the circumstances of King Birendraís death. In the midst of such
tragedy, Nepal got King Gyanendra on the throne, who is driving the institution of
monarchy very carefully in a situation when the country is being totally ruined by
corrupt and anti-national politicians.With his maturity, experience and decisiveness, King
Gyanendra has injected hope in the people that Nepal will stabilize again. True
respect to King Birendra would now be to strengthen the hands of the new monarch. History
and posterity will naturally assess late King Birendraís merit and demerits.
At this juncture, the purest homage that we can pay to the late King will be
to act honestly, with dedication and patriotically. The country is on the brink of
destruction. Instead of singing eulogies, we should unite to save the country and
uplift the poor people. That would be the biggest tribute to King Birendra. The volumes of
eulogy that have been appearing in all sections of society seem to smack of sycophancy and
hypocrisy. A person who believes in good thoughts and actions need not take recourse to
blunt accolade. It is time for all Nepalis to strengthen the hands of the new King so that
he will be able to solve the gigantic problems the country is facing.
What Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is
doing is not important. The only thing he can do is stand up against Girija Prasad
Koirala and expose him in toto. The civil war that has claimed so many human lives and has
virtually ruined the country economically is the result of the corrupt misgovernance
of Girija Prasad Koirala when he was the prime minister. In the past, Koirala
always joined hands with alien forces to destabilize the country. Maybe Koirala is being
aided and abetted by some invisible forces this time as well. Otherwise, there is no
reason for him to destabilize his party and speak against respected institutions of the
country. |
