Nothing is sweeter than to get back home,
howsoever humble it might be. What a great sensation to touch the mother earth in
the mother country! Such feelings come only to those who really behave to justify the
immortal proverb that "mother and motherland are greater than heaven." Those who
treat them like a whore do not get that kind of feeling. And there is no dearth of such
people in our country. Unless we cleanse our beloved country of such people who are
influencing its destiny, our poor country cannot move forward and our poor people will
never see better days. And only people who wield authority can do that. And in the present
circumstances, it is the King who only can do that and, that is why, we have all the time
been exhorting him to use his authority to root out political corruption and quislingism.
As a matter of fact no one need hesitate to act purely in the interest of the country and
its people. No amount of criticism, howsoever adverse, should influence a determined man
to keep on his avowed course of action. An elephant does not pay any attention to the
barkings of stray dogs.
In this note we had thought to share our
experiences of our sojourn abroad with our good readers. But the report we got right at
the airport on our arrival about the possibility of expansion of Surya Bahadur Thapa
cabinet made us change our mind. It seemed that this issue was more important and
not only demand our prompt attention but impelled us to advise King Gyanendra to give
second thoughts to prolong the life of the Thapa government. Surya Bahadur Thapa has not
only committed Lese Majesty by totally disregarding the Royal mandate of embracing
majority political parties in his government but completely failed to bring the Maoists to
the negotiating table neither to tame them down. On the countrary the image of the country
is badly soiled on account of human rights abuses by the government. Nor has he been
successful to convince our good and friendly neighbor in the South that we do need their
genuine sincerity and cooperation and not rhetorics and hypocrisy as has been proved by
the recent police rejoinder to the Indian ambassador's statements. Even our traditional
good friends like the United Kingdom and the United States are not being properly briefed
by the government for them to put enough pressure on India to lend unstinted cooperation
to HMG to tackle the Maoists imbroglio, since all the three are behaving as equal
partners in their endeavors to resolve the issue. Even after seven months in office
neither the security situation in the country has improved at all. As such, why should
Surya Bahadur Thapa be so indispensable? King Gyanendra's foremost concern is to restore
peace, normalcy and the democratic process. The spirit of Article 127 of the constitution
under which the Lokendra Bahadur Chand and the Surya Bahadur Thapa governments have been
formed does not stipulate a long term nominated government. As such, general elections in
the country have become imperative. If necessary preparations are made elections can be
held even in present circumstances. Only those who are in the chairs of authority do not
want the elections. Unnecessary delay in the holding of elections will not be conducive to
preserve the democratic image of the nation and might also contribute to erode the image
of the monarchy. No force loyal to the country and the crown would ever advise delaying
the elections. Since our experience would not trust any of the tried and found corrupt
politicians to conduct the elections, we have been recommending a caretaker government of
patriotic and honest Nepalis to do the job. And King Gyanendra can appoint such a
government. And we will not tire exhorting King Gyanendra to take prompt and necessary
steps for democracy to function and save the country from further chaos. As far our
experiences in our sojourn are concerned, we would humbly ask our readers to bear with us.
We will definitely comply to their wishes, trusting that it will make quite interesting
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