Ballot and bullet both!

Nepalese politics is becoming more and more strenuous to comprehend. The already bribable and conspiratorial politics of the nation is being provided almost everyday with new calamitous twists and turn by none less than the men themselves who count much in today’s political milieu. Contribution to this confusion undoubtedly comes from the major political parties alone more so from the ruling Nepali congress that at the moment is busy in a fight to finish game. Undoubtedly, the main opposition must shoulder a sizeable chunk of the share for the prevailing sorry state of affairs of the nation as the party’s fresh performance at the parliament was more than shameful. The lay men were simply the silent spectators of the high powered drama staged by the prominent political parties. In essence the people have no other option left other than to watch the national play dominated by national actors. In the process, however, the common masses remain dumb-founded and dare to question the credibility and the very legitimacy of the system run by such whimsical leaders what we possess today. Adding more confusion to the already confused Nepali society has become a regular feature of the national leaders. A very bad name is being given to one of the world’s best system of governance that is democracy.

One such amazing and spine chilling admission has come from a powerful leader of the main opposition-UML. Madhav Kumar Nepal’s fresh admission regarding the Maoists’ issue should have surprised many brains in the country when he summarily told a seminar ostensibly conducted by his own party in Nepalganj that "Maoists" must accept the UML party as a friendly organization" and hence the killing of the UML activists by the insurgents have got to be immediately stopped. Although Madhav’s statement has met with severe criticisms in his own party and the party apparently remains divided over the peculiar statement of the opposition leader. In essence, this alarming revelation could be interpreted in so many ways. Firstly, if Madhav Nepal has dared to reveal this fact then he perhaps means that there is basically minimum difference in between the two different communist establishments. One is with the ballot and the other has acquired the bullets. Secondly, opposition leader’s saying could be twisted to mean that why the insurgents were killing their own "brethren" from the same stock and that the guns should thus now be directed towards the activists of some other parties who were hostile to the insurgency-the People’s war. Thirdly, question now could also be asked as to what Madhav Nepal means when he claims that the Maoists and the UML were friendly parties? Fourthly, and perhaps more importantly is the fact that Madhav Nepal has pronounced this "new theory" regarding his party’s proximity with the Maoists at a time when the congress infighting is at an all time peak and the insurgents have stepped up their declared "fierce resistance" vis-à-vis government law and order machinery that have caused several precious lives in the country in the recent days. Last but not the least, Madhav’s "meaning loaded statement" has also appeared at a time when the insurgents have point blank told the government that they would not attend the talks sine die unless the establishment heeded to their minimum demands prior to the talks.

The nation must ponder over the fresh theory enunciated by the opposition leader. Notably, Madhav’s queer admission has also coincided with Bamdev’s fresh advocacy of adopting a new multi-party system that empowers the constitutional monarch with some "powers". Bamdev maintains that since the system now in vogue could not deliver goods to the people and hence warranted some changes in the constitution, which facilitates the king to some extent, to "select" the country’s Prime Minister. Predictably Gautam’s new ideas met with severe criticisms well inside his own party which once more prompted the fire brand communist leader to modify his former assertion with a new one. Bamdev’s corrected version now states that "the nation needed one more revolution urgently that brings a new system and that the final destination is undoubtedly the republicanism". He however, asserts that since time was not ripe for republicanism, contentment could be attained through a change in the present system that is pro-people.

Predictably, Nepal’s conspiratorial politics is all set in adding more conspiracy to the existing politics. However, it would take some time to watch as to how the concentration of conspiracy is increased and who will take the lead?

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