Political party with difference

The nation continues to be in a chaotic state. The nation is under tremendous stress. The national politics continues to be in a very bad shape and hence it is susceptible to any possible major change of the highest dimensions. The nation's apolitical security forces continue to be repeatedly humiliated by the political sector caring little about its possible consequences should the former exhibit its total displeasure of the current scheme of things and retort befittingly to which this sector has already hinted in the recent past-more specifically saying on March 27 last month. Fragile politics, fragile security situation is at the moment mixed with an all-time unbelievable, unpredictable, corrupt, chameleon like, deceptive and power-lust politicians on whom the "strengthening and consolidation" of the system apparently rests. What a cruel joke indeed but yet it is a hard fact which the national population of all shades were supposed to endure with for long time to come. God blesses this country.

This is not all. The ruling party is in a total mess. It is badly divided on personality lines. It has more leaders than cadres and each leader gives the impression that he was or he should be considered final in the scheme of internal politics of the party thus confusing the real, if any, congress activists at the grassroots level. The whole political process of the country has been polluted by the ruling party's ad nauseating internal politics which is of hatred, competition, lust for power, humiliating the men in the other competing camp and most disgustingly untrustworthy. The root cause of all the evil that of late has gripped the party is the sheer and unbearable arrogance and haughtiness combined with unnatural stubbornness of its top hats. Their lust for power and position is "globally" known. Their sense of competition with its own party colleagues is second to none. Their internal desire to rule the party and the nation ad infinitum is what has already given a very bad name to the party to which they lead at the moment. Their desire to damage the hard-earned popularity and the prestige of those housed in their own party's paraphernalia who fortunately or unfortunately beg to differ with the formers' style of performance or prefer to keep a distance with its "ideas and innovations" too remains superb in the negative sense.

All said and done, the party if it were a democratic one as it never fails to claim must change its working styles if it were to rule the country or wished to rule the nation for long. The population still reposes faith on this party simply because it has had tremendous contribution in restoring democratic system in the country. Instead of fighting with each other, it should give an impression to the people that they were all united which in effect they were not at the moment. A divided congress should not dream to rule the country. Others equally competent forces were eyeing on the next general elections and that too in a more disciplined and united manner. The message is clear and loud.

May the new year 2059 unite the congressmen.

Minister Gupta's episode

For the first time perhaps in the history of Nepali congress, a Teraian minister when is penalized by the party on grounds of breaking of the party's disciplines, the lawmakers belonging to the entire Terai belt converge and retort to the party's decision and that too in a very forceful manner. Our analysis could be wrong, we hope it is, but then the manner the congress lawmakers from the Terai region have taken the sides of the "aggrieved party" that is minister Gupta forces us to conclude that the whole episode has taken a communal dimension which is not only dangerous but most unfortunate as well. Though the said dimension is not yet pronounced one but yet if it that then it has got to be subsided at the earliest for it is this country that has ever preferred to live in harmony with each other. We are confident that the "discipline" episode is sorted out amicably without disturbing the communal balance and harmony what exists in between us since time immemorial.

The party difference which could have been sorted out well within camera has so notoriously been exposed that gives the impression that some coterie in the congress were hell bent on imposing their dictates on those who differ with the scheme of things of the said coterie. The top hats in the congress must act at the earliest and penalize those who wish to fish in the troubled waters and incite hatred against each other.

The Gupta episode must be handled with care as its repercussions could be very high because it has already become a case wherein the nation's apolitical institution has been dragged unnecessarily by the interested quarters. By penalising minister Gupta , the congress coterie or for that matter the congress top-hats wish apparently to signal the nation's neutral force-the military- that they were not that happy with COAS Rana's March 27 speech made in Shivapuri jungles. Whether the congress likes it or not, the fact is that the people sided with Mr. Rana's comments because he spoke the people's internal concerns. We wish that the congress refrains from making utterances that causes irritation in some quarters. Instead of wasting its energy on such peripheral matters it should rather engage itself in uniting its own badly divided house. The party whose own house is divided is championing the cause of broader democratic alliance. A cruel joke indeed.

A word to minister Gupta also would not be out of context. He too should act in a manner that unites his own party for reasons he should know better.

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