Patch up the differences or else…

Surely it is not the lay men that have added to the confusion to the already confused Nepali politics. Bluntly speaking, it is the UML and the Nepali Congress under the tutelage of its almost dictatorial sorts of leaders like Madhav Nepal and Girija babu who have contributed to the heightening of the confusion of the national politics which fortunately would have taken a new positive turn had these leaders been in favor of the restoration of peace in this beleaguered Kingdom where the word peace has already become a rare commodity.

These two leaders have of late been giving an impression that if peace is restored in their absence will mean and might bring in yet another sort of disaster for the country. If one were to analyse their recent statements would soon conclude that the two top hats of the two diametrically opposed political paraphernalia would wish the prevalence of peace and the initiation of the peace process itself to go their way and failing to do so would mean what they call a "threat to democracy". These two political creatures would wish the country to go their way as they forcefully steered the nation during all along the past thirteen "democratic years". They would wish the country to run on their whims. They would prefer the nation to obey to their political dictates simply because they contributed for the restoration of the present day democratic order. These two arrogant leaders would then wish to establish themselves as monarchs of their political parties so that they could rule the country and their respective political parties as monarchs and treat their activists as their tame subjects.

To cut it short, the two political leaders must realize that it were they who ruined the beauty of the democratic system. They must not forget that what ever ailments the country is plagued with is all their creation and they should not forget that one day, sooner or later, the national population would seek clarifications from them for their past misdeeds and for their foul plays which they played all in the name of strengthening the system. Putting it more bluntly, the two leaders must accept the fact that it were them who pushed Sher Bahadur Deuba to convince the King to use the Article 127. The King might be in search of such a moment when he coulkd use the stick of 127 but then it is these political leaders who made Deuba to enter the Palace and seek yet another one year extension for the conduct of the elections. It was certainly not the King who wished the elections be differed by no leass than a year. It was Deuba, a poor Deuba indeed, who fell into the political trap of these two leaders and finally met the fate, which he apparently had never dreamt of even. And these two leaders did this crime only to replace Deuba by them individually and loot the nation in yet another Dhamoja, Lauda and China South West manner. They have to admit that they are the real political culprits of the nation.

And not very surprisingly, the constitutional monarch did exploit the political differences in and among the political parties that existed that time, to recall. The King got this golden opportunity by default and he too wished to have his say in the national politics mush the same way as the leaders had or wish to retain that political monopoly. In the process, the King apparently exceeded his constitutional limits but then it is these leaders and the political parties who provided the King the needed political leverage. The King easily handled the situation that time because the mass was with him. However, the same might not hold true today. The mass that thronged around the monarch in Biratnagar and Dhangadhi recently could by no means be taken for granted that they all favored the monarch’s direct rule. The people definitely have immense respect and love for their monarch but then yet would wish to see their country being run by their political leaders even if they were stupid ones. This is, fortunately or unfortunately, the boon or even bane of a democratic system.

The kind of situation that has developed in the recent days and the weeks gives an impression that the country might be pushed to yet another political turmoil should the triangular fight or say the confrontation continues for long.

It would be advisable for all the political forces including the monarchy to patch up their differences in the larger interest of the nation. The message should be clear to all.

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