An appeal to Comrade Prachanda and Government

By this time what has become pretty clear is that neither of the two warring rivals could win a war against the other. The Maoists have time and again demonstrated that they should not be concluded as a spent force by attacking the security posts in a much more forceful way as would not have been imagined even by the men handling the Singh Durbar. This they have done as and when the government has reiterated that the other camp stood demoralized and weakened entity. However, the fact is that the Maoists continue to be a force to be reckoned with even as of today. Nevertheless, the manner the other camp is exceeding its own stipulated and declared limits does speak volumes of their ongoing intra-contradictions at practically all the levels of the insurgency. Or else the lower rank and files of the insurgency should have complied with Comrade Prachanda’s declaration that henceforth the insurgency would not come heavily down against the development and basic infrastructures of the country and that they would not target the leaders of various political parties. The fact is that Prachanda’s declaration, let’s hope that he meant to what he said, have not been honored either by design or by default. If the insurgency were free from inner-contradictions, one would have hoped and concluded as well that the insurgency remained still a compact and solid entity. But it is not perhaps which gets reflected from the people-owned properties being devastated so mercilessly that forces one to consider that the fight is not going on in between two Nepalese—the sons of the same soil, but instead two declared enemies were facing each other and determined to fight to finish.

The fact is that whichever side wins the fight, he would win it at the cost of the loss of his own brethren, the son of the same mother which gave birth to the two.

Nevertheless, indications that are leaking in from various quarters suggest that the Maoists, the sons of mother Nepal, too have been providing second thought to their ongoing rivalry with the old regime in that they now consider that it was a war neither side could come out with flying colors. If it is so mean that the insurgency also prefers to go in for talks with the establishment. It is now up to the establishment to honor their subtle desire, if it were so, and prepare a sort of conducive atmosphere for the talks so that the nation takes a sigh of relief.

We have had enough violence. We have had enough killings. We have had enough terror. We have had massive destruction of the national property. We have talked enough on having talks. We have had enough round of talks. What we have not in enough is the seriousness and honesty and eagerness for arriving at an amicable solution so that we the Nepalese, unfortunately thrown in two different camps, could embrace each other and vow to build a new Nepal wherein peace is not a rare commodity which it has become as of today.

We appeal Comrade Prachanda and his colleagues to think on these lines and assure his own brethren that they were ready for talks so that peace prevails in the country. Similarly, it is incumbent on the ruling regime to honor people’s sentiments and exploit the opportunity that appears to have been knocking at the door. Let’s hope that both understand the underlying message contained in these paragraphs.

We don’t know how the Maoist Supremo takes our humble suggestions. It is up to him to reject it or accept it. However, what is for sure is that one fine morning he will have to listen to the voices of the people on whom he as a staunch Communist too counts and must count. Comrade Prachanda perhaps is well aware with the dictum that "Vox Populi, Vox Dei" whose literal meaning is that the "voice of the people is the voice of God-the Almighty.

The same equally and unequivocally applies to the men handling the present establishment.

This is all about the fervent appeal. A word to the wise should be enough.

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