Democracy A Hostage by Three Parties

Nepal at the crossroad of history is forced to see a tumultuous political situation thanks to visionless political leaders of Nepal.  After the constituent assembly election of 10 April 2008^, there was a sense of relief amongst people of the country after suffering the chaotic situation for over 20 years. People suddenly got optimistic about New Nepal but personally I never got convinced that a New Nepal is in making! The reason is very simple for my disbelief ; the people who run the country are the same who used to do so 20 years back. Of course, there has been addition of a new group in the set of old foxes who are literally responsible for the cause of a civil war that claimed more than 15000 lives.

Currently three of the biggest parties of constituent assembly are at the helm of all important matters of the state. Let us analyze the character of these three parties; probably we would be able to comprehend their utility and efficiency in today’s context based on their character

The Maoists have officially changed their name as Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) after they came into mainstream politics. The Maoists announced a ‘People's War’ on February 13, 1996, under the slogan: "Let us march ahead on the path of struggle towards establishing the people's rule by wreaking the reactionary ruling system of state’ following the failure of the then Sher Bahadur Deuba Government to respond to the 40-point memorandum presented by representatives of Maoists. The demands listed in the memorandum were focusing national interests; But Maoists were not taken seriously then by the power hungry wolves of the country. The nation paid heavily because of the so called people’s war. The poor became poorer, infrastructures destroyed, corruption, violence, donation drives all were harbored which is continued till date. The otherwise peaceful Nepal became a mine field. The credit goes to none other than Maoists. There are few positives changes though because of them, Nepal has become a republican state, a constituent assembly Election was held. But are these advantages beneficial for the people? Today people have become circumspect, there are many who think abolition of monarchy cannot be justified, the number of such population is increasing day by day witnessing the bizarre activities of political parties.

Now the million dollar question is, have Maoists succeeded to achieve their pre-defined goal of building a new Nepal? The answer is obviously “NO”, and it is unlikely to happen in near future since I haven’t found any of them with a vision. The bullet culture can yield them power for a while but nation will never be benefitted, others are also mastering the game and a never ending conflict is in the pipeline.

The second largest party is Nepali congress; I must say this is the party which has caused maximum damage to national integrity, Unity, and sovereignty. People of Nepal in spite of incompetency of Nepali congress voted them into power on many occasions but as expected they failed miserably resulting in the present crisis in Nepal. Ideally this party should have vanished from political arena; they do not deserve to be a political party since leaders of all generation of this party has been highly incompetent and corrupt.  NC couldn’t run a 2/3^rd majority government in 2017 BS, the majority government of Girija couldn’t complete it’s tenure , again they got majority and that Government also failed helplessly. Ideally these leaders of NC should retire from political life and hand over it to younger generation. Unfortunately this party is still engaged in the same old game , the players are the same. I do not understand how many times likes Deubas and Poudel want to be humiliated, they do not seem to have shame any more . I simply do not forgive myself for being a NC supporter once upon a time.

Now comes the Third party, UML ,  they have progressed well to climb up the ladder of ethical degrading. They are also now involved in the same bloody dirty game of power Politics. It is hard for me to forget their chameleon character and power hunger antics after UML’s 9 months at the helm, the way likes of Surya Bahadur Thapa and Lokendra Chand were made prime ministers one after another with their support can never be forgotten. They kept enjoying Government privilege though nation kept  plunging into disastrous situation. Who can forget the action of immoral Madhav Nepal who once notoriously went to Royal palace pleading to be made the prime minister? The height of disappointment is that same Madhav and Khanals are leading the party who were part of leadership during those unethical practices, can we expect an ethical move from them now?

I must be very unfortunate to have borne in this era to witness so many dishonest and pimps in politics of my country. The present custodians of country politics cannot be trusted by any means , and it is ironical that these three political parties are still at the centre of making decisions , country will further plunge into crisis. These foxes have taken Democracy as Hostage , that is what I want to say.