UNFORTUNATE REMARKS

The Himalayan Times

25 July 2013

Unfortunate remarks

It was very unfortunate to read the news report “Send Gyanendra to jail, growls BRB” (THT, 24 July, Page 1). Dr. Baburam Bhattarai’s remarks over the former King’s current visit to flood devastated areas in the western part of Nepal have hurt his well wishers. It really did not suit the level of his intellect and seemed a cheap political statement. His statement has decreased his political height. He has been badly criticized by his fellow party members and election commission members. There was nothing to do with former king’s involvement in distributing relief materials to the flood victims. After all he is simply an ordinary Nepali citizen. Why BRB had to worry about?

Can’t we be more civilized in this 21^st century while expressing our thoughts and concerns? Who had barred BRB from putting former King in jail while he was the Prime Minister? What instigated him to call some selected journalists to his residence and “growl”? What inspired him to lose his own political height by uttering such cheap political remarks? What was the motive behind this remark? Why does not he mind his own business and let the other people do their humanitarian works?

I am simply a conscious citizen and one of the voters who, like others, is closely watching the irresponsible political acts of so called major political parties. Time has come for the so called senior leaders of major political parties to realize their past mistakes and act responsibly and sensibly to resolve the current political impasse and take the nation out of the present political and constitutional crisis.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj, Kathmandu