HELLO NEPAL

  Who am I to say whether that was constitutional or unconstitutional move? Sometimes, I get so annoyed with myself after reading and listening news about the political and apolitical related events. That’s what happened to me recently when I was reading news: “Writers, poets, artists, intellectuals and citizens protest against House dissolution” published in The Kathmandu Post. I was so angry with them and banged the table and later on tried to calm down myself saying that’s their wish and rights to do so. Why should I be angry for nothing? It was really difficult for me this time to calm down my restless brain. I continued asking myself should these socially respected individuals (SRI) come out to the streets to protest against PM Oli’s constitutional or unconstitutional move to dissolve the House of Representatives (HoR) when this matter is under review at the Supreme Court.   Should not the organizers of the protest program think twice before asking these SRIs to come ...

  Requesting PM to take another bold political step After the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) by the PM Oli five days ago, we have been hearing different opinions, concerns and suggestions from different individuals, groups, constitutional experts and political analysts. Some of them have opined that PM has taken the right steps for this and that reasons. Some of them suggested that it would be much better if he had taken this and that steps. Most of them had criticized him for taking unconstitutional decision and tried to undermine the existing political structure. Somebody had even claimed that PM did political coup with the support of the President. Everybody is now waiting for the Supreme Court (SC) verdict against more than one dozen writ petitions filed against the HoR dissolution. I am wondering even if the SC’s verdict came against the Oli’s government decision, whether my following concerns and queries will be addressed looking closely at the way th...

  Reasons for abrupt dissolution of House of Representatives I am not surprised to read the news about Narayanman Bijukchhe saying that PM Oli had saved the nation from a big crisis by dissolving the HoR. Bijukchhe is known to be an outspoken person sticking to his political philosophy and principles. However, I am not so sure in what way or reasons Oli saved the nation from disintegration. I expect we will be hearing and knowing about such a bold and strong opinion in the days to come. Personally, I, as a senior citizen and a Non-Badi (either Political Badi or Royalist Badi) person, will agree with Bijukchhe in one sense. That is, Oli has taken a bold political step to dissolve the parliament keeping in mind the never ending harassment from his own party senior leaders who continued challenging him for nothing but power sharing which was completely against the constitution. He has now sought the general public to participate in the upcoming mid-term elections and sincerely vot...

  The next political course: political reconciliation among Loktantrabadi, Rastrabadi and Rajabadi Sudden dissolution of Federal Parliament two days ago was the end result of the Nepal Communist Party’s internal feud which was going on for the last eight/nine months. It was especially between the two factions, one led by PM Oli and the other by Prachand-Nepal faction. This never ending internal political feud was nothing but simply political power sharing tussle between the two chairs which had completely undermined and over-shadowed the burning issues of the country and hardships faced by the general public during the corona pandemic. We have seen and experienced all the political trail and experiments during the last several decades especially since 2062/63 Jan Andolan onwards. The people seem to have now realized that they were deceived by the then seven party alliance and Maoist force asking them to come out to the streets for new political change. Political analysts contin...

  Pro-sugar mill government? Sometimes I use to imagine if I were the Prime Minister or the minister what I would do for the nation and the people and how I would prioritize my jobs. It’s funny daydreaming. But, I am compelled daydreaming these days looking closely at the sluggish and self-centred performance of the government. It has been almost three years people have been experiencing and feeling the pulse of one of the powerful government in our political history. I do not have to exaggerate praising or to be fussy about criticizing the performance of the almost two-thirds majority government. Looking at the on-going sugarcane farmers’ protest in the capital city for their outstanding dues to be collected from the sugar mills for the last four days in this pandemic situation and freezing winter days, I am wondering where and what are the concerned ministers and bureaucrats of the federal government were doing. They had protested in Kathmandu last year also for the same reas...

    Undermining constitutional provisions In Nepal, it is not new and surprising to see the misuse of power by both the ruling and opposition parties while nominating chiefs and heads of constitutional bodies. Most of the constitutional bodies are without their chiefs and head for a number of years owing to unconstitutional political attitude of both the ruling and opposition parties. Unless they agree on division of their shares who should lead the constitutional bodies, the nominations of chiefs, heads or members of these bodies continue to remain vacant. In the past, most of these positions were filled with their hand-picked candidates who became string puppets of the political parties and misused their authority and discredited their highly respected organizations for the benefits and interest of their political masters. It seems that both the ruling and main opposition parties have now finally agreed to equally share their choices to head these constitutional bodies: ...

  Result of hasty union of the then UML and Maoist (Centre) Politically, Nepal is passing through an uncertainty, unstable and unhealthy environment for the last over seven months due to the power struggle between the two chairpersons of the Nepali Communist Party (NCP). Both of them do not want to budge an inch from their blame game which does not seem ending easily unless one of them is knocked down by their own foes. Oli does not seem to easily give up his stands, no resignations from both PM and Party chairperson as demanded by his rivalries. Dahal, the other chairpersons, has been the main game player who thinks to be in the majority in the Standing Committee and continues to challenge Oli blaming him incapable of running the party and the government. In reality, both the then UML and the then Maoist (Centre) leaders do not want split the NCP for their political interests and personal benefits. This on-going power tussle between the two chairpersons has undermined the cred...

  Realize before getting late I am eagerly waiting to see both the chairpersons of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) would come to consensus to resolve their internal political feud amicably in the next Secretariat meeting after both of them retaliated to each other’s written documents. Their on-going power tussle has generated enormous frustration among the people and wide criticism from constitutional experts and political analysts. After the Transparency International (TI) published its 2020 report blaming the Prime Minister K.P.Oli for his involvement in and weakness in controlling corruption, serious concerns have been raised about his legitimacy to run the government although the government has vehemently rejected TI’s report. Different groups of people have started coming out in the streets in the recent days expressing their frustrations and anger towards the sluggish performance of the NCP government and against the existing political system. It is entirely now onto the ...