| Biswo |
Posted
on 03-Mar-01 10:59 PM
I find it quite interesting to observe the political manuevres of
Nepal these days.
Two absured things about it: The France tour(think about a guided
tour to Louvre, watching Mona Lisa and observing fabled boulevards
of Paris from Eiffel tower where Lain Singh Bangdel honed his art
skills, that too after Jange proudly did it more than a century
ago!!) of prime minister Girija while the nation is watching the
disfunctioning of its bicameral parliament and travesty of
democratic norm by opposition while demanding the resignation of
Girija.
I have no misgiving about Girija's unsuccess. However, I don't
know why UML thinks it can oust him by stalling parliamentary
proceedings. He has majority in parliament, fourty more
members than that of UML. We want to listen what Girija will tell
us about his involvement in Lauda, but will we ever be able? UML
says it will repeat Phillipines incident. Will it be able to do
so? and is it healthy practice? In Phillipines, military
aristocrats ditched the president, and do we want military to same
thing in Nepal? Do we want military to dictate who becomes prime
minister in Nepal?
And here is Girija who is going to France while the nation is
stalled, and while he knows that he is in problem. It is such an
unfathomable callous political expediency.(Btw, the ambassador to
France, be aware, you may be dropped if you are not attentive,
or if something goes awry there. Girija is like a tornado, when he
comes,he may come quietly, but when he leaves, he takes away a lot
of things.)
Anyway, if he wants to go to France, let's hope he will burnish
Nepalese image there. He may be a Nero of KTM, but let's hope
he will end up doing some good for Nepal.I think, Girija should
also remember that Jange is remembered in Nepal for acquiring our
lost lands(nayaa muluk), while ,until now, Girija's most likely
legacy is his attempt to surrender Nepalese land in Tanakpur to
India.So misfit to succeed Jange!
The balmy breezes of Paris may remember Jange while Girija is
there by several similarities between these two hosts: both with
strikingly similar propensity to establish family dynasty in
Nepalese power centers, both having similar 'Mudhebal', but alas
the elder was more comittal about national sovereignty, more sexy,
and more imbued with chutzpah and ambition.
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