http://www.parakhi.com/blogs/2... Believing in Baburam By Kaziba   While there is no doubt that at present no other Nepali politician is as popular as the newly elected 35th Prime Minister of Nepal, Dr Baburam Bhattarai from the UCPN-Maoist, his personality, aura, intellect, honesty, commitment and intention to work for the good of Nepal, alone may not be enough to take us out of the mess we are in.   Known for his academic excellence, his stubbornly constant adherenceto his beliefs, his clean and honest image, and his relative success during his short term as Finance Minister, Bhattarai is at present the one Nepali leader on whom the people, regardless of whether they are Maoist party sympathizers or card carrying members of other so called democratic parties, or apolitical, have put their hope and faith to take Nepal further.   Spelling out his priorities he has categorically stated his major agendas as: a) complete the peace process within 45days, b) draft a forward looking constitution, c) ensure good governance and     provide economic relief to the people.   Bhattarai, who is also the vice chairman of the UCPN-M, has already taken a positive step when it was certain that he would indeed become the PM. Breaking the tradition of importing ultra expensive vehicles for the use of the PM,  Bhattarai has instead directed government officials to prepare the Nepal made general purpose vehicle Mustang that costs Rs 2 million at the max instead of importing highly expensive foreign made gas guzzlers like his predecessors.   This demonstrates the man’s practical example of his commitment to his ideals at a time when every individual who has risen to post of Prime Minister of Nepal has demanded expensive imported foreign made vehicles at the cost of the exchequer but without fulfilling their responsibility.   However the road ahead for this Gorkha born, die hard republican,whose ancestors helped set up the very monarchy he worked on bringing down, is not going to be easy for more reasons than one [Read More at ] http://www.parakhi.com/blogs/2...