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Take responsibility for the 5,000 deaths

The Himalayan Times
10 March 2023

 

Take responsibility for the 5,000 deaths

In the last November provincial and federal level elections, no single party was able to secure majority seats in the House of Representatives (HoR). This situation has compelled the major political parties to seek support of one another including the fringe parties to form the coalition government. As a result, the Nepal Congress (NC), even being the largest party, was not able to form the government and had to seek other party’s support to do so. Dahal deserted pre-election alliance led by Deuba at the eleventh hour to ensure his PM chair and joined hands with Oli leaving behind Deuba at odd hour. However, the post-election coalition government could not even survive more than two months because of Dahal’s unstable and unreliable political acts. 

Dahal’s PM position seems to be at risk after the people’s war victims registered a case against him at the Supreme Court (SC), accusing him of killing 5000 people based on his claim made publicly at a function in Kathmandu three years ago “Writ petitions filed against PM Dahal” (THT, March 8, Page 1). In fact, he should have morally resigned from his position until his case is resolved by the SC. Some political analysts have even opined that if the people’s war era case could linger as it has for the last 17 years. Pro vs anti -federalism

On the other hand, the recent campaigns of Durga Prasai, an entrepreneur, in some major cities, including Kathmandu, against the monopoly of banks and other financial institutions for haphazardly raising their interest rates, sufferings of the common people, bad governance and sloppy performance of the governments, seems to be gaining momentum. Thousands of people, holding national flags and chanting against the existing political structure, demanding revival of the 2047 constitution and reinstatement of constitutional monarch, are seen flocking to his programme. Lamichhane's rise and fall

Rai Biren Bangdel
   
 

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