Soft coup-a missed opportunity

Soft coup- a missed opportunity

Pushpa Kamal Dahal-Prachanda considers himself the ’mastermind’ of Nepali politics.

Long before the terrible palace massacre, he had schemed together with his No. 2 Baburam Bhattarai with the Indian establishment to abolish Constitutional Monarchy and the Hindu State as such. Already then he had no scruples to become a pawn of the Indian establishment and extinguish the Shah monarchy which had the unique role of founding the modern Nepali state and had become the symbol of Nepal’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Together with his collaborators from the other mainstream political parties, including the Nepali Congress, he succeeded in his goal. In fact, it was the mainstream political parties which made the Maoists part of the mainstream. Here we had self-styled revolutionaries and nationalists who were funded and trained by India attempting to overthrow the legitimate government and order of an independent state. It was gross interference by India in the internal affairs of a neighbouring country – but by its proxy. The Maoists were nothing more and nothing less than the traitorous arm of India’s notorious RAW – the external intelligence agency.

Now the clever ‘Prachanda’ is all set to rule the country for another four years. And he will attempt all kinds of schemes to remain in power. His new Communist-dominated coalition will no doubt scrape through the vote of confidence by the skin of its teeth.

Source: Dahal-Prachanda’s ‘Brilliant’ Coup by Shashi P.B.B. Malla

https://www.peoplesreview.com.np/2024/03/12/dahal-prachandas-brilliant-coup/