UNFORTUNATE REMARKS
The Himalayan Times
25
July 2013
Unfortunate remarks
It was very unfortunate to read the news
report “Send Gyanendra to jail, growls BRB” (THT, 24 July, Page 1). Dr. Baburam
Bhattarai’s remarks over the former King’s current visit to flood devastated
areas in the western part of Nepal have hurt his well wishers. It really did
not suit the level of his intellect and seemed a cheap political statement. His
statement has decreased his political height. He has been badly criticized by
his fellow party members and election commission members. There was nothing to
do with former king’s involvement in distributing relief materials to the flood
victims. After all he is simply an ordinary Nepali citizen. Why BRB had to
worry about?
Can’t we be more civilized in this 21st
century while expressing our thoughts and concerns? Who had barred BRB from
putting former King in jail while he was the Prime Minister? What instigated
him to call some selected journalists to his residence and “growl”? What
inspired him to lose his own political height by uttering such cheap political
remarks? What was the motive behind this remark? Why does not he mind his own
business and let the other people do their humanitarian works?
I am simply a conscious citizen and one of
the voters who, like others, is closely watching the irresponsible political
acts of so called major political parties. Time has come for the so called
senior leaders of major political parties to realize their past mistakes and
act responsibly and sensibly to resolve the current political impasse and take the
nation out of the present political and constitutional crisis.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
