NO MORE FUN
NO MORE FUN
It was extremely painful to read the news
report (“PM Oli spends 1.2m in food, entertainment” 25 Nov. Page 2, The Kathmandu Post) at a
time when the nation is facing acute shortages of fuel and essential
commodities caused by India’s unofficial trade embargo and Madhes unrest. What
a shame is this on him who, before occupying Baluwatar, had promised to the
people that he would leave no stone unturned to emancipate the nation and its
people from the ongoing hardships. He already completed five weeks plus of his
highest political helm doing nothing except trying to buy time for suppressing the
constitutional and political inequalities being faced by Madhes and Tarai based
people, which could be detrimental both for him and the nation. His recent
address to the nation was nothing but a bundle of false promises. There were no
concrete plans and programmes to tackle the ongoing issues.
Black marketing in fuel and other essential
items is rampant (“19 pumps charged for duping clients” 25 Nov page 1).
The prices of all the essential items have skyrocketed. It is surprising to see
that the petrol, diesel and cooking gas, which are not distributed by NOC and
dealers citing unofficial trade embargo, are abundantly available in the black
market. Where do these petroleum products come from? What are the concerned
authorities responsible for checking these unlawful activities doing? It seems
that all the government machinery are directly or indirectly involved in these
unwanted activities forcing the general people pay high price for survival
during this difficult situation. What a pity?
His government has completely failed to
manage the daily state affairs pushing it towards becoming a failure state on
one side and he himself is milking the state coffers for his entertainment on
the other side. It is very sad to see our PM is lavishly spending people’s tax
paid money without realising the current political and economical situation of
the country. He should have not wasted any time in resolving the Madhes problem
rather seems to suppress it with guns and batons. No body wins if the current
Madhes agitation goes out of hands of the government and agitating parties.
Time has come for him to be serious and set aside his political ego for
resolving the current problems at the soonest possible keeping the nation and
its people at the centre.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj.
