HEAVEN OR HELL?
The Kathmandu Post
22 May 2018
HEAVEN OR
HELL?
After the completion of three
tiers of elections, it is hoped that Nepal has been moving forward leaving
behind the political uncertainty and instability. It has started leaping
forward in the path of peace and prosperity as claimed by the senior leaders of
big parties in the recent days. Common people have started crossing fingers
keeping high hopes of seeing a developed and prosperous Nepal. They have
started dreaming of their children not suffering from hunger and thirst in the
days to come. They also hope that none of their kids need to go beyond Nepal
for employment, as promised by the left alliance during the elections.
Now, it was so encouraging to
hear from PM Oli, who also co-chairs of the newly formed Nepal Communist Party
(NCP), that Nepal will turn into “a heaven” in the next 10 years (“Nepal will be heaven in 10 years, says
PM” May 20, Page 1). What fantastic news this is for the country and its
people. However, in what way do we imagine this heaven? The Oli led government
seems to be heavily working on establishing a set of criteria for which will
guide his team for the next 10 years to convert Nepal into this heaven.
I would like remind the
government that things are easier said than done, and in attempting to make
Nepal a heaven it could be turned to hell instead. Every government in the past
used to claim that Nepal would be generating 10,000 MW power “within the next
10 years”. It never happened. I salute Kulman Ghishing for his sincerity and
commitment, to have been able to relieve the country from 18 hours load
shedding without even generating that much power in the last four years.
Accordingly, time now has come for the NCP government, which may be the most powerful
government in the political history of Nepal, to fulfil all the promises it had
made during the provincial and federal elections. This is important, instead of
making tall, immeasurable claims about turning Nepal into “a heaven”-for all
that it could mean.
Rai
Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
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