Who am I? A corrupt politician or a coward citizen
Who am I? A corrupt
politician or a coward citizen
I am not so sure about others who are hell-bent towards political parties and their leaders, could be for their personal interests and benefits. There were and are some leaders in all the major political parties whom I happened to be either their college friends, working friends or relatives. During my college time, I was repeatedly asked and pushed to get involved in the then students union. For some known and unknown reasons, I never wanted to be directly involved in politics. Could be, my subconscious mind did not allow me to step into politics. I see these days some of my politician college friends, working friends and politician relatives enjoying their luxurious life styles. On the other side, I see the majority of the people are struggling to make their both ends meet. I find myself in between them.
If I had joined the politics, I would be nowhere because of my emotional behaviour and lack of insincerity. I would not be able to drag myself into the group of corrupt politicians and ignore the plight and distress of the common people. When I look into our political parties and their leaders and their wrong doings, I get angry myself and wish I could come out to the streets and shout at the corrupt leaders for their irresponsible acts and punish them lawfully for their crimes which I cannot imagine to do so. This helpless situation of mine is hunting me most of the time and making me a helpless person who just looks at the people in the streets who are badly struggling to live a dignified life.
But, on the other hand, the state has been a reckless state due to the poor governance of the ruling party. People are dying of hunger and committing suicide due to pandemic. Until now, the government has not brought up any relief package program for these people who have either lost their jobs or businesses. Instead, they are engaged in reckless internal political feud undermining national and people’s interests. I am worried what happens if the tolerance level of the common people will exceed its limit and burst out at the streets. I still hope that the ruling party and the government will timely realize, behave responsibly, listen to the people’s plight and act accordingly.
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Pushpa Kamal Dahal is in a fix. He owes one to Madhav Kumar Nepal. But he will have to return the favour without upsetting KP Sharma Oli.
Earlier this week it was only after seven provincial lawmakers from the faction belonging to senior party leader Madhav Kumar Nepal withdrew their support to a no-confidence motion against him that Karnali Province Chief Minister Mahendra Bahadur Shahi, and a protege of party co-chair Dahal, was able to save his chair.
The political maneuverings played out in Karnali Province may largely be over except for some provincial positions to be settled, but the larger ramifications are that the balance of power within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has been more visible.
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