Well first of all the election results so far, assuming that they were relatively fair and balanced, states that Kathmandu is not Nepal. Even Kathmandu has Maoist leaders as the winner. Unless they were scared to death by Maoists, it is fair to conclude that the entire country disliked the current regiment and poor life style to the revolution and violence that went with it, that Maoists had started. It seems that most part of the country firmly believes that all the sacrifices, violence and wars were worth it.

That being said, we all have to accept the Maoist governance whether we want it or not. Instead of continuing to hate them, we have to work with the government now; and for those who have personally suffered, I know it might be too much to ask. I myself never objected Maoist philosophy, specially since they understood that absolute communism is not practical in todays world, however I condemned the violence it carried out. The election result concludes that it was necessary and I’d accept the result.

Having said that, I don’t see all the things that the poster above mentioned happening right away. These are the impediments in maoists assuming the rule of government:

1. Maoist need to solidify their leadership. Despite various decrees by Prachanda, YCL and extremist activities continued. This has to stop.

2. Maoist need to organize themselves for an administrative government. It is one thing to win a war and another to rule a country.

3. Intension should be honest. While many had right motivation to steer the country in the right direction, many still joined maoists for revenge or because they didn’t like the person governing the country. Once the objective is fulfilled can we still maintain the focus of fair and just government?

4. Many, as admitted by Prachanda, in Maoists still have the fundamentalist and extremist views. The Elected MPs should realize that we have to work with India, China, USA and entire world and that absolute communism is not a possibility.

5. Forceful governance is dictatorship. Maoists resorted to violence to get rid of inept government; but can they now think sensibly and resort to a structural approach to beaurocracy?

I am hopefully optimistic, but I know for sure we have long way to go. I don’t care who rules Nepal (Maoists, King,  UML, Congress etc etc) as long as the government is fair and works toward the betterment of the greater Nepal.