Here is what NC and UML can do to survive the dark (darkest days in the history of current UML) days:

1. Accept the election result. A very first step. Do not put blame on anyone for this bizzare result. Take it positively. If your supporters were locked (by threatens or intimidation), still don't try to have pour your unrealistic or realistic excuses. It was your mistake, you had your government, you can not blame for your inability to drive your supporters to voting booth.

2. Work genuinely with people in the other side of aisle of the ruling party in parliament, so that you are heard.

3. Let the leadership change. It is a right time to "REORGANIZE" both parties' leaderships. Makune, RCP, Sushil Koirala, and others on the front row should give up their grip. Young people like Gagan Thapa should come to front? Bring more educated people in your wagon so that they can defend in intelligent and convincing way. Fire the F-ing corrupts like Khume and GRJ .....

4. Make informed decisions. No cheating, no hiding, no tricks. It is where you failed in the past. You almost never had any informed decisions.

5. Keep good relations with USA and EU. But, China and India can not be neglected, but they can act like a traitor when they smell flesh. Remember Chinese ambassador went to CPN-Maoist's program in their jungle days - I believe a breach of protocal. Chinese might even recommend CPN-Maoist to use filters in communication media as it does in China.

6. Go to your base: people routinely, inform them what you are doing, and what you want to do in the past. Take risk of your life, Maoists / YCL can not kill everyone, and they will certainly intimidate, but if your whole party cadres are interested, then they can make.

7. Tell the public what you did in the past. Education, I consider, sector is the biggest achievement after 2046. Explain what you could not do, primarily because you did not have enough resource. Being a poor country, the expectations are high, and resources are limited, so based on availability of resources, you did try your best with some minor weakness. Maoist have promised so many promises which they also can not fulfill because of the same reason: limited resources. This is where you failed to explain, inform, and convince Nepali people. It happened because your party tops: CWC is full of crapy people. Keep brigade of intelligent people behind you armed with data, and information. Learn something about GAME THEORY, RISK ANALYSIS, and RELIABILITY based on real data. That is about modern politics. You don't have to do any analysis, your advisors will do it, but so far you were trying to do all those things by yourself which you don't know. Your job should be to let people know in their understandable language, which intelligent, and educated brigade of advisors lack. Come up with numbers, and let people know the numbers. Present quantitative information in qualitative ways.

8. Work with media. Media can make things upside down. Take media beside you, so that what you are doing is transparent to people. This is how US Government makes cases with public, and try to get support of the public. This is where Maoists lag. Their philosophy is always hide the information, they believe that you people are like ship, they don't need all information, and they just provide what makes them feel safer. Look at china.

9. Work with professionals: Engineers, doctors, lawyers, and others. Some of them deal with public in every day work, and they can be very influential. Despite BRB took pistols (not sure whether he ever used it), why does he like western style "Dr." because it matters.

10. Be positive. Positive. Positive. Optimistic. No venom against your opponent, and it certainly looks like oxymoron: who the hell will like positive political ad or positive things as a news... Time magazine calls such people looking for positive in news media as oxymoron. I certainly don't like the style of election here in US: trying to prove: "I am less worse".  I know it may not work (positive political ad), but Obama is getting better. Why not we in Nepal.

Well, people of Nepal voted Maoists, it is their choice (I will not use "OURS", I am not part of this election), and their future is in their choice. Good Luck to them. If Maoists win next election or they remain in power for another 5 years, I will give up my Nepali Citizenship. It is not worth being a "communist" Nepali.

GP

"If your citizenship shows up in the list of communist countries, that citizenship is no longer marketable".