Ktm_bis: Your point well taken. But I still feel Girija just plays the politics for becoming the Prime Minister. What if he just dies now....we will have another problem. He will not lead his party and the country to have an alternate leader. Do you think it just happened that we do not have an alternate leader ? I think it is Girija who successfully created such a situation. I doubt NC will remain intact when GK dies. I do not trust the commies either...They seem to talk too much and deliver too little. However, I a sick and tied of past 20 years of Girija politics and ready for something beyound him. What else could go bad at this juncture ? I feel that we had enough problems from the bad politics of this low life GK that we should just be ready to trash him and try something new....Well, that does not directly answer your question for alternate leader but I seek to look for alternate that all parties will agree on. If not, what is an alternate when GK dies ? Should Nepal's future rely on a corrupt and no vision politician like Girija ? You show me some direction here...I feel like I am lost.