What Kishunji says now has very little significance in Nepal's politics, apart from providing little bit of solace for desparate monarchists. Ironically monarchists are idolizing Kishunji, Sujata and even GPK these days. Bless them
On whether or not Nepal was a better place during Panchayat System, Kathmandu obviously was. But those who got accesss to Kathmandu never thought there was country outside the valley. Hence all the problems, that is now taking the sleeps away from the previously safe and secure Kathmandu basis.
Personally for me, the fall of Panchayat had opened the door of opportunities. Without 2046, I would have still been serving some Chand Babu saheb in Baitadi. Thanks to democracy I could see the world outside my village. There are atleast few million youths who have gotten their way out of the darkness. If Panchayat still existed, the opportunity would have been limited to few thousands, and I would have been one more addition to the Maoists camp. It was not my fault to have born in Baitadi, for eg.