Monarchy or the maoists? It’s something like you are asking if we would like to be on the pan or on fire. Talking about Monarchy VS the maoists, one is the hot pan and the other is the red hot charcoal. You want to be the steak or grilled? Of course, neither monarchy nor the maoists can be the choice of average people who want to breathe in an open air. But we can not dismiss monarchy and the maoists simply like that. Both of them have some hold, more or less, in our society and it’s not possible to eliminate them overnight.

The king stepped down and now we have parliament and the parties in the government. Rebel Maoists, in a way came into political mainstream but besides do we see any other improvements? While, the Maoists seemed to be coming on the track, Terai and ethnic issues are bulging out. The main problems lay in the grassroots level and will keep coming out in this or that form, no matter the parties form alliance in the center level. Now, the ethnic and Terai issues are so rampant that our national sovereignty is under threat and the country is towards disintegration. But, we always see the hands of either royalists or the Maoists in every incident and totally overlook the main problems.

While the maoist ideology is totally wrong and that is not the future of Nepal, but the ground they are standing on is genuine. Nepalese people bear the Rana regime of 104 years, Kings rule of more than 30 years and also experienced the democratic parties and still, there is not much change in their socio economic status. So? Anybody who talks about revolution and total change, of course, people will follow them.

And monarchy, which has the root of more than 250 years, can not be abolished in a day or two. Of course, we can declare the country republic, but of course, there will be bloodshed in the country and are we prepared for that? Earlier, I used to be critic of Girija for being against republican country but now I see that he was right. A peaceful transformation in the course of time is better than an abrupt declaration of republican state that drowns the country in the pool of the blood.  Particularly, while foreign countries are taking so much interest in our internal matters, we have to be very careful on every decision we take in our country. I think, there should not be any debate like Maoists or Monarchy? Monarchy or Parties and so forth. These neighboring and so called friendly countries would oppose or support for some reason that would benefit only them, not us. India, supporting absolute monarchy in Bhutan and supporting republican nepal doesn't mean anything. Similarly, as long as Parvez Mussarraf allies with USA, he is fine irrespective of his being military chief.

Today, the country is in a crossroad and under a serious turmoil and everybody should work together.