I agree that the seeds of today's discontent were sowed a long time ago during the Panchayat and even before that. But  I also feel the mainstream political parties have done poorly when it comes to addressing the problems supposedly created by the Panchayat.  The Panchayat was in denial of Nepal's diversity and therefore could flat out deny such issues even existed back then. The NC, UML and Maoists on the other hand have accepted and embraced that diversity (which is good) but because of their mismanagement, mis -governance and failure to understand the shifting fault lines of politics, they have proved themselves incapable of running such a diverse country. The current crop of leaders - GPK,MKN, PKD and GBBS included - have all proved ineffective when it comes to governance.

I wont be surprised if there is a military coup one of these days. Sadly new leadership wont come out of the parties or the palace anytime soon which leaves either the Army or "foreign powers" to step in and fill the leadership vacuum. I think such a coup will be bad for the country in the long run but with each passing day the chances of it happening are growing.

Just my thoughts.