Posted by: Stiffler November 11, 2011
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This student, Dr. Bhattarai, is now leading our nation. In almost 3 months he has done many things that have given a ray of hope to the Nepali citizens. Even when he was a finance minister, his term was hailed as one of the most successful term in Nepali politics.
However, this student who never took the compromised path in his studies, clearly knows politics comes with many compromises. He probably learned that when he was almost ousted by the party chief Prachanda. Since then, he seems to have realized that if he wants to lead the nation, then he has to strike deals with the ones supporting him. The problem is that those compromises could amount to serious blow to Nepal, the peace process and his legitimacy as the best leader Nepal has seen.
Riding a Nepal made Mustang and talking to public every week in Radio are PR moves that certainly gained him a good fan following. But if Dr. Bhattarai wants to continue the momentum and instill legitimacy to his party, which public still look at with wildering doubts, then he has to take actions that could be hailed offensive by his own party, by India, but will be beneficial for the country and its people. He has a chance to climb up in the nascent history of new Nepal, unless he choses the easiest path and settles with “first division” or merely passing the exam.
The BIPPA agreement with India was a necessity but not the number one requirement for the nation. He did this deal to gain confidence for himself and his party from India; after seeing what happened to our past kings (from Tribhuvan, Mahendra, Virendra to Gyanendra) and how influencial Koirala was, it would be stupidity to not respect the power. But the priority that the deal got (within 2 months of premiership) does cast many doubts on his own priority. Could he have negotiated more with the deal? Who knows, but lets move on.
All in all, if Dr. Bhattarai wants to garnish all the support then he has prove the Maoists are legitimate political party. They cannot have a parallel army and a rogue gang (YCL) when they themselves are in power. They cannot be asking President to pardon a criminal that the supreme court has ruled as guilty already.
There are other countless things you can put forth, but the bottom line is that simple PR maneuvers aren’t going to take our new leader for a long run. Nepali public are called bhedos, but they aren’t that stupid either. Right now, all our hopes are with him, it won’t be too long before the tides change and we put him in the same basket as every other politicians out there.
