As grotesque as this incidence is, it is true that Dhungel should be duly punished. However, he has served eight years in prison already and he was released. If he is asking for presidential pardon, he should be asking for pardon from the victim's parents as well whose grief is unfathomable.
   That being said, our nation can wage these political battles and continue the stalemate forever or come to a compromise and continue the war on poverty instead. The incident of Nepalese girls continually being gangraped in foreign countries( a 26 year old just being gangraped and left to die outside Nepalese Embassy in Saudi Arab) aggravates me as much as the Ujjan case. These incidents will not stop until our nation wins the war on poverty. Poor Nepalese girls would not have to leave the country in search of jobs if we had a strong economy.
   I think Baburam was set to do a sound job on economy but opposition would not tolerate it since I believe they are better off with dependence on foreign aid than with a robust economy. If we choose to engage in these political battles we as a nation will always rank in the bottom in the world economy and we will have to serve other countries' interest instead of our own. All our rivers, all our peaks will belong to India. My point is: let's put our country first. 
  As concerns personal attacks against Baburam, he is human. Like he said he was compelled to expand the cabinet because of pressure from other parties in the Milijuli Sarkar. Until when are we going to have this kind of Khichadi? The case with Dhungel might be similar. He could have been pressured by other party cadres. How could he negate his party cadre suggestions? He is not a monarch.
  My point is: Let him do his job. His Hello Sarkar programme is novel and effective. Let him come up with creative solutions like this.


Disclaimer: I am not affiliated to any party.