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Starting your day with
the news/ newspapers is always a good idea. Early morning you are updated with
what is happening around the world. On the other hand, some people need the
newspaper even to go for dunny. Until they see or feel that newspaper they won’t
have the bowel movement. No I don’t need newspaper in the mornings, like to that
extreme but yes I like to keep myself updated.
Except Gaza bombing and
the Malayasia Airline missile shot down, Nepali politics has a lot of
interesting things happening. I am sure a lot of us frown and growl over what
is happening, what needs to be done, what is not going right. But that is now
what I am going to write about. I am no political analyst to get into that, but
what I wanted to draw the attention to is about the Prime Ministers we had and
we will have.
Lets first talk about,
Sushil Koirala, one of the heirs of the Game of Throne of Koirala family. It
looks like, this family had taken an oath that all of them needs to become the
PM of Nepal before they close their eyes for good. Biswoshor Prasad Koirala,
Matrika Prasad Koirala, Girija Prasad Koirala, now Sushil Koirala and Sujata
Koirala and Manisha Koirala struggling to follow the line ( being superly
optimistic, maybe they just have politics in their blood and gene and it works
for them…what do you think?).
Anyway the point that I
wanted to share is the selection of
leaders we have these days in Nepal. Couple of months back, our stamp
President….yes only used as a official stamp and no good to work President Dr.
Ram Baral Yadav had visited Japan for health check up on government expenses. A
dark stain was seen in his large intestine, so he has spent total of 80 lakh
Nepali rupees (initial news was, the entire visit will be covered within 60
lakh). This is the money we pay in tax and this is how it has been utilized.
Next, Mr. PM….. Sushil
Koirala is diagnosed with first stage lungs cancer, long before he became the
PM of Nepal. The inside scoop is that, other prominent leaders ( inside the
party and outside as well) decided to give him a chance to be the PM, just in
case he dies with cancer. Hello? Just because he is ill and got cancer you give
him a whole country to play with? So our beloved Mr. PM was in his 1 month
medical tour to the US of A. Mind it all expenses paid by the state….no not
United States…it’s the Nepal government.
Now Tuesday 22nd
of July, Mr. PM is back in the country and the same day, Mr. K.P. Sharma Oli,
the newly elected Chairman of CPN-UML is off the Singapore. He had meningitis
infection in April and was rushed to Bangkok, after that he had some fungal
infection in his right. He is also using the “National Bhandar” for his visits
to these places. First it was Delhi, then Bangkok and now Singapore.
The other buzz is that
Oli will be pretty soon replacing Koirala as the Prime Minister of Nepal. On
top of that scoop, the double scoop is Oli won the elections because, people
thought he had never been a PM, he is sick and he should get a CHANCE. What a
criteria to fulfill the position.
So we get rid of an old ill guy and get
another fungal guy. I might sound insensitive here but all I am saying is, it
is high time that Nepal should get a healthy leader with a vision to work for
the country, not spend half of his time in health checkups. I also know that
your body gets wear and tear with time…but don’t you think its better to have a
better body and mind which will take some time to get there where these guys
are already at, at the moment.
Hoping that Nepal will
have a better leadership in days to come…..If I come to know that I am dying
soon with some ailment….I ll go and say please before I die can I be the PM of Nepal?