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Practice what you preach
December 12, 2011 By : kaziba
Most major political parties in Nepal are currently caught in serious internal rifts. This may not be new, but the point is such rifts have always been a hurdle for national development and progress.Unfortunately politicians do not practice what they preach, and even after the second peoples movement things haven’t changed.
Political parties in Nepal, regardless of their supposed ideologies and belief in democracy are un-democratic. Not even the Nepali Congress can claim to be a truly democratic party. All the while that the late Girija Prasad Koirala was alive and headed the Nepali Congress he controlled the party like a dictator. After his death, the party is headed by his cousin Sushil Koirala, who like his predecessor has not shown any inclination to become a more democratic president.
The party is now facing a major rebellion from the other main contender Sher Bahadur Deuba, who had earlier broken from the party and formed his own Nepali Congress – Democratic, only to come back and unite with the mother party.
The Communist Party of Nepal – United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) have their own history of break ups and unification. Not unlike others this party too is heavily fractionalized with its leadership embroiled in personal attacks against each other. The top leaders do not trust each other and loose no opportunity to bring their own down.
The Maoists who are currently heading the government are in a worse situation. Things are so bad in the party that Vice Chairman Mohan Vaidya and General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa are openly warning of a split in the party if the current leadership continues making decisions without putting it through internal discussions in the party. Strangely enough the decisions made by Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Vice Chairman and current Prime Minister of Nepal Baburam Bhattarai are exactly the opposite of all their war time rhetoric.
Have the ferocious Prachanda and cunning Comrade Laldwoj changed their colours? Or were they so good at hiding their true inclination that it had us all fooled to the extent that 15000 Nepalis lost their lives in the war they designed? How else is one supposed to look at the same party that spoke of Indian imperialism during war time today signing a deal that gives facilities to Indian businesses but does not want to think of securing Nepali industries?
The Madhesi parties are no different. The public will not be even aware of how many factions parties representing the Madhes have broken into, and that too not over ideological differences.
Nepal’s national politics will never be set right until and unless leaders practice what they preach, ie.- internal democracy. What it basically boils down to is that there is a serious lack of trust amongst political leaders of the same party as well as other parties.
Each one may have a different opinion but if leaders cannot even listen to the voice of others they are not capable of leading because democracy is about respecting another’s opinion as much as it is logically justifying your own, through dialogues and discussions. But so called democratic leaders of Nepal till date have only proven that they are in reality truly authoritarian. Nepal will not progress until and unless party leaders change and realize that what others say may be equally correct even if different.
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