A natural alliance born of crisis

Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda was targeted for the 'stability' agreement. The incredible wall of power that he built by confronting the Congress and the UML collapsed. The frenzy that grew in the name of the magic number of parliamentary arithmetic has now come to an end. Even after nine years, the Maoist opposition finally reached the bench. In that sense, Prachanda is very shy.

The two major parties, Congress and UML, reached an agreement on power cooperation, which is signed by Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and UML President KP Sharma Oli. However, the official letter of agreement has not been formally made public. According to the agreement, Oli will become the Prime Minister for the first two years, while Deuba will lead the government for the rest of the period until the election is completed. Apart from against the political system, these parties, who shared power in 2066 and 2070, have once again started the journey of power sharing, which includes not only power, but also the amendment of the constitution. The demand that the constitution should be amended in matters such as the election system is directed by the people, but the main party should have assessed the potential complications after the implementation of the constitution.

The age of statusless opportunism is not permanent in the world. As the writer Ramesh said, Prachanda has been reduced from the hero of the turmoil to a weak player of the opposition after the cheated people have come to one place. If there is no dramatic turn in Nepali politics, probably the entire politics of Maoist will go down because Prachanda has already lost the faith to reach the top without crutches. Some time now, he will appear in loud speeches in the guise of nationalist, revolutionary, people-loving, virtuous. He will be presented as a vindictive opponent in the language of disruption, leap, and upheaval, which the other side will take as normal as the irritation of losing power.

Following Prachanda, Ravi Lamichhane of Rashtriya Swatantra Party and his special followers will once again try to destroy morality and development. But it does not seem easy to rise up in the RSVP list, which has fallen in the political NEPSE. A principleless and thoughtless politics that starts by throwing mud at others and later wallows in the same mud is like a hoax. The report of General Minister Mukul Dhakal, the action taken against him on the basis of that report and now the voice of dissatisfaction and frustration gradually appearing within it, it is difficult for the RSVP to move forward. There is no need to sympathize with someone's politics or to give a thumbs up to anyone. This idea focuses on how and why new political paths were drawn. Let's take a look at some of the fallacies and conspiracy theory inspired comments on it.

Ekthari has propagated that the Western powers have agreed to the Congress-UML for power cooperation, which he himself has interpreted as meaning that they will be placed in the anti-China category. If there is any new political development in Nepal, these views have come as a continuation of the traditional failed attempt to put it under geopolitical influence. When there is a change in the power equation in Nepal, there is a bad tendency for untruthful foreigners to attack neighboring and powerful countries and become eyewitnesses of the chaos created by it. Arguments that every important domestic decision is made by external forces, which do not need to provide evidence or even hint, are enough. It seems that life is worth while condemning the power of the country to these logicians. Well, let's not go that way.

This alliance is not related to BRI, MCC or any such foreign grant, loan or assistance matter. Some have argued that the alliance changed as they prepared to advance the project on Chinese loans under the BRI. It's also more guided by the same old conspiracy theory. Because, there is no disagreement between the parties in Nepal that BRI should be advanced, but it is Nepal's proposal that China should build some of the big projects under it with subsidies. At a time when Nepal does not have the capacity to pay its huge debt, it is not otherwise to insist that the world's second largest economy should build some big projects with subsidies in geographically connected neighborhoods. This does not mean that the geopolitical angle in power should be ignored or placed at the center. Neighbors' help is sometimes sought in mission politics, but that is for the benefit of the greater Nepalese people.

This developed politics of ousting Prachanda from power was made possible by the understanding and cooperation of Oli and Deuba. There is no need to drag any country including India, China, America into unnecessary disputes. This agreement was reached after three rounds of meetings and meetings (June 13, 15 and 17) between Oli and Deuba, which was converted into a document by UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel and Congress leader Ramesh Ukhar. With the cooperation of these two major parties, there is no need for external help to replace a prime minister and create a new one.

UML general secretary Shankar Pokharel and deputy general secretary Pradeep Gyawali have announced that the two main parties have come together after Prachanda started to play as the prime minister. After returning from New Delhi after attending the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi's third Prime Ministership, after Prachanda proposed a national consensus with the Congress, both parties became aware and engaged in the homework of cooperation. Congress leaders informed the UML leadership about Prachanda's proposal to form a government of national consensus. After this, this step was taken to end Prachanda's new power game.

Why this alliance?

Under normal circumstances, two major parties do not form a government together in a parliamentary system. Because they are the main political competitors. Power collaboration with the same party with which you have to compete in the election is not a natural democratic practice. But Prachanda, the leader of the third largest party, thought of leading the leaders of the first and second parties against each other, and it became the obligation of the big parties to fail. This is the forced result. Despite the deception, it was the Congress and the UML that made Prachanda sit in the prime minister's chair, as an attempt to control each other. In that sense, this party is equally responsible for political instability and growing frustration.

When the party and the leadership were the executive head of the party that did not get the popular vote for power, nothing was communicated to the citizens except instability and despair. That is why it was the duty of the UML and Congress to start stability by leaving Prachanda. Because a government formed outside of the big party is always insecure, unreliable and in a state of loss of confidence. However, Prachanda had to use all his strength to annoy the ruling party and deceive the opposition. Also, last time when Oli, the leader of the big party in the coalition, allowed him to exercise power freely, Prachanda could not use it properly.

So this alliance is for stability and for crushing despair. The despair, confusion and lack of direction that existed when Prachanda was the Prime Minister will no longer exist and should not exist. It is believed that when the two big parties and Oli become the prime minister, not only stability, but also development and good governance will be the priority of power. Because Oli, who has been the Prime Minister twice before, has led the nation's interest and has drawn the roadmap for development and prosperity by awakening the unconscious dreams of the citizens. Therefore, the power politics of Khudremsine, which the Congress and UML have proceeded with according to the agreement, will have a break and they will finally go to the end.

developed politics should not be limited as Oli and Deuba taking revenge on Prachanda. At a glance, it can be said that Oli took revenge for the exit of power 16 months ago, but here the vision of the country's development and the corresponding action plan are also connected. The Prime Minister, who has to work in consultation with the main ruling party UML, considered the generosity of UML, especially President Oli, as a weakness. To some extent, Oli considered instability as a factor of underdevelopment and even said that UML was ready to make Prachanda the prime minister by 2084, but there was only one condition - the government should give the voice of hope to the citizens. That didn't happen. On the contrary, he declared himself the hero of the political upheaval and devalued that generosity.

Politically, this alliance has another strong message. That means that the journey towards the formation of strong two parties advocated by UML Secretary General Pokhrel is seen to have started. Many parties named communists, which have made the multi-party democracy of the people as a program and have been doing politics on the same line even without making a program, no longer have influence in the country. Sooner or later the Communist Party must be transformed into a strong party. In doing so, there is no alternative to being absorbed into the leadership of the UML. Similarly, the country moves towards a two-party system, which is ideal when the parties that agree with the Congress stay together. That does not mean that all small parties will cease to exist now. But the reality is, many like-minded parties are not needed in the country.

politics is a game of probability. This democratic practice of competition in politics but cooperation in power will be tried to fail by all other forces, including old and new, ultra-revolutionary, ultra-right wing. Because dynamism is in instability, not in stability. The main party should be aware of that. It should be proved by 'Action' that the coalition is not only for power but also for development.