Rupesh Shrestha's article published on Tuesday in Kantipur, 'Inside of the Excavation of Madan's Allegation', was very interesting, readable and full of intellectual ooze. Shrestha has used the term 'rhetorical shield' in that article.
This term is used to 'attack a person because others have said so'. There is no doubt that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's allegations against the people's leader Madan Bhandari were also made with this intention.
The words like 'rhetorical shield' and 'innuendo' used in the article are useful for everyone who is interested in politics, especially for our Prime Minister Oli. Because Oli, with the help of 'rhetorical shield', 32 years after the death of Madan, his wife and daughter Sarik has thrown unnecessary mud on Madan, which is not only critical, but also regrettable. In a program organized by the Madan Bhandari Foundation last Saturday, Oli tried to demean Madan and former President Bidya Devi Bhandari in a roundabout way by referring to Madan having three/four wives and being accused of co-operative fraud.
The secret of Prime Minister Oli making Madan angry in front of Bidya Devi and her daughter is surprising to many. For the party for which Madan is an ideal person, a thinker, no one thinks it is good to talk about him in such a negative way. In fact, Oli did not like Vidya Devi trying to enter politics at all. He is adopting many tactics to prevent Vidya from entering politics. But the day is not far when Khamayaja Oli will have to pay the price for insulting Madan and harassing Vidyadevi and her daughter. The principle and idea of Madan's multi-party populism is what UML has followed till today. For UML, Madan is not a person, but an thinker.
– Gopal Devkota , Kamanpa-7, Chabhil, Kathmandu
