The top leaders never took seriously the question of 'Truth or not?', which was raised from within the party. On the contrary, they showed arrogance. Even after the Jin-Ji uprising, they were not ready to self-examination.
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Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba, who has been prime minister for five times, was waiting for the day when he would become the executive chief for the sixth time. It was his turn to become the Prime Minister from the Congress-UML alliance in the coming June. But the Gen-J movement brought down the coalition government.
On August 24, protestors beat Deuba and his wife Arju Rana, who has been leading the party established for decades before the advent of democracy in Nepal, and his wife Arju Rana from their house in Budanilkanth. Right before your eyes
He had to watch his house burn to pieces. They were rescued by security personnel with difficulty and taken to a safe place. Why did this situation happen to Deuba, who fought for democracy for more than five decades?
UML president KP Sharma Oli has been the party leader for a decade. The party has already amended the constitution to make him the president again from the next convention. He has been Prime Minister four times. The Gen-J movement brought down his government.
The protestors vandalized and set fire to his government residence in Baluwatar as well as his private house in Balkot in Bhaktapur and Damak in Jhapa and his birth house in Atharai in Tehrathum. Oli had to take shelter in the army barracks for safety. How did such an unimaginable incident happen to leader Oli, who was imprisoned for 14 years during the Panchayat period.
Maoist Chairman Prachanda is a leader who has led a 10-year armed war, fought for republican and federal governance and has been prime minister three times. He has been leading the party for 37 years. He also had to be 'vulnerable' during the Gen-G movement. For the first time in 20 years after the peace process, he had to take shelter in an army barracks for safety. Demonstrators set Dahal's residence in Khumaltar on fire and destroyed it.
Madhav Kumar Nepal, who led the UML for 14 years as the general secretary and was once the prime minister, is now the president of the United Socialist Party. Demonstrators also set fire to his house in Balkumari, Kathmandu. Security personnel rescued him and took him to the military barracks.
Panchayat period (2039 to 2046) Male General Secretary and 2065 UML President Jhalnath Khanal is now a respected leader of the United Samajwadi Party. Protesters set fire to his house in Dallu. His wife Ravilakshmi, a painter, was seriously injured.
Since the political change of 2046, Deuba, Oli, Dahal, Nepal and Khanal have been in power except for a few times. Their own party has been running the power by taking leadership or sharing. Even within the party, the same leader is omnipresent.
When the country was not developing as expected, employment opportunities were not increasing, public service delivery was not improving, corruption and other problems were not stopped, the anger of the common people was increasing against those leaders. Even within the party, the question of 'Sacchine or Suakkine?' started to arise. But no one took it seriously. On the contrary, he showed arrogance.
Congress General Ministers Gagan Thapa and Vishwaprakash Sharma, central member Pradeep Poudel, UML vice presidents Yuvraj Gyawali, Ashtalakshmi Shakya, Surendra Pandey, standing committee members Binda Pandey and others were raising questions on the leadership style. In the Maoist party, Deputy General Secretary Janardhan Sharma and General Secretary Ghanshyam Bhusal in the United Socialist Party were raising the voice of transfer of leadership. But the leadership has been trying to "corner" those who raise questions.
Disappointment and anger among the common citizens exploded in the Gen-G movement, not only the power fell, but also the parliament was dissolved. Now a non-party government has been formed. Taking the responsibility for such a situation, the leaders of the respective parties are expecting a new rise by handing over the leadership. But even after a week has passed, the top leadership of any party is not ready to hand over responsibility after self-examination, nor is there any sign of change.
Political science professor Krishna Pokharel says that this situation has come about because leaders have made politics a profession rather than a service. In developing countries, politics has become a profession, not a service. If there was no system of retirement, the employees would not have left their jobs,' he says, 'the trend of staying in politics for life has grown. This is the root of the problem.'
Professor Pokharel's analysis is that political damage has been done to UML and Congress due to the current incident. After suffering such an unimaginable loss, it should be said that now it is time to take the lead. "You have to say sir before the youth," he says, "There is no room for truth after making a profession of exploiting the state." Kirna is clinging to the leadership of the party.
Meena Vaidya Malla, another professor of political science, said that Nepal has not learned from the incident in Bangladesh. 'This situation would not have happened if they had learned from the incidents of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and improved the delivery of public services.'
'The work of the government has weakened. The role of the opposition was also weakening. The parties started to fulfill their interests. Good governance was limited to slogans. There was no transparency in the work of the government," she said. "Leadership was becoming centralized. Only they and those around them were getting opportunities. As many will not get opportunities, and few will get opportunities, extreme dissatisfaction will increase. The culture of impunity prevailed. Even if you make a mistake, you will not be punished. This dissatisfaction poured into the Zen movement.
Congress General Minister Gagan Thapa and Vishwaprakash Sharma say that the current leadership cannot become a party and fulfill the wishes of the common people. Attacking our president and other leaders showed how hollow we have become. The party does not run through this process. Not without disorder. Is this change possible with the current leadership, structure and legislation? No,' General Minister Thapa said, 'everything has to be changed, the leadership has to be changed, the constitution has to be changed, the working style of the party has to be changed.' He says that it is time for the old leaders of the party to leave the leadership and become parents. Deuba, Oli and Dahal should leave active politics. "You have to be a parent," he says, "Congress president quit, UML and Maoist president are also under pressure to quit." "If there is still no awareness, there is a danger of ending," he says, "after so much damage, the main leadership should resign."
In UML, Vice Presidents Yuvraj Gyawali and Surendra Pandey, Secretary Gokarna Bista, Permanent Committee Member Karn Thapa, Central Member Ushakiran Timsena and others have started a campaign to reorganize the party and leadership. They are in favor of heating up the debate on leadership reconstruction until the next convention.
Secretary Bist says that in the present situation, the party and leadership should be rebuilt from a new direction. He says, "Discussions about that have started." UMA Standing Committee member Binda Pandey said that it is necessary to reorganize the party and leadership.
Leaders including Deputy General Secretary Janardan Sharma and Secretary Ram Karki in Maoist have brought forward the issue of leadership transfer. Sharma had submitted a written proposal to the standing committee in July 2081 saying that the leadership should be transferred.
"Let's reorganize the party and move the youth leadership forward," Sharma said, "still the core leadership does not seem to be ready for that." It is the need of the moment to guide the youth by giving them party leadership. But even after so many incidents have happened in the country, the sun does not shine on the leadership.'
Secretary Karki commented that the situation where the big parties had to run away in the Gen-G movement was a result of political failure. Now the big party leaders have to run away. Political parties should take responsibility for this happening," he said. "The people are shocked by the activities of the party.
Secretary Karki said that the old leadership has been dissolved by the people themselves. The main thing is whether the reorganization can happen now. How many parties will be dissolved now?' He said, 'A new chapter of politics has begun. That which is true, endures. What doesn't come true, it ends.'
