A series of dialogues between the alternative forces will form a single party, if not cooperation

Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah, Energy Minister Kulman Ghising, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bibeksheel Sajha are conducting homework on a possible collaboration.

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गौरव पोखरेल

A series of dialogues between the alternative forces will form a single party, if not cooperation

After the Gen-Ji movement, there has been a secret dialogue about how to unite the alternative forces in one place. Homework is being done between Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah, Energy Minister Kulman Ghising, National Independent Party and Viveksheel Common Party.

  A leader said that if the old power emerges again from the

election, the great sacrifice of Jen-G will be in vain and the alternative power will be presented in a stronger way. "There is also a discussion about what can be the point of connecting everyone in one place," said the leader. According to him, the door of dialogue is also kept open with the mayor of Dharan, Harkaraj Sampang, who has declared a separate party from the east. 

Birendra Bahadur Basnet, the owner of Buddha Air, is also doing his homework to form a new party. Former education minister Sumana Shrestha, who has left RSVP, is also an active participant in the ongoing discussion. According to sources, Basnet had been discussing party formation since 5/6 months. Basnet's homework has intensified after the election was announced on February 21 amid new circumstances.

This party is being registered with the Election Commission within a week, and the writing of the legislation is being done. "The new party that will be formed will be the type of effective public service delivery based on the current constitution," said a leader near Basnetan. "A formal announcement will be made as soon as some issues are decided."

RSVP has formed a committee headed by Pukar Bomb for dialogue. Ganesh Karki and Jwala Sangraula are central members of the committee. "They have been given the responsibility to communicate because the agitating Gen-G, alternative forces, new political parties, independent activists and independent people's representatives should come together," said RSVP General Minister Kavindra Burlakoti.

Another leader of RSVP informed that a team led by Bam has been mobilized to discuss with alternative forces in the party and said that it will be reported to Deputy Chairman Wagle. According to him, the team is discussing with Energy Minister Ghising, Kathmandu Mayor Balendra, Dhangadhi Mayor Gopi Hamal, Gen-G representative and others. 

RSVP is making more efforts to bring Ghising to the party. A leader informed that committee coordinator Bam briefed the RSVP secretariat meeting saying that the dialogue with Ghising went in a positive direction. When there was an attempt to remove him from the post of Executive Director of Nepal Electricity Authority, RSVP stood openly in favor of Ghising. Even in Parliament, RSVP leaders raised their voice in favor of Ghising. Since then, the RSVP leaders have been in constant contact with Ghising. But when Ghising comes to the party, it has not been decided what the role will be. 

A series of dialogues between the alternative forces will form a single party, if not cooperation

Energy Minister Ghising said that he came to do politics, but he is not in a position to say anything about the party right now. "I have become a minister by realizing the responsibility of the nation," he said. Different options are being discussed.' 

While the president of RSVP Ravi Lamichhane is in jail in the cooperative fraud case, there is also a vote within the RSVP to revive the party by bringing in new leadership. "In the current dire situation, if Chairman Lamichhane sat in a parental or some kind of role, the party could have been revived," said a leader of RSWP, "but he also has some conditions."

According to a source close to Balendra, Balendra himself has not made up his mind to take the lead and open the party. "However, he is ready to announce his support for the party that carries the spirit of Gen-G, just like when the name of Sushila Karki came up," said a supporter who was discussing various options on behalf of Balendra, "The mayor has already given a clear message that he will support such a party." "But when the election is announced, it is not that the mayor is not interested in how the spirit of the Gen-G movement will be institutionalized," he told Kantipur, "for that, the mayor and all of us agree that from the prudent movement to the Gen-G movement and in between, the Raswapa, independent mayors Gopi Hamal, Hark Sampang, Kulman Ghising of the Bright Nepal Campaign should come together." 

Personal secretary Shah says that Mayor Balendra has the understanding that if everyone has come to save the country, they should come to one place. "This is the message we give even to those who offer to talk informally," he said. Balendra has given feedback to his group that he will be the chief post of Kathmandu metropolis for five years. His message is that he will support any party that will be formed before that, but he will not be in the leadership. 

Dhangadhi Mayor Gopi Hamal says that due to health problems, he has not been able to communicate with anyone formally or informally. "My experience in Dhangadhi has made me believe that if there are good people, the country can be built in 10 years, but for that, someone has to make sacrifices, instead of looking at their own interests, politics should be taken as volunteering," he said, "If such a situation arises, we can think about cooperation." He said that he would come to Kathmandu after Tihar and then talk.

Discreet Common Party leaders have also broadened discussions with alternative forces. Some of those who have been in leadership roles since the Gen-G movement are motivated to move forward in a new way, even though their background is connected to the rational. Yujanraj Bhandari, who joined the movement, was previously in Viveksheel's youth organization, while she was working in the foundation opened in memory of Raksha Bomb founder Ujjwal Thapa. 

From Gobind Narayan, who is in Prime Minister Sushila Karki's secretariat, to Shah, the personal secretary of Kathmandu Mayor Balendra, the background is also discreet. A leader of the Viveksheel Szahar Party said, "Since our friends from our background are now in leadership positions, it is natural to have a discussion." "Discussion has become more important in the current situation, so we are ready to communicate with Gen-G as well as all those who are in the political and civil campaign," she said. When that happens, nothing happens except fighting each other. That is why we should go with a single force, if not a very small force.' Viveksheel Sazhar has announced that he is open to reorganizing the party by changing the party's name and election symbol. Spokesman Ashutosh Pradhan has issued a statement on Sunday and said, "The party calls on all concerned to move forward by opening all doors for cooperation, polarization, functional unity and greater integration with alternative political forces, new parties, activists and groups of the Gen-G movement and people who have made public acquaintances, open discussions, debates and build new forces."

  It is stated in the statement that the party is ready to move forward by reorganizing and making party positions on the basis of ideological clarity and value recognition, with good efforts at the center.

Sources say that discussions are being held with some leaders of the Nepal Samajwadi Party (New Shakti) about creating a strong alternative power. Former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai himself discussed with the leaders of the party that an alternative power should be formed. "His point was that we are leaving, a new generation has to come," said a leader, "We are not on that side now, but we are talking informally with some of the new faces there." 

Gen-G Alliance Nepal's Amit Khanal says that they have no talks with any party. "Instead, there is a discussion among the friends of Gen-G about how to participate in the election," he said, "Our alliance does not go to any party, but we support good people from an alternative force to go to the election."

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