Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has taken a break from his executive role since Tuesday when he is under pressure from all sides to leave the leadership after the Gen-G movement. Deuba, who went public on Tuesday on the 36th day after the incident of 24 August, has given a public message that he will hand over the executive chairmanship to Deputy Chairman Purna Bahadur Khadka and will not return to his old role.

Deuba announced that Khadka was given acting chairman to hold the party's 15th convention within the stipulated time. Deuba, who reached Sanepa with his wife Arju to preside over the Central Working Committee meeting for the first time after the Gen-G movement, also recalled his 6 decades long political ups and downs. He presented a list of his government achievements when he was the Prime Minister for five times. Deuba concluded the meeting with a 13-page speech including the events of the Gen-G movement and the subsequent political scenario. 

Born in 2003 in Asrigam, Ruwakhola, Deuba started active politics from Congress at the age of 17. At the age of 25, he became the central president of Nepal Vidyarthi Sangh, the fraternal organization of the Congress. In 62 years of politics, he became the prime minister for five times.

Deuba, who has always been at the center of national politics, also had a strong grip on party and power politics. Even at the age of 80, Deuba, who did not want to take a break from party leadership and national politics, brought an end to the government of Deuba last August by the Gen-G movement. Deuba's political journey is surrounded by struggles and controversies. According to political analyst and professor Krishna Khanal, Deuba is not stuck in politics based on any vision and ability, but he is getting opportunities time and again due to helplessness within the party.

In Congress, Deuba is considered as a 'lucky' leader. After the dissolution of the Congress majority government, Deuba's fortune brightened only after the mid-term elections held by the then Chairman Girija Prasad Koirala. Socially, Koirala's image was not good at that time. After the Congress was defeated in the 2051 mid-term elections, Koirala made Deuba the leader of the parliamentary party. It was only then that he became the prime minister. He was only 49 years old when he became Prime Minister for the first time in 2052. The same Deuba was about to become the prime minister for the sixth time at the age of 81 before the Gen-G movement. 

Deuba became the prime minister five times in 2052 August, 058 July, 061 May, 074 May and 078 June. Deuba, who became the Prime Minister in 058, was removed from power on 18 Oct 059 by the then King Gyanendra taking a retrograde step. Then the movement against the regression of the king was intensified. Amidst the regression, Gyanendra made Deuba the prime minister again in May 2016. Deuba became the prime minister saying that the regression was correct after the king said that he would restore it. But on 19 Jan 061, Gyanendra removed Deuba again and started active rule.

analyst Khanal insists that Deuba has been given opportunities many times due to weak competition and helplessness within the party rather than a lucky leader. Khanal adds, "He can't hold elections by disbanding the House of Representatives because he wants to hold an election, and then after being in power, after being thrown out by the king, he will run to say 'I got justice' when the same king appoints the prime minister, and kick him out a few months later, Deuba's political value doesn't seem to last anywhere. 

Sher Bahadur, who reached the throne of Singha Durbar as Prime Minister for five times, has not only left a high profile in politics, but has also created a deeply controversial image. During his reign, who has been identified as a power player, there are accusations that corruption and corruption have increased more than good governance. During his tenure, there have been accusations of handing over democracy to the king since the buying and selling of MPs, the Sura-Sundarik scandal. In his speech given on Tuesday, Deuba argued that even though he was the prime minister five times, he did not complete more than one term and claimed that he had done a lot of good work in between. 

'You are aware that I have worked as a milestone in the reform of some areas,' Deuba said while reading the written speech, 'Community liberation as a social evil, social transformation from untouchable Nepal took place during my time. To prevent corruption, I issued the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2059 when I was the prime minister.' 

Deuba also remembered that he himself implemented scientific land reform by ending the dual ownership of land in Nepal. Deuba said, "In order to establish women's ownership of property, I have created a commission for the upliftment of communities such as Dalits, women, tribes, etc.

Deuba was in Britain for studies during the 046 movement. He returned to Nepal after the popular movement was successful. Deuba became Home Minister under the leadership of Girija in 048. Since then he has never lost a parliamentary election. He is the only leader to be continuously elected in Parliament.

In the initial phase, Deuba, who succeeded in becoming the Prime Minister many times by playing in the conflict between Ganeshman Singh, Girija Prasad and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, faced a long struggle and risk to kill the party power with Girija. Deuba split the party in May 059 after intense disputes arose within the party on whether to extend the crisis period imposed by his own government in November 058 to control the then Maoist war. Then, after the Nepali Congress (Democratic), of which he was the chairman, merged the party with the Congress in 064 October, Deuba took over the power of the party that had been in the Koirala family for two decades after 046. 

Deuba, who was defeated by the then Chairman Sushil Koirala in the 12th Congress after the merger, was elected as the Chairman in the 13th and 14th Congress. From 053 to 072 the Congress leadership was in the Koirala family. The young generation tried many times to remove him but failed. The Gen-G movement overthrew the strong power alliance of Deuba and UML president KP Sharma Oli and formed a new political power. Deuba has reached the exit from politics. 

Even after taking leave from the executive role, the internal structure and culture of the party will still remain under the umbrella of Deuba, a group of the Congress is suspecting.

Therefore, the leaders of the other parties of the establishment are adamant about the demand for a regular or special congress within November. On Tuesday, after Deuba's speech, an attempt was made to submit a petition demanding a special convention with the signatures of 54 percent of convention delegates. However, General Minister Gagan Thapa has said that in respect of Deuba's exit, he will register only on Wednesday.

"We said that we would hold a convention within the specified time, but it was not held later, so we are trying to demand a special convention because we have a doubt that they will hold it after the election," said Madhu Acharya, one of the leaders of the signature campaign. He comments that the 'musical cheer' of power between the three people has been ended by the Gen-G movement. Even though Khadka has been nominated as acting chairman in the Congress, he says that a new leadership should be selected before the February 21 election.

With the Gen-G movement causing upheaval in politics, Deuba has tried to separate by appointing a caretaker without appointing his successor. In particular, he is still not clear whether he will promote Khadka or someone else. If the Gen-G movement had not created this situation, he was planning to hold the party convention only after he became the prime minister in June 2008 according to the agreement of the UML-Congress equation.

After the Gen-G movement, his efforts focused on whether it could last until the 15th Congress. In particular, two general ministers of the Congress publicly called for separation from the leadership saying that the situation before 23 and 24 August and the situation after it are not the same. On the other hand, the moral pressure on Deuba increased after the signatures started for the special convention reached 54 percent. A Congress official says that only then did he take the exit route. 

The country can be returned to the constitutional path only through elections: Deuba

Deuba has expressed the opinion that the country can be returned to the full constitutional path only through elections. In the meeting of the central working committee, Deuba asked the government to create a safe and fearless environment for the elections to be held on the specified date. 

 'The government has set the date for the election of the House of Representatives on 21 February. However, the environment of free, fair and fearless elections has not been created. There is no guarantee of peace and security as a precondition for elections. The security agencies have lost morale and become harmless. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the government to normalize the peace and security situation for the elections and to ensure that the elections are held in a peaceful, fair and fearless environment and that everyone participates in spontaneous elections," said Deuba in his written statement, "Let the government pay attention to this. If we can create an environment for elections, we believe that elections are the basis for returning the country to the constitutional path.' 

The country can be returned to the constitutional path only through elections: Deuba [full text]

He said that Congress needs to communicate and cooperate with other political parties that believe in democratic system. The Constitution of Nepal, which was created by the people through the Constituent Assembly, is at risk. The supreme body elected by the people, the House of Representatives, has been dissolved in an unconstitutional and undemocratic manner. "The government has not created an environment of meaningful dialogue with the political parties that are considered to be the carriers of the multi-party democratic system," said Deuba. When there is a crisis in the country, let's move towards making all political parties unanimous by absorbing the past history of Congress giving solutions to it.' 

Deuba has thanked President Ramchandra Poudel for playing an important role in the difficult situation of 24 August. "During that unfavorable time, his mature role has prevented another crisis that may appear in the country," said Deuba. He said that the demands of Gen-G should be addressed and demanded that the criminal incidents that occurred in a well-planned and planned manner should be investigated.