Sher Bahadur Deuba was 45 years old when he first became Home Minister in 2048 BS. Since then, he has been in power continuously for three decades. He became Prime Minister five times. Deuba, who first became Prime Minister in 2052, succeeded in becoming Prime Minister in 2058 BS, 2061 BS, 2074 BS, and 2078 BS.

Deuba is also the first Prime Minister to form a coalition government in Nepal. In 2052, he led the government with the support and participation of his party, the Nepali Congress, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, and the Nepal Sadbhavana Party.

Since then, Deuba has created an image of a leader who will do anything for power. He has a tendency to form a government with anyone, reach the government at any cost, and stay in the government at any cost.

There were no-confidence motions against the government formed in 2052 twice, and Deuba himself took the vote of confidence twice. During this same tenure, Deuba inspired lawmakers to a luxurious lifestyle by giving customs exemptions on Prado Pajeros. To strengthen the government, he made any lawmaker a minister and made the size of the cabinet unnaturally large. In addition, he also sent ministers to Bangkok on the pretext of medical treatment to thwart the no-confidence motion against him.

He left power within a year and a half, but with a strong attachment to the position.

Deuba has never reached the post of Prime Minister easily and naturally. He did not become Prime Minister with the mandate given by the election. It has been analyzed that he used the disturbances that occurred during the tenure of the House of Representatives to his advantage. Interestingly, even though the Congress became the largest party in 2079, he could not become Prime Minister.

He formed the second government in 2052 after the 2051 election, the third government in 2058 after the 2056 election, was appointed by King Gyanendra in 2061 after the dissolution of the House of Representatives in 2059, the fourth government in 2074 after the 2070 election, and the third government in 2078 after the 2074 election.

Whether he was able to become Prime Minister by weaving a conspiracy, or he was made Prime Minister by weaving a conspiracy—it is analyzed that it is possible that he became Prime Minister and was not made Prime Minister many times due to his lust for power.

In 2059, he dissolved the Parliament after falling into the clutches of the then King Gyanendra, and also divided the Congress at the instigation of Gyanendra. He also became the Prime Minister after abandoning the street struggle. His actions prolonged the struggle against the palace and the palace itself became an authoritarian stronghold.

In order to become the Prime Minister, Deuba had rolled out the ‘red carpet’ for the RPP, a panchayat-era power, in 2052. King Gyanendra, who was removed in 2059 as incompetent, also fell into confusion. His statement that ‘the Gorkhali king gave justice’ after becoming the Prime Minister for the third time in 2061 has been established as a symbolic sentence of power greed to this day.

After the dissolution of Parliament, the Congress (by then Deuba had formed the Congress Prajatantrik) and the UML, which had united in the movement against the king, entered the palace leaving the streets. At that time, the UML also entered the palace holding Deuba’s hand. The UML, however, had concluded that ‘the regression was half-true’.

King Gyanendra staged a coup on 2061 Magh 19 against the government of Congress-UML and other parties in 2061 Jestha. Bharat Mohan Adhikari, who led the same government from UML, has written in his book 'From Parliament to Constituent Assembly' - 'Prime Minister Deuba's indifference, neglect and increasing friction with the court gave the king the opportunity to stage a 'coup' like in 2017.'

In order to become the Prime Minister in 2074, he had snatched the Maoists from UML in 2073. In 2078, he had split from the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led group from UML to continue his power.

He did not have the nature of staying outside of power. He became pro-government when he was in power, but he could not play a role accordingly when he was in the opposition. During the KP Oli-led NCP and UML governments, he had taken part in constitutional bodies.

He could not establish an ideal and democratic image in the running of the party either. Initially close to Girija Prasad Koirala and becoming Prime Minister for the first time at his request, Deuba later reached a point of conflict with Koirala.

Even though the Congress was split in 2059, in 2064 he merged the Congress Democratic Party into the original Congress. However, he remained a pawn in the division of the party from MP tickets to the appointment of ministers. After the Congress became the second party in the first Constituent Assembly, the then President Girija Prasad Koirala had said, 'Unifying the party was a blunder.'

In other words, Koirala's analysis was that unity with Deuba had introduced distortions and damaged the party's political capital.

Even after the integration, Deuba became the President of the Congress twice and the Prime Minister twice. But he saw nothing except power interests. He had publicly said that astrology had predicted that he would become the 'Prime Minister seven times'. This is a representative example of the immense lust for power inherent in him. To ensure power, he did not hesitate to form electoral alliances with anyone.

He had become incapable of seeing beyond the faction and unable to communicate with the world beyond the faction. That nature had become even harsher in recent times. An example of this is the behavior he showed around the recent special general convention.