Kathmandu: – More than an art of the possible politics in Nepal becomes an art of confusion with the actors of various hues vying for advantage while creating confusion. The mainstream political parties have thrust their volatile student cadre to spearhead their join5t movement of their choice. In the process they threaten the government–Maoists talks finally taking place this week. The Maoists seeing the growing distance between the government and the mainstream parties seek advantage by possibly even aborting the talks. The government on the other hand is increasingly presenting itself as a bulk of contradictions dabbling inconvenience in the search for a way out both in the talks and in the student problem.

The public at large is a bystander gaping at the intensity of the violence encouraged by the political parties in the student move. The idea is to remind the public of the student movement of 2036 (1979) as the partisan media says. Perhaps the date 2046 (1989) is not being mentioned as it is the Maoists who demand that change and they are sensibly talking with the government with that aim.

A flustered public can’t but look askance at the seeming confusion is government. Personal ministerial ambitions appear very much at work in sending different messages to the public at the same time. Coherence is lacking when coherence is must at least from government amidst the purposive attempts at confusion from everyone else.

The T.U has made a statement contradicting its previous stand not to postpone elections. Now the T.U insists that classes are on and no decision has been made to shut down the agitating campuses. The aim now will be to make the campuses unruly enough to close down campuses sine die.

The media has once more began tilting towards the sources of the flow of news and views of the vocal. It is the Maoists and the mainstream parties that are the more vocal. Outside of the speeches at inaugural functions government appears incapable of reaching out of the masses assuring them of their control power events.

So far however, the public remains apathetic to the politics of it all. Students have been left to themselves. Party politics is more of concerns of leaders increasingly ridiculed for their wayward statements and even the Maoists have suffered from media over exposure incredibility.