Kathmandu: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is in the news.

He is in the news not because he has scored high marks in politics but for his simple follies that attract the media attention and hence he is in the news.

His freshly acquired policy of throwing “dinner” to those whom he considers were vital for his own longevity in government is showing bad results.

The fact is that Deuba began his dinner arrangements first by inviting the monarch itself last week and the monarch attended as a matter of simple courtesy. However, rumors are that the monarch did attend to Deuba’s dinner only on condition that he resign at the earliest.

Rumors have it that the King accepted to attend to Deuba’s dinner only when the former was assured by Deuba through some high placed authorities that should he fail in materializing King’s instructions made at time of his assumption of the office of the prime minister well within a month or so, he would obey to the fresh wishes of the constitutional monarch.

Whether the monarch put such harsh conditions prior to attending to Deuba’s dinner is yet to be verified, however, what is for sure is that looking at Deuba’s increased inclination in throwing dinner party to his coalition partners in series does speak of different things.

Deuba perhaps has reasons to rejoice from his dinner parties, but question arises how long he would continue with such expensive feasts in order to continue in government?

The fact is that neither Madhav Nepal nor Pasupati Rana could be trusted for long as they both possess their own political agenda which is only but natural in politics. After all, what political benefits the UML will have if the Maoists attended to the talks? The UML maverick, Madhav Nepal, knows well that if the Maoists attended the talks would mean the automatic weakening of the already weakened UML as a political party. More so, the UML and its leaders are convinced that if the Maoists join the main stream politics one fine morning and decide to participate in the general elections then it is not the congress nor the RPP which would have to bear the brunt but it would be the radical communists cutting the votes of the communists.

Analysts are clear in concluding that the UML would wish the Maoists either delaying the talks or at best attend to the talks only after the UML and the Maoists strike a secret deal prior to the elections, if that does happen at all by the grace of the Almighty. Add to this, the incumbent prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba must not forget that the persons he has been inviting at the dinner parties tentatively all were his political rivals in the coalition and have been eying prime ministerial posts should some political disaster befall on Deuba and the latter is either sacked or forced to resign. Madhav Nepal and Pasupati Rana, movers and shakers of the present coalition conglomerate of Deuba, very well understand that Deuba has already become a sinking-horse and that his fall was imminent sooner or later. This makes it clear that Deuba, whether he throws dinners or luncheons to his rivals in their honor, the personalities enjoying his parties would not settle for less than allowing Deuba to go to the dogs.

By the same token, the monarch too appears to have already framed a structured policy in his mind. A mere dinner would not please the King as the latter knows that his loyal prime minister has miserably failed in materializing to his two point instruction: holding of the elections and bringing the rebels to talks.

Analysts believe that the King will not settle for less that demanding Deuba’s outright resignation soon. He can’t wait for an indefinite period.

Should this mean that Deuba’s days for being dubbed again as an incompetent prime minister is round the corner? Nevertheless, the million dollar question remains: how long the King will continue with such political experiments that have so far not yielded positive results?

Analysts wish to suggest the King to act fast as the situation is fastly going out of hand. It is neither in the hands of the lame-duck prime minister nor in the hands of the politically divided political parties.

What if the King invited all the leaders of the political parties at his Palace and sought their collective views to restore peace in the country?

The King is perhaps informed of all these sad happenings that have created panic in the minds of the common men here and there. It’s the King’s turn to act taking all into confidence.