Kathmandu: President Koirala appears that he will not settle for less than the restoration of the parliament.

The Constitutional monarch too appears adamant in not reviving the now dissolved parliament.

Madhav Nepal of the UML has kept his options open for he has made up his mind to face any eventuality that suits to his personal interests in particular and the interest of his party in general.

A frustrated Sher Bahadur Deuba too appears to have taken a new stand in the recent days wherein he now reiterates that what others will decide, he will toe the line. This also in some way or the other is very much similar to the UML line of keeping all the options open.

The RPP led by Pashupati Rana is exhibiting its party being more Catholic than the Pope and in the process dared not to attend an-all party meet summoned by his own leader who at the moment is the country’s prime minister. In doing so, Mr. Rana apparently hints that his party is no less democratic than those who have been opposing the incumbent establishment led by Lokendra Chand. The ultimate aim of Monsieur Rana appears to unseat his party colleague Mr. Chand.

The Sadbhavana continues to be in a mess and hence possesses no say in the fastly changing country’s political scenario after the announcement of the ceasefire by the government and the Maoists on January 29, last month.

Smaller Left parties have practically no role and hence they have either joined the voices of the UML or have left the politics to the mercy of the Almighty.

To begin with, president Koirala in his bid to press the King to heed to his terms managed the UML’s support and have jointly decided to wage a struggle against the monarch till the latter yielded to their demands. However, the UML appears to have badly deceived president Koirala. President Koirala and General Secretary Madhav Nepal now differ in their perceptions.

While Koirala would firstly wish the King to restore the parliament and secondly, through the use of the Article 128 for an all party government that would take up the Maoists issue properly and effectively, the UML expectedly prefers an all party government at the centre and will not mind whether such a government is formed by the King directly or through the way as charted by Koirala.

This is where the two political animals differ now.

A clever UML would wish to head the government and take up the Maoists issue. The UML idea is to play tricks at the conference which could materialise only when the party is in the government.

Poor Koirala made this revelation while he was in Biratnagar the other day.

” It appears that the UML leader will not mind in heading an all party government even if it is formed by the King directly”, remarked Koirala in Biratnagar.

If this is so then what could be predicted in advance is that the congress and the communists would differ on the procedures that forms an all party government.

The UML better understands that the monarch will not go the way as suggested by Koirala and has thus kept its options open which means that if the situation so demanded, the party will come to power.

Analysts opine that president Koirala’s demand for the reinstatement of the parliament is redundant in the sense that even if the King so desires, he can’t give a new lease of life to the parliament for the dissolution has already been approved by the nation’s apex court. The King would thus prefer to keep a comfortable distance and would not go against the SC decisions. This means that to hope for a revival of the parliament would be hoping against hope.

The UML understands all these technicalities involved in the restoration of the parliament and thus has kept all its options open—it is open even for pulling the carpet under the feet of president Koirala should such an opportunity that allows the UML to bounce back to power.

Poor Koirala considers the communists as his friends, which they are not.