Kathmandu: Contrary to his arrogant and stubborn nature, the Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala made a fervent appeal to the entire opposition parties to shun the differences and work in unison in the broader interest of the nation.

The opposition simply listened to his rather ‘modest’ appeal and instantly declared that there was nothing ‘new’ in his fresh appeal.

Hardly had the Prime Minister made this appeal in the parliament Monday, the leader of the main opposition Madhav Kumar Nepal in no uncertain terms opined that the opposition parties were ready to serve the nation as suggested by Prime Minister Koirala provided the latter resigned at the earliest.

Madhav Nepal went to the extent in hinting Koirala to resign prior to the new King addressed the Budget session.

His Majesty the King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev is to address the joint session of the parliament this Friday afternoon. This would be his first ever address to the nation’s parliament.

If Madhav Nepal’s blunt expression represented the mood of the entire opposition then what could be fairly concluded is that the ongoing session too would be a chaotic one reminding the 19 th session which practically ended with no business at all.

To recall, the previous session simply got disturbed for the entire 57 days for the opposition sought the unconditional resignation of the Prime Minister for his alleged involvement in the Lauda procurement deal.

To add insult to injury, the opposition now clearly wishes to cash in on the CIAA warning served onto the heads of the Prime Minister regarding the Lauda air deal. The CIAA had warned the Prime Minister to remain ‘alert’ while finalizing deals of the sorts of Lauda. The corollary, as per the new stance of the opposition, has been that when the CIAA has served warnings to the Prime Minister he should resign outrightly.

Add to this, the opposition led by the UML has one more plus point in demanding Koirala’s resignation.

“‘Since the Prime Minister holds the portfolio of the Royal Palace affairs and hence he should take responsibility of the Royal massacre of June 1, 2001 as well”, maintains the Opposition.

However, home minister Poudel rejects this theory and openly says that since the security systems inside the Palace is a matter that falls under the jurisdiction of the King and hence the government can’t be held responsible in the June 1 Himalayan tragedy. A noble theory indeed!

Koirala’s mental agony perhaps gets doubled when he listens the unpleasant comments from his own party quarters.

Only recently Koirala’s arch rival Sher Bahadur Deuba is learnt to have told that the nation is forced to bear with a Prime Minister who is stoned while being in a procession to Aryaghat meant for the conclusion of the last rites of late King Birendra.

To recall, Koirala’s car was stoned at two places by the weeping on June 2 afternoon while on his way from Chauni to Aryaghat which forced the Prime Minister to cut his route short and straight proceed to Pashupatinath Temple.

This means that Deuba continues still to be in anti-Koirala camp and prefer the ouster of his archrival as demanded by the entire opposition parties. Whether he still enjoys the blessings of his mentor, K.P.Bhattarai, will have to be watched.

Sources close to Deuba say that Bhattarai too has a one point agenda and that being Koirala ouster immaterial of the fact that who manages his ouster-the opposition led by the UML or the partymen themselves.

If this is the existing reality then Koirala definitely will have to walk a tight rope entire this session as well. A clear hint from the opposition quarters has already been signaled to Koirala.

How Koirala manages his safe landing from the ongoing budget session will have to be carefully watched. Concurrently which cards the opposition parties use this round of the parliament session to get rid of Koirala will also be presumably very interesting.

Understandably, the fight to finish tussle in between the two predictably will be at best be cashed in on by the Maoists insurgents. A windfall for the Maoists insurgents indeed.