Kathmandu: Nepal as a nation-State is definitely in a very crucial phase.

It has to decide at the earliest whether it would afford a prolonged war or a permanent peace. It has at the same time to decide as to whether the Maoists and the government should broker permanent peace in the country alone or the rest of the parliamentary parties too should be allowed their due and respected representation at the talks which is to determine the fate of the nation.

The government says it is ready to invite all the major political actors in the process of talks that is yet to begin. For the government says that it would be futile to expect a major breakthrough in the talks with the Maoists without their participation. In saying so, the establishment wishes to hint that a total transparency would be observed, as demanded by the parliamentary parties, so that that would exhibit the establishment’s total commitment for the democratic system.

Exactly this is what the Maoists top hats have been saying so.

But there is panic among the political parties who consider themselves to the lone protector of the system forgetting that it were these political men who forced the Maoists to the jungles.

These panicked ones feel that the monarchy and the Maoists have already struck a clandestine deal which time permitting will sideline their politics and that a new axis will come into vogue soon.

This fear is forcing them all to have sleepless nights.

The suspicions of the parliamentary parties gets doubled when they read Comrade Prachanda as saying that the ceasefire they announced a few days back is the sole result of theirs having agreed to this with the King.

But in the same vein he says that his insurgency as per its established rule had no other options than to negotiate this deal as it is this institution which wielded power at the moment and hence the talks with this very institution. In the same vein, he however, assures that this in no way should mean that they will proceed the talks without their due participation. In effect, Comrade Prachanda has appealed all, including parliamentary parties, civil society members and other responsible citizenry, to be a part of the talks that will follow soon.

The parliamentary parties do not take Prachanda’s declaration at its face value and seek more clarification from him on the secret events that dawned the ceasefire.

Prachanda’s fresh interview which says that since the “old power” has installed Chand in government and thus his insurgency would initiate talks with the niminee of the King. “It matters little whether it is Chand or someone like tom, dick and harry. He however, assures all that this should not be construed as providing “legitimacy” to the Chand government.

The political parties now in the six-party coalition got yet another jerk when they were forced to read Dr. Bhattarai’s fresh article printed in various newspapers wherein he says: ” it is time that the political parties in parliament must now decide as to whether they chose to side with them or the other camp.

Dr Bhattarai gives only two options to the parliamentary parties. Which they would prefer to side with given “Two power; two military force and two ideologies”.

Definitely, Dr. Bhattarai in saying so does amply hint that they amount to a forceful power; they possess their own army and that they also possess their own ideology.

A panicked parliamentary parties too have retorted back with more or less similar question to the Maoists.

They have asked the Maoists: whether you wish to side with the parliamentary parties in order to make forward looking progress or wish to side with the regressive forces.

It is these verbal duels that is perhaps consuming much of time and energy of the politicians in both the camps: the parliamentary parties and the Maoists.

The Maoists appear in a mood to convince the parliamentary parties of their good intentions.

The parties suspecting the fresh overtures in the country would perhaps forget every thing the moment they are given their due role which they were deliberately or other wise denied at time of the announcement of the cease fire. And what is the harm in it after all?

In doing so, Nepal’s national interests would be better served and nationalism enhanced.