Kathmandu: Prime Minister Koirala’s enemies apparently will converge at one place in their fresh bid to unseat him from the current chair.
Indications to this effect has just come from the main opposition-the UML quarters which only Monday evening decided to launch almost a sort of crusade to throw Koirala out of the chair if the latter doesn’t quit the post on moral grounds.
The UML has finally joined the bands of the enemies of Koirala who wish to see him relinquishing the chair of the Prime Minister in the larger interest of the people and the nation.
The UML apparently has charted big plans for the summary ouster of Koirala which include “aggressive” presentation inside the parliament that is yet to begin and concurrently jumping onto the streets with “effective” demonstrations.
The UML believes that in doing so, the people will understand better the UML’s cause and the need for Koirala’s ouster from the post and that would continue till Koirala himself quits from the chair.
“The rest of the opposition parties in the parliament will also be taken into confidence and would be duly convinced on the need for Koirala’s ouster”, said a UMLite to this scribe.
A sort of pressure would be build against Prime Minister Koirala both inside the parliament and in the streets much the same way the Phillipinos came out on the streets to force the estrada’s ouster only recently and the “’mechanism” worked effectively, added yet another UML supporter.
An official statement released by the UML Monday states the reasons for the urgent need to dismiss Koirala from the Premiership had arisen, among other things: firstly, the Congress government under Koirala instead of checking effectively the wanton killings of the people and the reign of terror that prevails in the nation, acted in a manner just the otherwise; secondly, the Public Accounts Committee while investigating the Lauda air scandal apparently sensed the Prime Minister’s own involvement in the whole deal; thirdly, overtures seen in handing over the nation’s two commercial banks to the foreign companies contra to the laws of the land; and finally, instead of opting for a constructive dialogues with the Maoists in sorting out the issue, preferred to break the dialogue mid-way and thus contributed to complicating the problem even more.
The charges definitely are grave. Whether the charges framed against Koirala by the UML were correct or not is important. If yes, then it would definitely create havoc not only for Koirala but for the entire system as well.
Things will come to the open only after the now suspended Chairman of the RNAC currently under the command of the Commission looking for the abuse of authority speaks the truths or is made to speak the facts.
To recall, the Maoists almost take Koirala as their number enemy; rest of the opposition forces too were not happy with Koirala’s handling of the state affairs; the nine left parties unquestionably were deadly against Koirala’s rule; the Deuba factor is already there; the lay men are not happy with his regime for obvious reasons and finally the UML which has declared a sort of undeclared war against Koirala.
If all these forces converge and the people affected by Koirala’s (mal) governance support the movement on the streets, the result is predictable.