Kathmandu: Nepali politics, visible and invisible both, is on the move.

At times the ongoing politics gives the impression that some one somewhere is twisting the politics to favor its side.

Those hatching conspiracy could be, among other several forces within and without, from the established political parties too for it is these parties , opine analysts, who not only were neglected but also were totally ignored at time of arriving at a ceasefire thus already announced by the government and the Maoists rebels some fifteen days back.

In having been sidelined these political parties feel that their roles were ignored to the extent that now if they do not effort at asserting their roles in the present day changed context, they would either lose their credibility among the eyes of their own voters or the entire political scene would be dictated by yet another political axis which is yet to take a concrete shape.

So far nothing of that sort has come into existence but yet the political parties fear of that impossible to become possible should they do not endeavour to bring the country’s politics under their grips.

The congress led by Girija sees as usual a “grand-design” in the entire affair that all of a sudden managed a ceasefire declaration in between the establishment and the unbending Maoists rebels.

A panicked Girija sees the sudden turn of events a “threat to democracy”, a system that he himself disfigured during his Prime Ministership.

A clever UML has kept its options “open” analysing that the party could use the card in a manner that would suit its most. This means that the UML as a party could encourage the rest of the democratic forces to forge a joint struggle if country’s politics ignored its politics. In the same vein, the policy of keeping the options open also provides it with an opportunity and leverage to bargain with both: the establishment and the Maoists rebels. The corollary of it could be also derived that should the moment so desire it could assist the constitutional monarchy should he provide “political concessions” or for that matter facilitates a way for greater roles to the UML in the affairs of the state.

But what couldn’t be ignored here is that the newly elected General Secretary of the UML, Monsieur Madhav Nepal has suddenly stepped up his political activities vis-à-vis the government-Maoists ceasefire. In the process he has been meeting practically all leaders of Nepal’s major political parties either in his house or in the office and urging them all to remain alert from the would be designs of those who brought about a ceasefire in between the two warring rivals.

Madhav Nepal also sees a threat to the “gains” of the 1990 popular movement in the sudden announcement of the ceasefire and has been urging all to unite to safeguard the same.

The rest of the political parties have been following him like their own party leader. For the lay men, what is surprising is that this he has been doing after he met a very powerful Ambassador at his residence early this week. UML sources say that the diplomat was there to greet Madhav Nepal for his fresh victory.

Interestingly enough, Madhav Nepal this time invited the two parties too, the RPP and the NSP, which were excluded from their previous “six-party alliance” for commiting a sort of blunder by entering into the Chand cabinet which according to them remains yet “unconstitutional” one.

Not very surprising therefore, the RPP Chairman, Pashupati Rana, utilised Mr. Nepal’s forum fit for making scathing criticisms against his own party prime minister. In doing so, Mr. Rana killed two birds with one stone. Firstly, by attending the meet, he could exhibit his democratic credentials to the rest of the five, and secondly he also exhibited his anger for the Chand government for keeping the party, read the RPP, in total dark regarding the progress in the government-Maoists talks that led to the ceasefire. In doing so, he also hinted his alliance members that his party too had taken the ceasefire in a mysterious manner as the other alliance partners have taken. Mr. Rana also joined the coalition partners and sought the details of the talks that brought the announcement of the ceasefire into existence.

The poor Nepal Sadbhavana Party at the moment is busy in sacking their own party president for his what they prefer to call follies. Mr. Badri Mandal in a day or two would most probably be sacked. Mr. Mandal’s detractors who attended Madhav Nepal forum joined chorus of the alliance partners and demanded transparency in the would be talks with the Maoists.

All in all, the political parties housed in the six-party alliance appear determined to assert their roles in the impending talks with the Maoists. In the process, they have all demanded satisfactory clarifications from both, the government and the Maoists, regarding the process through which ceasefire was announced and the mode of the talks that are likely to follow soon.

The six-party alliance has though hailed the announcement of the ceasefire but have also warned that any talks in between the government and the Maoists excluding the parliamentary parties would meet with proper resistance which means a movement.

In effect, the six party alliance fears the possibility of an alliance of the “two powers with guns” to wipe them out from the country’s political scene.

But will that be possible?