Kathmandu: UML strongman, Madhav Kumar Nepal is unlucky politically speaking.

He was a consensus candidate of the big-5 now in agitation. He enjoyed unconditional backing from his own party activists. But yet the King denied him the prestigious post of the prime minister for unknown reasons. This means that the King is angry with him. A hypothetical assumption indeed.

Poor Madhav Nepal after receiving a big political shock from the Royal Palace is now experiencing a sort of revolt from among his own party comrades.

His declared political rivals in the party are Comrade K.P.Woli and yet another firebrand communist—Bam Dev Gautam.

The other day, these two high-profile communist leaders boycotted the party central committee meeting retaliating against what they call party’s grave mistakes that have cornered the two stalwarts, especially Mr. Woli.

To recall, Woli some time back had ventilated his feelings regarding the on going movement which was interpreted by his colleagues as to have been deliberately made to weaken the so-called movement now being waged by the five agitating parties including the UML.

“The movement is not only directionless but agendaless as well”, so said Woli of the agitation. This apparently infuriated his comrade-in-arms to the extent that some in the party pushed the idea that Woli be punished for his erratic expressions.

The Monday party meeting tried to extract explanations from Woli for his negative expressions with a hope that the accused would apologize, but what happened inside the meeting was a surprising one.

Woli boycotted the rest of the proceeding stating that until and unless the men who issues warnings to him on behalf of the party had to retract from their statements made against him.

Understandably, those who accused Woli did not do so as per Woli’s wishes which made Woli angry to the extent that he wished to quit the meeting in an angry mood.

Woli’s men see the invisible hands of party general secretary, Madhav Nepal, in making the former a target for declared reasons which apparently emerged instantly after the party’s seventh general convention which elevated the ranks of Madhav Nepal by cutting down the size of his known detractor-Woli through the use of foul political plays.

To recall, after the Janakpur convention, Madhav and Woli differ sharply and both criticise each other as and when they are provided political platforms. The Nepali media have become a handy-tool for both the arch-rivals.

If Madhav Nepal is behind defaming Woli, then what is for sure is that the former is slowly losing his trusted and dedicated friends in the party. Woli, by all available party standards, is a competent communist authority at par to Madhav Nepal. Should Woli be pressed further, he would have no other options left than to quit the party much the same way his friend Bamdev did some five years back.

The Madhav Nepal camp rejects the allegations that their camp was hell bent on demoralising Woli. But instead what they admit is that they were doing so in order to maintain party discipline and strengthen unity among the party activists.

While it is becoming clear as to why Woli is keeping a comfortable distance with his party GS, what is yet uncertain as to why Bamdev is not that happy either with Madhav Nepal?

To recall, it was Madhav Nepal who seduced Bamdev to join the mainstream party so that Woli could be brought down to his size. And Bamdev entered the UML with a hope that Madhav Nepal will honor him what was due to him. However, that was not forthcoming.

As the luck would have it, Woli and Bamdev appear to have formed a joint front to damage the prospects of their common rival—Madhav Nepal.

All in all, Madhav Nepal is losing his friends in the party he heads now. A combined effort of Bamdev and Woli against Madhav Nepal could easily bring about a total rift in the party with a chance of yet another split.

Add to this, some vocal members in the congress apparently had objected their own party from forwarding the name of a communist leader for the post of the nation’s prime minister.

If this is so then what could be concluded is that Madhav Nepal has already become an object of controversy within and without.

Analysts say that it was time that Madhav Nepal kept his house in order first and then embark upon a road that is too profound in size and dimension, politically speaking.