President of the Nepali Congress party has also taken the rein of the government in his hands. Koirala has started taking governmental initiatives by himself sensing that  the relations between the Palace and government is not as cordial and the law and order situation of the country has deteriorated. Last week he has instructed the parliamentarians the responsibility of the making contact with the people and he has also started dialogue with the opposition parties on the law and order situation of the country.

Koirala to his initiative after the Maoists intensified their attacks against the NC men and also against the police. Previously he had instructed the government to take all possible steps — political, administrative and legal — actions to tackle the Maoist issue. But Prime Minister Bhattarai did not listen and he also did not try take the opposition parties into confidence.

Now Koirala and others have no hope that Bhattarai will do anything.  Koirala even told a NC’s parliamentary committee that only legal framework will not help solve Maoist problem. However, the Prime Minister’s weak dealing has made the police administration inert and incapable.

Now if Prime Minister Bhattarai does not change his style of working, it will not be surprising if the NC MPs themselves made efforts to change their leader-the Prime Minister.

(Deshantar, October 3, Sunday)