Kathmandu: King Gyanendra through an announcement released on the eve of the constitution day, Monday 8 November, last week expresses his total and unconditional commitment for a constitutional monarchy and the multi-party democratic order.

On Wednesday, November 10 afternoon, two days hence the King’s admission of his unwavering support to the order now in place, Dr. Mohsin, the government’s spokesman in Deuba’s cabinet throws a bombshell that not only created panic among the so called democrats but did send spine chilling waves in the minds of the media men as well thinking what would happen next should Dr. Mohsin’s presumption come true?

Dr. Mohsin’s psychotherapy of the country’s situation was such that any thing could happen the next moment should the prevailing situation continued for long.

Analysts would have shelved for good Dr. Mohsin’s reiteration dubbing it as a wild analysis had it not been loaded with meaning. However, certain hypothesis did not allow Kathmandu’s political pundits to dismiss the government’s spokesman’s reiteration altogether. The fact is that there has been a tittle-tattle in Nepal that Dr. Mohsin is a Royal nominee in Deuba’s cabinet and hence whatever he said at a press gathering last Wednesday could have been a sort of message from the Palace to the countrymen, more so to the political parties to come to terms with the monarch or else face the consequences.

However, high placed sources say that the monarch neither could ventilate such warning signals through any minister in the cabinet nor he nourishes a desire to do so given his own strong commitments for the consolidation of the system existing in the country today. Matured analysts say that the King can’t afford to go on the lines of what Dr. Mohsin said given the present day international trend in favor of democracy.

In effect, Dr. Mohsin hinted the media men present at his office on Wednesday that should all the options fail; the country might have to embrace unwillingly a sort of authoritarian rule, which might not be in the larger interest of the nation.

What would also be interesting to note is that what Dr. Mohsin wanted to articulate and in what fashion he did ventilate his concerns on the country’s political situation and finally how the media took his statements and later how those were interpreted.

Not surprisingly, Nepali media too possess a political tilt that suits to their political interests and more often than not pens stories that suit to their political inclinations. But then yet, it would be altogether a sort of crime to dump all the charges on the media for having blown up Dr. Mohsin’s alarming statements made on that fateful day.

The media too has a limit to fabricate the statements. The media can’t create news of its own unless some one speaks on those lines.

The fact is that in Dr. Mohsin’s untamed analysis he could see the danger of an authoritarian rule in the country should the elections were rejected for long; should the Maoists exhibited their reluctance for talks with the establishment and should the law and the order situation continued to deteriorate as it stood today.

Looking at his baffling analysis as it is, nonetheless, analysts point out some hard facts contained in the spokesman’s justifications he cited in front of the press.

The fact is that the country must go in for polls. The country can’t be denied with an elected parliament for long. The country needed peace and can’t be left to the mercy of the Almighty.

It will take some more time to ascertain as to whether Dr. Mohsin’s expressions were deliberate or just the otherwise. Nevertheless, the ground reality is that the country can’t remain in the status quo.

As is the practice in Nepal, Nepali leaders twist their previous fiery and objectionable statements when scathing criticisms follow by stating that the media “distorted” their version and that they did not say those objectionable languages. Keeping the notorious tradition alive, Dr. Mohsin too preferred to escape the allegations that he as a minister in the cabinet had exceeded his political limits.

“In fact I had hinted that authoritarianism had already sneaked in the countryside wherein the Maoists rule supreme”, is how Dr. Mohsin defends himself now. I never told or hinted that the King will take over the charge of the country on his own shoulder, adds Dr. Mohsin in his bid to defend himself and the King as well.

Be that as it may, Dr. Mohsin was in the glare of publicity throughout Tihar festivals. Though he has tried to explain the real meaning in what he said to the press, however, the countrymen continue to debate over the veiled meaning, if any, in Dr. Mohsin’s alarming message aired calculated or otherwise prior to the Deepawali festivities. More interesting is the Cabinet’s reported approval of Dr. Mohsin’s alarming message sent last Wednesday. The cabinet apparently approved Mohsin’s version to hint the countrymen that the present establishment had no alternative and that if this set were to collapse, worse scenario might follow. In saying so, the cabinet indicates that this government was competent and credible enough to declare elections and to hold talks with the Maoists as well. However, the tragedy with this government is that neither it can hold elections nor the Maoists were willing to talk with this government.

The political stagnation continues.