Koirala’s third presidency!

November 17, 2004
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Kathmandu: President of the Nepali Congress, Girija Prasad Koirala, upon his return from a weeklong trip to China addressed a press conference last week, which must not have been taken by his party colleagues in a good taste.

President Koirala told the press men that he has told his party colleagues, more so those who were willing to run for the next congress presidency that if they wished the post, they should come forging a sort of consensus for the candidacy.

The fact is that those who are eying the next presidency were doing so on their own and hence question does not arise to come to a consensus as demanded by Koirala.

Congress watchers say that this proposition of Koirala is a ploy to frustrate the temptations of those aspirants who have declared that they would run for the presidency this time of the elections.

Koirala, however, did not mince words in hinting that he would be a logical candidate for the next presidency should his friends fail to forge a consensus amongst themselves for the candidature of the congress presidency.

This meant that Koirala has a desire to get himself elected as the next president of the party immaterial of his instructions and suggestions to his party men.

In the race for the congress presidency are Ms. Shailaja Acharya and Ram Chandra Pokhrel.

That Koirala suspects the very credentials of his own party colleagues becomes clear from his statement made on that day wherein he said “what would happen if the new presidency, other than himself, exhibited a tilt either towards the Palace or the Maoists?

This means that Koirala suspects both of the aspirants for the post who might strengthen the hands either of the palace or those of the Maoists. This further means that he would not tolerate the congress party going to the folds of the palace or for that matter of the Maoists.

In saying so, Koirala suspects that the candidates who have so far declared their candidacy could have a tilt either for the palace or for the Maoists. Koirala however does not specify as to who could be those willing candidates who might prefer to obey to the dictates of the palace or of the Maoists.

All put together, president Koirala appears to be in a mood to shoulder this onerous task for the third time as well.

The message is loud and clear.

How Koirala’s party colleagues have taken his rather insulting remarks would have to be carefully watched.