Kathmandu: The conspiratorial brain of Prime Minister S.B.Thapa appears to have consoled itself for having been not able to seduce the agitating big-5 parties.

The fact is that Thapa has failed miserably in getting the support of the cooperation of the parties in agitation and hence his desire to rule the nation with an all-party government under his command has gone to the dogs.

But this is not all. Thapa, a clever brain indeed, has indeed been successful in creating rifts in the coalition of the five parties which gets reflected from the fact that the agitating parties now talk of the formation of an all party government which would then later push the idea of the reinstatement of the now dissolved house of the representatives.

A close look at the freshly released agenda by the agitating five political parties appears tp have concentrated its efforts more in deriding at the monarchy and the army than talking the matters that they previously considered of prime political importance.

President Koirala has concluded that since he would not be made prime minister and hence he has presumably exerted his full pressure in incorporating the agenda that mainly deal with the curtailment of the roles of the King and the army.

A Madhav Nepal who until the last minutes prior to Thapa was declared the nation’s prime minister, appeared more or less modest and mild towards the monarch. However, when he was denied the post by the King on an unknown pretext became furious to the extent that he is the one now who talks more against the monarch than what his chum Koirala does. Perhaps this explains the mental agony of Shri Madhav Nepal for having been denied the prestigious post of the prime minister.

Shri Nepal’s penchant for the prime ministerial post was so high and full of temptation that he while dispatching the “application” to the Royal Palace deliberately avoided the clauses (127 or 128) which should be used to make him the prime minister. The fact is that Madhav Nepal in his application had not mentioned that he be made the country’s prime minister through the use of the article 128. This again means that if he would have been appointed as the Prime Minister, he would have cared little as to which clause elevated him to this prestigious post. All that he needed was the post be it through the use of 127 or 128.

Reports have it that the monarch too favored Madhav’s appointment but unfortunately, the Ambassador Rajan factor came into his way, which apparently facilitated Thapa’s appointment for understandable and obvious reasons.

To recall, Madhav Nepal used to enjoy the best of his relations with Ambassador Rajan. But why he preferred Thapa over Nepal is still a mystery.

The agitation appears to continue for long. Prime Minister Thapa understands this but has so far remained a failure in seducing his former chums in the coalition in which he was himself a signatory at time when Chand was made the nation’s prime minister immediately after the dismissal of the elected Deuba government.

But then yet, Thapa has one more card under his sleeve. If it worked would mean that he could pacify the agitation to a greater extent.

The idea is to give a new lease of life to the local government in the villages and the districts. The idea is to reinstate the local government for one year so that the local bodies get their representatives and begin functioning. If this does happen would mean that the villages and the district administrations would have their functionaries from practically all the parties who at the moment were in the agitation.

If this becomes a reality would presumably also satisfy the international donors who in the recent months have been talking that the absence of the local bodies are hampering their projects spread in the districts and the villages.

This is an idea indeed. Whether the idea of Thapa goes the Thapa way or invites scathing criticisms from the agitating parties will have to be watched.