Kathmandu: The UML is in government.
It is concurrently in opposition.
The party led by feudal communists create problems and give the impression that it is they who could only manage the medical treatments for the problems they created themselves for a variety of political reasons.
The party is in the High level peace committee and instead of talking of the prevalence of positive peace prefers to boycott the committee for unknown reasons.
The fact is that it is a party of power mongers who prefer to be in government to nourish its frustrated cadres and extract political, and financial gains to the party by pushing their own partisan agenda.
The part of the communists at times threaten the prime minister that they would quit participation in government should their wishes were not met with by the cabinet chief.
Look at how the UML did with the name of Dr. Yubraj Khatiwada for the post of the next Rastra bank governor. The party in the process made it abundantly clear that Dr. Khatiwada was their party man and that if he were not selected for the NRB Governor post, it would bring down heaven to earth.
The party talks of peace but so far has done little for the restoration of peace other than forwarding threat loaded statements to the prime minister even alleging him of being not interested in peace talks.
The fact is that the HPC has UML members as well. When their presence at the HPC was there, what force on earth barred the party from pressing the prime minister and his colleagues for talks with the Maoists?
The reality is that the UML does not want the Maoists to come to the talks. Firstly, the moment the Maoists come to the talks, the UML will have little say in the country’s politics. Secondly, if the talks succeeded, the UML will be at a loss for at time of the elections, the UML cadres will join the ranks of the new force that is the Maoists. This means that if the Maoists joined the mainstream politics, it would be the Maoists who would influence the present day UML voters back in the villages and districts.
Thirdly, if the Maoists agree to a ceasefire for the time being, it would not be the UML cadres who will visit the villages to seek people’s support but it would be the cadres of the rebellion side who would be there. And they were there very much in absence of cadres of any other political parties including those of the UML.
The party talks of serving the poor. The fact is that the party supposedly of the poor has increased the prices of K-oil three times in series well within five months of its tenure in government caring little. The party so far has not revealed as to what amount its ministers and the party bagged from such a Himalayan price hike brought into effect all of a sudden?
The party’s ministers hike the price of the sugar and petro-products. To exhibit that the party was sincere towards the poor people’s issues, the party tells its cadres to come to the streets to stage demonstrations against such unwarranted price hikes.
This double standard of the highest order. Kudos to the UML. Keep it up.