TGW - Not for nothing late Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala - a legendary Nepali Congress leader is remembered by the Nepali Congress cadres at this point of time.
Merely have two months and three days passed after Nepal was declared a Democratic Republic but more importantly the winds of change have also swayed away the Nepali Congress more so the Koirala legacy in Nepali politics along with the 240 years old institution of monarchy.
Late B.P. Koirala is remembered more at this point of time for his remarks wherein he had said that the existence of Nepali Congress in Nepali politics is linked to the existence of the Institution of Monarchy. “Our necks [Monarchy and Nepali Congress] are tied with each other”, B.P is quoted as saying by his followers even to date.
After 26 years of the death of late BP, his disliked brother and the incumbent Prime Minister G.P Koirala remained instrumental in dethroning the monarchy, and in reducing the glorious Nepali Congress into a meagre force.
Be that as it may, today, Friday August 15, 2008, Nepal’s octogenarian Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala is quitting Nepal’s Prime Minister’s official residence who, if every thing goes as per the general expectations, will be replaced by none other than the man who through a bloody communist revolt not only uprooted the institution of monarchy but also ensured that the marginalized sections of Nepali society are guaranteed their inherent rights, in the process sacrificing more than thirteen thousand precious lives.
G.P Koirala will be staying at the personal house of Dr. Sashank Koirala some where in Kathmandu. Dr. Koirala is the son of late B.P.
As per some media reports, at a family gathering recently held at the PM’s official residence, Nepal’s care-taker prime minister Koirala accepted that the Koirala legacy in Nepali Politics has thus ended in a disastrous manner. In saying so, Koirala who will always be remembered for his love for power and power alone blamed some NC party leaders for the shameful ouster of “Koiralas” from Nepali politics.
Nevertheless, Sujata Koirala-the illustrious daughter of G.P was quick to comment on her father’s remarks. “You have always supported worthless men in Nepali politics”, told Sujata to her elderly father.
“I will stay at Sashank’s house…I have lived there before…I will feel more comfortable there”, Koirala said.
“You have never listened to me”, Sujata lamented.
Is this the end of Koiralas from Nepali politics? Yes perhaps!
With Sher Bahadur Deuba and Ram Chandra Poudel and many more opportunist leaders in the Nepali Congress camp competing for the party top position, the party will also face possibly several splits if something unusual happens, conclude analysts.
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