Happy no-election!

Everybody is free now. The credit goes to the Chief Election Commssioner Bhoj Raj Pokhrel. Only he has the gutts to tell the truth. Or, being mouthpiece of Girija et al, he said what the eight-party government wanted to say- that there will be no election of constituent assembly in June.

Well said Mr Pokhrel. You are great. What you said is what the eight parties did. In past one year, have you seen any party going to the public places and saying that the election of CA is integral part of democratisation ? Have you heard them speaking in Ranta Park and Ason Bazar that their parties would follow this or that track for the election of CA? I know very well that these leaders do not know about the election and the process. They just know how to be in front of the camera and become news in the televison and newspapers. Had they been really serious, they should have orgnised hundreds of mass meetings in past 365 days. It is very easy to escape by saying that the Maoists did not allow them to visit the villages but does this not prove that the supporters (if there are any) of the seven parties are all impotent? Even the "lawmakers" (technically) who had won seats from the Kathmandu valley were not seen in the street. They were sure of two things - one, they would not able to attract the people through their bhashan and two, they would not have to fact any election in coming several years.

By this time, the parties should have been clear about the importance of the election and its significance too. They should have called people's opinion on "mixed election", on proporational representaion and on Mixed Porpporation too. Do they know about the open system and closed system? Are they ready to include all the ethnic groups? regional criteria? gender and other minorities in the index?

In fact, for the leaders of these great parties, election has already become a part of dantya katha, that they would never be ready to face, if possible. And to be on teh chiar in Singh Durbar, they had to say something like this or that. And they said so. It was not their fau lt to promise that they indeed wanted an election? Who is going to contest election and becme a member of the assembly if Sujata Koirala and Jhala Nath Khanal can enter Parliament on civil society members' quota? And who is going to say good bye to the present grand parliament if they can enjoy the guff-suff station where they are not even threatened by opposition? Frieds, these political creatures and more clever than the cats who often enter my kitchen and drink way my milk.

And see the result, the eight parties now can spend some more days by blaming one another. They will play this type of role for some months and again they will say that the election would be held in August. What can we do with this leadership? Will they ever take us to the CA polls? Freinds, what do you want to add to this?