EDITORIAL   14 Pous is the birth anniversary of King Birendra and 27 Pous is the birth anniversary of King Prithivi Narayan Shah the Great. The loktantrik leaders, who are serving their foreign bosses, are trying to erase the contributions made by the kings of Nepal and the Nepali culture by introducing another form of political tradition. We saw a national holiday on Christmas day, 25 December, by cutting down national holidays on the birth anniversaries of King Birendra and King Prithivi. Taking about the kings of Nepal, King Prithvi Narayan Shah gifted the present modern country to us. King Mahendra gave the modern shape to the country and King Birendra wanted to ensure Nepali sovereignty and independence permanently by proposing Nepal a zone of peace (ZoP). The Shah kings were patriotic, development-oriented and concerned about the nation’s prosperity and existence. Attempts to erase the contributions of the Shah kings are taken as an opportunity by those traitors for demonstrating their foreign loyalty. Until the 2006 April uprising, solely sponsored by the Indo-West powers, the nation was observing King Prithivi Narayan Shah’s birth anniversary as the national unity day. With the emergence of those “offensive” political parties in the Nepali political arena, such holidays observed by the country for decades have been cut down. Needless to say that “offensiveness” is for forgetting Nepali tradition, culture, religion, and language, and adopting foreigners’ culture and tradition. Nevertheless, the majority of the population has discarded the intention of those foreign puppet politicos. Of course, they tried to punish those traitors through their votes during the 20 November elections. We could see the frustration of the voters at a massive level. Interestingly, those, who claim a “revolutionary change” from Pushpakamal Dahal Prachanda to Upendra Yadav were heavily punished by the voters. Prachanda, with the fear of a humiliating defeat from an electoral constituency in Chitwan, had to take shelter in a constituency in Gorkha, King Prithivi Narayan Shah’s kingdom and the origin of modern Nepal. Dr Baburam Bhattarai has become very unpopular among the Nepali people. He wanted his lovely daughter would join the politics but the efforts of the five-party alliance were unable to secure Bhattarai’s daughter’s victory. Prachanda’s daughter-in-law faced a heavy defeat despite being the candidate of the five-party ruling alliance. Upendra Yadav, a strong advocate of federalism, had to face a humiliating defeat. What could be the fate of these “offensive” politicos if they had contested elections without developing an election alliance among the ruling parties, we can guess. Thanks to the traditional democratic party, Nepali Congress, for rescuing the “offensive” politicos for the time being. Unfortunately, these leaders discarded by the Nepali voters have again captured the government by developing a syndicate for sharing power. Again, voters have been deceived.