“Old wine in a new bottle” is a popular saying. The two largest parties in Parliament, the Nepali Congress and the UML, formed a new coalition government against the norms of parliamentary democracy. Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli assumed the office for the fourth time, establishing a record in his lifetime. Sher Bahadur Deuba is waiting to establish a record of assuming the office for the fifth time after Oli quits power completing his two-year tenure, according to the seven-point agreement. This time, cunning and clever political leader and Maoist Center’s chairman, Pushpakamal Dahal, has been cornered. What gimmick will Dahal exhibit to gain power, we are not aware.

Besides other things, the main goal for the formation of the present coalition government is to ensure political stability and amend the constitution. Political stability or say continuation of the present government depends on the performance of the two leaders – Oli and Deuba. If both the leaders play the game honestly, the present coalition may last until the next general elections, otherwise, we cannot predict the future of the present coalition government. An amendment of the constitution is just like the opening of Pandora’s Box. A large section of people believe that there needed an overhaul in the present political system. They are demanding for scrapping of federalism, republicanism and secularism, which are against the Nepali culture, tradition, religion and civilization. People believe that foreign intervention against the Nepali identity has intensified since we adopted the present political system. Moreover, the present system has weakened the nation as financially too it is impossible to feed the white elephant. The best solution to the problem could be to call an all-party roundtable conference on the issues related to religion, federal structure and the governance modality including the issue of monarchy and the election of the chief executive of the government. A section of political leaders is backing the agenda of a directly elected chief executive of the nation, which is very harmful to Nepal, a tiny and developing country. The experiment of electing the president by scrapping the system of the historic institution of monarchy didn’t work as the people didn't accept the president as the patron and sought restoration of the institution of monarchy. If the leaders in power discard foreigners’ intervention and respond to the voices of the general public, a sustainable political mechanism can be developed from within the Nepali soil, but if the leadership is intended to please the foreign powers, the new amendment of the constitution also will not be acceptable for the Nepali people.