By Our Reporter
Tamasha is a humoros show specially presented by comedians. Every day, we are watching such political Tamasha in the country. The Tamasha continues to haunt the Nepali people as well as leaders. Although Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is an expert in inviting instability by frequently changing his bedfellows, he is now uncertain about the future of not only his government but also his political career. Once he fails to enjoy the support of 138 lawmakers, he will lose his position. The fear of 138 haunts him all the time.
At a time when Madhav Nepal is not happy with the present coalition and the Nepali Congress has been demanding a parliament committee to investigate Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane’s involvement in misusing cooperatives’ money, the Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal has split only to increase the risk to the Dahal-led government. If Madhav Nepal and Upendra Yadav decide to quit the government and if the government is compelled to form a parliament committee as demanded by the NC, Rabi Lamichhane too will quit the government which will culminate in the collapse of the present UML-Maoist Centre coalition.
Rifts among the ruling parties have already started spilling in provinces with the UML hesitating to give a vote of confidence to Chief Minister Dirga Sodari in Sudurpashchim Province. Sodari is from the CPN (Unified Socialist). The resignation of a minister from the Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal in Lumbini has fueled feud while Koshi is there to add further woes to the two big ruling parties—UML and the Maoist Centre.
Although CPN-UML chairman KP Oli has succeeded in breaking the Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal to prevent Madhav Nepal from becoming the Prime Minister in the backing of NC and JSP-N, and Upendra Yadav of JSP-N and the breakaway faction of the party led by Ashok Rai have also reiterated their support to the present government, the Dahal-led government still looks vulnerable. If the RSP quits and the JSP-N withdraws its support, it can collapse at any time. This situation clearly shows that political stability is still a distant dream for Nepal.
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