By Our Political Analyst
Everyone knows well that the leaders of the Tarai-based parties were the biggest critics of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli until a few months ago. Oli not only foiled an effort made to amend the constitution a few years ago, but he was also prevented from organising mass meetings in the Tarai before 2018 elections. But in recent days, the same leaders of the Janata Samajwadi Party, which took to the streets against the dissolution of the House by Prime Minister Oli, are willing to join his government.
This development may look intriguing on the surface. But if look at it seriously, the potential marriage between the former enemies do not look unnatural for mainly two reasons: First, both the Tarai leaders and Oli are against the Constitution, secondly, both have the same masters—India.
The present leaders of the JSP opposed the promulgation of the Constitution in 2015 by launching a protest across Tarai and India supported them by imposing a blockade against Nepali people affected by the massive earthquake. Coincidentally, Oli was leading the government during the later part of the five-month Indian blockade.
Prime Minister Oli expressed his dislike of the Constitution by violating it while dissolving the House in December last year. Although he was well aware that the Constitution does not have any provision that allows a majority government to dissolve House, he dissolved it showing utter disrespect to the Constitution. He even amended the provision of the Constitutional Council going against the spirit of the Constitution, which clearly suggests he is against the Constitution.
Now come to the second point. It is apparent that Rajendra Mahato and Mahanta Thakur have been working under New Delhi’s guidance right from the time of the first Constituent Assembly election and it was manifested openly after the promulgation of the Constitution in September 2015. India has not recognised Nepal’s new Constitution. The southern neighbour has only kept it ‘in its notice’. And foiling the Constitution has been the only goal of India since then. It has become more urgent to foil the Constitution after Nepal published her updated map last year by amending the Constitution.
Prime Minister Oli dissolved the House weeks after he secretly met Samant Goel, Chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India’s foreign intelligence agency, at the former’s Baluwatar residence at the end of October last year. Many argue that PM Oli decided to dissolve the House after he met with Goel.
Prime Minister Oli who managed to reach power with his nationalist stance has now become a reliable agent for India to fail the Constitution, and the unnatural marriage between PM Oli and a faction of JSP is to achieve the Indian mission.
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