Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML) General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal has expressed his dissatisfaction at the Maoist leadership in the current coalition government.
Talking to state-run Radio Nepal on Friday, Khanal accused the Maoists of trying to work’ mono-sidedly’ in the coalition government. However, he did not give any specific instance to support his accusation.
“There is some imbalance in budgetary allocations among ministries; they can be negotiated and managed,” Khanal said. He was indirectly referring to his dissatisfaction over the comparatively lower budget allocations to his party-run ministries.
Khanal also pointed out to the good possibility that the current government has.
Another senior UML leader Khadga Oli, who went to share his sorrow with the then king when he was defeated in the April election, has been stressing on toppling the current Maoist-led coalition government for another coalition under UML or Nepali Congress.
Similarly, Ishwor Pokhrel, another UML leader has also tried to form opinions among his party cadres and supporters that the Maoists have not abandoned the path of terrorism and so must not be allowed to lead the government. Pokhrel has been accused of illegally earning millions when he was oil minister.
The next powerful coalition partner of the current government, the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), representing feudal and extreme rightist interests, is ideologically opposite the Maoists. Should there be a possibility of changing the coalition, they are likely to rush to it.
It had been easier for Maoists to conduct their war against state forces during their armed insurgency period. Their war strategies and tactics were very successful to the extent that they were able to run their parallel power in most of the countryside though they were not in a position to take over the central power strongly protected by the superpowers and South Asian regional power. But they face the toughest challenge while the people have democratically assigned them to lead the coalition government.
Any of their efforts to formulate policies for the working class people is likely to be strongly resisted by the traditional forces such as the Nepali Congress and the UML as well as the ‘above-the-constitutional’ commercial forces addicted to amassing mountains of money never legally defined and demarcated.
What is more important in this context is the possibility of destructive civil war if political and socio-economic transformation is deliberately blocked by the traditional forces.
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