It’s 5 PM now, and the voting for the CA election in Nepal begins exactly after 14 hours. Ten hours after that – it closes, if without major incident, then in next 24 hours, Nepalis will be celebrating one of the most important success of their lives.
Isn’t that great? Certainly, it is.
But there could be hiccups. Until now, apart from inter-party fights and two sad killings of candidates, nothing looks like threatening to the polls.
Or is that that the silence before the storm?
One of the most suspiciously taken issues is the silence of King Gyanendra. Well, he is silent (for many of us, he has no options) and for few of those little ‘conspiracy theorists’, he is PLANNING!
Planning what? Not necessarily to disrupt the polls, but possibly to get CA members to vote for keeping the institution as a powerless yet respected body.
The Telegraph Weekly had main news today titled ‘His Silence’ and it goes on to say that the King is equipped with the agreement signed with parties with India and US as a witness in April 2005 that promises to save the monarchy.
We knew that, didn’t we? Since the King stepped down in April 2005 after visit of an Indian envoy, the talk of the agreement is everywhere. And, we more or less believe in that point.
If that is that, and if the monarchy remains, it will be a grievance for all of us.
But, that will come later. The poll is the first priority. I pray that it would end with acceptable results and that the country would at least know the path to go on!
Sadly for all of us, the violent abruption in the polls still looms as a concern – the fear is still on!
