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Prachanda puts self before service (Nepal)
While the 10-year Maoist revolution ushered in miraculous changes in the laidback kingdom of Nepal, turning, as its climax, its royal family into social workers, it has also seen the commander of the revolution, Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, turn into a self-seeking dictator, the very vice he had been accusing the "old regime" of being tainted with.
Prachanda, who became republic Nepal's first prime minister in 2008, taking the oath of office in the name of the people instead of god, skipped parliament on Sunday and the 12th round of election held to choose a new premier.
With the Maoists, the party that had fought a civil war to have this parliament elected, and their new friends, the communists, practically boycotting the election, Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel failed to get elected on Sunday, though he was the only candidate and it was the 12th round of vote. Poudel received only 89 votes, the lowest tally so far, while 29 MPs remained neutral and one voted against Poudel.
Now the 13th round of the election will be held on Oct 26, after the Dussehra festivities conclude.
Since the election of the current parliament in 2008, Prachanda has kept the house as his lowest priority, attending only two of its meetings in three years and earning the dubious distinction of being the MP with the lowest attendance.
Now, even his party, whose activities ostensibly kept him away from parliament meetings, has also been put firmly below self. The extended central committee meeting of the Maoists, that was to have been held this month, has been postponed to Nov 14, the reason being the party chairman's upcoming junket to China. The Maoists are tomtoming that Prachanda is among the eight world leaders invited by the Chinese government to attend the Shanghai Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
However, the invitation needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, coming, as it does, after Prachanda's mysterious junket to Malaysia this month. The former revolutionary took off to Kuala Lumpur with his wife and son, ostensibly to attend a conference hosted by the Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation, of which he claimed to be the co-chair.
But there was no news about the conference and when, on his return, Prachanda produced an "appointment letter" to show that he was what he said he was, the document created even more scepticism. It said, "We are honour (sic) To Appointment (sic) Mr Prachanda Path (sic) as the Co-Chairman of Asia Pacific Exchange & Cooperation Foundation."
Prachanda Path is the philosophy assimilated by Prachanda from Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong and other communist leaders and adapting it to suit Nepal's unique socio-culture.
Prachanda puts self before service - The Times of India
While the 10-year Maoist revolution ushered in miraculous changes in the laidback kingdom of Nepal, turning, as its climax, its royal family into social workers, it has also seen the commander of the revolution, Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, turn into a self-seeking dictator, the very vice he had been accusing the "old regime" of being tainted with.
Prachanda, who became republic Nepal's first prime minister in 2008, taking the oath of office in the name of the people instead of god, skipped parliament on Sunday and the 12th round of election held to choose a new premier.
With the Maoists, the party that had fought a civil war to have this parliament elected, and their new friends, the communists, practically boycotting the election, Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel failed to get elected on Sunday, though he was the only candidate and it was the 12th round of vote. Poudel received only 89 votes, the lowest tally so far, while 29 MPs remained neutral and one voted against Poudel.
Now the 13th round of the election will be held on Oct 26, after the Dussehra festivities conclude.
Since the election of the current parliament in 2008, Prachanda has kept the house as his lowest priority, attending only two of its meetings in three years and earning the dubious distinction of being the MP with the lowest attendance.
Now, even his party, whose activities ostensibly kept him away from parliament meetings, has also been put firmly below self. The extended central committee meeting of the Maoists, that was to have been held this month, has been postponed to Nov 14, the reason being the party chairman's upcoming junket to China. The Maoists are tomtoming that Prachanda is among the eight world leaders invited by the Chinese government to attend the Shanghai Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
However, the invitation needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, coming, as it does, after Prachanda's mysterious junket to Malaysia this month. The former revolutionary took off to Kuala Lumpur with his wife and son, ostensibly to attend a conference hosted by the Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation, of which he claimed to be the co-chair.
But there was no news about the conference and when, on his return, Prachanda produced an "appointment letter" to show that he was what he said he was, the document created even more scepticism. It said, "We are honour (sic) To Appointment (sic) Mr Prachanda Path (sic) as the Co-Chairman of Asia Pacific Exchange & Cooperation Foundation."
Prachanda Path is the philosophy assimilated by Prachanda from Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong and other communist leaders and adapting it to suit Nepal's unique socio-culture.
Prachanda puts self before service - The Times of India
