Good or bad, yet the family of the Koiralas still count in Nepali politics simply because it is this family that has invested much to the politics of this nation.
If in general they have made great contributions then some members of the Koriala family have hurt the nation very hard. At times though this party under the Koiralas have committed some blunders yet the family of the Koiralas is preferred over others in the national politics for some unknown reasons.
Late BP Koirala is such a single name among the Koirala family members who has made immense contribution in bringing the national politics to this advanced stage though at times his political follies too have invited alien influence in the domestic politics.
Late Girija Prasad Koirala, the younger brother of late BP Koirala, is the one who brazenly allowed the Indian influence to get institutionalized in Nepal which continues till today.
Girija Koirala, claim some of his detractors, is the real man who should be held responsible for all evils and troubles that this nation has been facing since the advent of the existing India imposed political changes which allowed the then Maoists terrorists to capture Nepali politics.
The Maoists party led by Prachanda and Baburam was declared a terrorist outfit by the Indian Foreign Minister Yaswant Singh right here in Nepal. It was declared amidst a press gathering at the Hotel Everest International decades back.
It is this bonus that reminds the Nepali population that “If India is around, no need to look for an enemy”.
Having said all these, let’s come to the point.
The Koirala family, Shekhar Koirala, Sujata Koirala and Shashank Koirala, perhaps have come to a “determined” conclusion that the former grip of the Koirala family in the Nepali Congress party, beginning from the days of BP Koirala, must be maintained. They have also realized that the Nepali Congress of late has lost its credibility among the population, which needs immediate correction and perhaps restored at any cost.
Other wise the nation will have to pay a much heavier price.
Perhaps with this new energy, Shashank Koirala, general Secretary of Nepali Congress has bluntly stated at a program in Butwal that “we the family members of the Koiralas have decided to fight for the upcoming NC Presidency”.
This means that the three Koirala family members have internally decided to lobby for one among the three for the post of the NC President.
This also means that the Koiralas have so decided to get the party rid of the Sher Bahadur Deuba’s whimsical dictates that proved disastrous at time of the last parliamentary polls.
It should be noted that the last national level poll brought the NC party down to the extent that today nobody talks and even feels the presence of this old party as a party in the opposition.
PM Oli functions without the presence of the opposition.
This is the fact. The NC has to admit this.
Shashank Koirala talking to his party loyal in Butwal said that I have the highest regards for my elder brother Shekhar and also for sister Sujata Koirala and that we shall in soon decide as to who among the three, should contest the Presidential election so that the lost prestige and popularity of the NC party could be regained.
“The news that we the family members are a divided lot is misleading and that we are in regular contact with each other and keep on talking national politics at regular intervals”, so said a determined Shashank Koirala hinting that the incumbent President Deuba should not be allowed to continue for the sound health of the party.
However, Deuba too has several cards under his sleeves.
He may have begun devising schemes to blunt the just surfaced threat from the Koirala family.
Deuba may trick the Koirala family by aligning himself with the former Maoists veteran, Comrade Prachanda.