Monarchy abolished... but

Peaceful exit of former king Gyanendra Shah, however he had no option but to leave the palace to accept people's verdict, is appreciated. As he expressed that he will not leave this country which indicates he will remain as a businessman. People are not offensive more towards him these days and it seems he will be able to live peacefully within this country in the days to come. It is clear that the down fall of monarchy in Nepal was because they always tried to remain autocratic, feckless, undisciplined and hypocritical. Abolishment of monarchy was not in favor of a single political party but it was in favor of all the Nepalese people. Monarchy remained atop of constitution and the royal members were not binded by any kind of laws enacted in this country. Major political parties in the mainstream politics waffled in the matter of monarchy and were seemed reluctant to raise flag against king but former rebel party Maoists had strong stance on holding Constituent Assembly election and abolishing the monarchy. Pull down and blaming game among the major political parties left the monarchy more safe and powerful.

The level of animosity towards monarchy grown highly, mainly after the royal massacre in June 2001. Taking the benefits of unstable political situation and the maoist threatened condition in the country, the then king Gyanendra took over all the exclusive authority on February 1 2005. Mainstream political parties intensified their agitation and maoists came out of the jungle after 10 years of war and stirred jointly with other political parties which ultimately forced Gyanendra to cede power to the last elected government. CA election held peacefully and first Constituent Assembly meeting passed the bill to abolish monarchy with high majority (560 out ot 564 members present) and finally monarchy came to an end.

Now Nepalese people are pending better rule, peace and prosperity. But still the ruling political parties have not reached to a consensus on presidential and ministerial portfolios to form a coalition government, which is making the people dismayed. It is important to remember that Gyanendra came to power at the time of worst political instability in the country and now the current political leaders should work in harmony to regain Nepal's lost stability though there is no fear of monarchy. Most of the political leaders and the government officers are engaged in political issues and for their own which is pushing this one of the world's poorest country even back. All political leaders and even commoners are shouting for ‘New Nepal’ but there is no positive sign of it. Here are no enough jobs in this country to hold the youths and the brain drain problem is worsening. Even the policy making leaders are not serious about the development of science and technology, economic growth and so on. Indulging into the political agendas always and politicizing in all sectors is not good. The big challenge which is facing this country is to change the way of our thinking and doing. We should work hard leaving the unhealthy politics and mercenary behavior. Since the lack of proper education is the root cause of terrorism and other problems, the government should give priority on improving the education sector along with other things.

Abolishment of the monarchy shows that none will be allowed to relish on the national income making the peoples scapegoats.