Shasank Koirala, General Secretary of Nepali Congress not so long ago said “When wicked come together wise men must unite”.

Is he talking of the urgency for unity between democratic forces, including the forgotten monarchy to defeat the radical communists, the good over  the evil? Or, for that matter he could also be hinting at uniting against his party President Sher Bahadur Deuba, who has lately become highly erratic and authoritarian.

The leaders also blame Deuba for dismal performance of the party in the last general election.

Whatever Koirala may be hinting at but his choice of words drew our attention i.e. unity between the wise men.

Shasank in the days ahead is expected to express his inner feelings with total clarity. Earlier the better.

Koirala possibly is a shy man with no courage to confront his party president, which may be out of fear or for that matter party discipline, but his shyness must not mean his weakness.

Dr. Shasank perhaps prefers Sher Bahadur be relieved from party duties once and for all but he needs primarily the political support from his own family members and those are Shekhar Koirala and Sujata Koirala.

The Koiralas have not been yet united primarily because ‘India factor’ is what divides the family.

Shasank also understands the fact that he may have some friends posing to be loyal to him but in effect some are more faithful to Sher Bahadur and rest could have been planted by the Indian regime to spy on the Korialas.

Chances remain high.

Yet his choice of the word “wise men associate” must have some intrinsic meaning which got reflected just the other day when his cousin Ms. Sujata threw a lavish luncheon in the honor of those who hate President S.B Deuba.

The invitees were Prakash Man Singh, Ram Chandra Poudel, Arjun KC, Shekhar Koirala and some others like Dr. Ram Saran Mahat. No one knows how many of those invited were more loyal to Sher Bahadur and were planted by the all time evil Indian establishment.

The luncheon was hosted at Sujata Koirala residence in Mandikhatar, Kathmandu.

Sujata, for the first time perhaps came in front and made it clear by organizing this luncheon that she too would support any move that cuts the wings of the Party President.

The invited guests also took note of the “authoritarian” manner with which the party President elevated the ranks of Bijaya Kumar Gachhedar to the party vice president and that too without consulting the party apparatus.

This perhaps proves that the NC-the oldest of all, is bereft of internal democracy despite the claim to have been the otherwise.

But Ram Chandra Poudel takes Gachhedar’s elevation in a light manner. This is surprising. Is he playing double?

During Deuba Presidency the NC party has lost all the essential ingredients that had made the party strong enough to the extent that the party had challenge the sitting monarch(s) not so in the distant past.

Late B.P. Koirala, father of Shasank, had challenged late King Mahendra, if one were to recall, obviously with India’s backing and G.P. Koirala, father of Sujata, too toed the same big-headed line of his late brother who preferred to take shelter in India instead of facing the wrath of the highly egotistical King that Mahendra was.

The last India sponsored political change too was outwardly an act wherein late GP Koirala had a prestige tussle with the sitting Nepal sovereign King Gyanendra.

“The NC has lost its original charm and grandeur”, claim those who have followed the ups and downs that this party went through in the past.

The newly inducted Vice President BK Gachhedar has traveled a lot in these years and has finally taken shelter at the party which gave him name and fame in the country, if he recalls.
Now that Sujata has brought the “dissenting” voices together, it remains to be seen as to how the group of dissatisfied ones will unite in the days ahead and cut further the feather of Sher Bahadur

Deuba whose real power base lay in Delhi instead of Kathmandu.

Deuba’s close ties with Indian Prime Minister Modi, who masters the art of imposing blockades on Nepal, remains no longer a secret now. The general public still remember those difficult blockade days yet Deuba headed Nepali Congress remained tightlipped. Instead, the party lost its nationalist credentials when it claimed that India had never imposed an economic blockade on Nepal. The fact is that Indian blockade was in place close on the heels of the great Quake that had hit entire Nepal in the year 2015. This became one of the primary reasons for the defeat of the party in the election.

Naturally Deuba is also not that happy with growing Chinese influence. But his hands are tied now. Deuba is happy when India is happy, it is talked in the political circuit. This speaks of the rest.
Shashank must have the courage to speak out his mind vis a vis his party president Sher Bahadur and Nepal’s strained relations with India or it would be too late for his political career.

He can always jump back to his medical profession. He has this liberty. Observers however see that if not Shasank then no one can save Nepali Congress party from both the Communists and its own party president Sher Bahadur Deuba. This much is clear. That’s all