Shyam Prasad Adhikari,
Senior (Retd) Nepal Government
Bureaucrat
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| Shyam Prasad Adhikari |
It is sad
to say that politics in Nepal has degenerated into a naked struggle for power for
its own sake. It has become a lucrative profession. It involves the intent of
somehow or the other occupying the position of power by any means and staying
there for long time to come. The governance of the country as a result of such
negative tendencies has received a short shrift. There has been a steep fall,
as a result thereof, in the standards of public life and public
administration, to name a few. The crisis of character, value system in
politics, institutions of public administration and political institutions is
there for all to see. Democratic norms and processes have been completely
undermined and there is wide-spread erosion in respect for political parties,
politicians, legislatures and civil services. Nationalists who wish to see
Nepal as an independent and sovereign country for ever are becoming
apprehensive of our leader's role blaming them as puppets and tools of some
foreign countries.
Nepal is now counted amongst one
of the most corrupt and poorly governed countries in the world as the prospects
of civil strife and caste/communal discord stare us in the face. These all have
combined to present a disturbing scenario in our country today.
It has been rightly said that
absolute power corrupts absolutely. Power has peculiar way of entering into the
mind of the one who receives it or snatches it, thereby intoxicating the man
and even half-maddening him. He grows much more conscious of his rights than
his duties and at the same time becomes impatient of even those moral and legal
restraints which stand in the way of having a fuller taste of power. For the
time being, he begins thinking that he is a demi-god, answerable to none or
that he is just a superman who has every right to bully or domineer over the
lesser creatures who actually are his fellow-brothers, voters.
Power under minds objectivity and
rationality. To a man in power, rationality lies in all that augments his power
and anything that reduces it must be doubly irrational. History is a standing
testimony to the fact that power-thirst dictators or rulers have been most
unscrupulous, arbitrary and willful. The present political crisis in our
country is a result of the tug of war between major three political parties for
their lust and greed for power. It is a glaring example of our power-maniac
politicians/leaders who rather than tackling myriads of socio-economic problems
of their country, pushing her back to more backwardness due to their unending
lust for power. It is sad to see that the lust for power among our leaders is
clearly mocking the ideals of our hard-earned democracy. Fellow countrymen!
Isn’t it time for us to punish our power-maniac leaders who are bullying us
with their false and hollow promises? But how? Go for people's mandate?
benevolent dictatorship or marshal law ? We have chose one among the three.
Courtesy: Telegraphnepal.com
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