The obliquity of majoritarian morality

Morality is not tested when it echoes the crowd, but when it restrains it.

When forced to resign on September 9, 2025, with a metaphorical gun to his temple, the Khas-Arya chieftain Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli should have realised that his time was up and taken a graceful exit from mainstream politics. But Sharma Oli perhaps realised that dignity after retirement in the political life of Nepal is a rarity accorded only to a towering figure such as BP Koirala.