Rana’s failed coup

Extreme caution is needed while appointing the next Supreme Court leader.

Cholendra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana is back again—and with a bang as always. Early in 2022, he gave one controversial statement after another during his impeachment interrogation. And when he tried to enter the Supreme Court forcibly, he created much hullabaloo. As the country got busy with festivals and elections, everyone seemed to have forgotten Rana as he went about his business without much fuss. Or so it seemed. But if anyone thought he would quietly slide into oblivion, Rana has proven them wrong—and how! When everyone got busy celebrating cultural and political festivals, Rana was apparently working on the sly, like a woodpecker pecking a tree when it’s dark all around.