New Year with a bang

Lust for power will govern the ways of the politicians and the passion of Statism in the years to come.

We are conditioned to hear the limited expressions, phrases and linguistic noises made by the senior leaders of the Nepali political parties in their leadership disputes. Considering the length of the essay, I am only focussing on the discourses emanating from the Nepal Communist Party. Who speaks and who listens constitute the texture of the argument. People who enter the fray and those who remain outside it play their roles differently; that we can see in the intense arguments, criticisms and counter-criticisms triggered by the dissolution of Parliament by Prime Minister KP Oli on December 20, 2020.