Earlier I cautioned readers to tighten their seat-belts for unpredictable and inevitable political turmoil is near around us (May 8, 2026). The PM abruptly walking out of the parliament, while the President’s addressing the session, is only a tip of the iceberg, there are more things to come in the days ahead.
An attempt to control the damage, referring PM’s health, by his political advisor, went into deaf ears. Citing “mental health” could have been a better reason than deleting the tweet in haste. His walkout was a pure disrespect to the institution, to the President, to the honorable MPs and to his own government. May be due to chain of command, RSP members are keeping mum. One can read this in their faces. When Mr Narayan Wagle wrote “excessively self-aggrandized PM” (maimatta pradhan mantri) in an online news portal, he, basically, hits home on the character of this actor. The problem is: His die-hard fans still think it is a right thing to do or he had an important assignment. Some jerks even called for the President’s resignation. I could not understand that jerk’s idea. On what ground the President should resign? For disrespecting him? The minute details of the event, eventually, tell us that he is simply not happy with the presented plans and policies. An outspoken MP from RPP pointed out that it is simply a copy-paste material from the past. There was a rumour that the Cabinet too is collecting suggestions from the public for the up-coming budget while MoF was busy drafting. This must be the reason for deputing his Finance Minister, on Wednesday, to respond to the queries in the parliament. These incidents somehow indicates things are not going well inside RSP.
It could also be true that he had grudges with the President for delaying his ordinances. One should remember that, while he was mayor of KMC, during Indra Jatra, an octogenarian president was forced to take a walk from Indrachowk to Hanumandhoka. That is a shameful thing to do than walking out of the parliament. I just could not understand why the president’s vehicle had to be banned inside a heritage when a pile of army vehicles are already there? Who knows? He might have been upset because the Mother of Gen-Z, lately, throwing tantrums against him. He only listen to two people. That is what is in the rumour market. One is already offended what the next one will do?
I suppose, there are limits to eccentricities. There must be a thing called decency, respect, seniority and social etiquette, that too, from a person at the highest level of authority.
Cyborg vs. Pshycho-borg
Ages back, I read The Economist writing about the arrival of cyborgs. Cyborgs are the combination of man and machine. Basically, humans are slow and clumsy but they are smart creatures. Machines are fast and accurate but they are stupid. Cyborgs seeks to combine the positive features of the two. I like to call psycho-borgs was the combination of worst features of man and machine. I don’t know what solutions are there for psycho-borgs other than self-destruction.
Fundamentally flawed
Without analyzing factors leading to incidents on Monday, it is pointless talking opposition stalling the sessions on Wednesday. His die-hard fans are arguing that the parliament house rule no where makes the PM a mandatory presence while deliberating on the policies and programs; in his absence, he can depute someone for the job. The rules are drafted to address minimums, not the maximums.
Awastha-bebastha hypothesis
The President of the RSP, Mr Ravi Lamichhane may love to joke with the journalists saying, “don’t sweeten your mouth by expecting a split inside RSP or driving a cleavage between two of us?” Lamichhane-Balen combine is as much flawed as it gives an impression of solid unification. At the done end of the spectrum you have Lamichhane like characters who fundamentally believe that they can improve the conditions of the people (awastha) by reforming the constitution (bebastha) while Balen like characters believe that one cannot improve the condition without first trashing the constitution. This group is here to tear up the constitution and write a new one. They are not sure about their new constitution. What both camps are sure about is: the old system is not going to work. To erect a new structure, obviously, a structure engineer is trained to demolish first the old structure. This is what is happening. Either you see it visibly in the form of bull-dozing the residences of the squatters or, invisibly, disrespecting the old order and institutions. This reminds me of a dialogue from a Bollywood movie: Hum jail se bhagkar nahi aaya, hum jail ko todkar aaya. He who breaks the jail had to go back. This is for sure. Mister Terminator.
