Kathmandu. The rift between Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane and Prime Minister Balendra (Balen) Shah, which was escalating within the ruling coalition, has ended for now. At a time when concerns were growing that the clash between the two top leaders would crash the ruling equation itself, Prime Minister Shah has suddenly become flexible.
Recently, the Prime Minister has started listening to Rabi's words and advice seriously. According to a high-level source, a special political compulsion and strategy are hidden behind this flexibility of the Prime Minister.
"In the current situation, it is not technically possible for Rabi to become the Prime Minister himself. If the dispute escalates, the search for a 'third person' for the leadership of the government may begin," the source said, "Balen has reached the conclusion that rather than going to that third alternative, it is better to prove his own leadership as easy and cooperative."
An agreement has been reached between the two leaders due to Balen's strategy of establishing himself as an 'easy alternative' by addressing Rabi's dissatisfactions rather than handing over power to others. With this understanding seen at the top level, a potential political accident has been averted for now. This has been taken positively as the instability that the discord could have brought has been stopped.