If Girija Koirala insists on staying on as Prime Minister and party president, if he keeps refusing to do the concrete homework that is required for party unification, and if he keeps uttering his commitment to a ceremonial monarchy, the Maoists are going to emerge the largest party in the constituent assembly.
The Maoists are the most likely to come up with a 50-50, 30-30-30-10 formula for the interim parliament and government, as in they will send a whole bunch of women and ethnics into power. That will give them a sure edge.
The Maoists have a clear map for federalism. The seven parties don't. That gives the Maoists a huge edge.
Unless the two Congress factions unite around the slogan of a federal republic, and somebody in the second generation takes over, the Congress will be in a sorry shape in the constituent assembly.
And they need a map. What kind of federalism are they proposing?
All the left parties put together are going to have the simple majority they need to declare the country a republic.
Right now the Congress looks like a party in decline.
Many of the seven parties come across as singularly immune to new ideas. That applies to the Congress as well to the Sadbhavana.
The Maoists right now have wind behind their backs.
Girija seems to want to take the party down with him.
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What's your basis for the Maoists are going to win theory? Have you conducted any kind of poll?
People here in Nepal are getting angrier with the Maoists by the day -- for saying one thing on paper and doing another. That they will win even 30% of the CA seats is haemorraging, so it is heard. I don't have hard poll numbers but I would expect that you do.
As they say, put up or shut up.
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