Prachanda in his freshest interview has said that he does not want to be president but he does want to fundamentally transform Nepal. I wonder if Thackeray of Mumbai is his role model. Thackeray never held any office, but nobody confused that for his lack of interest in power.
In the course of watching Prachanda in action I have been consistently impressed with the guy's knack for the intricacies of power. He has a sure feel for it. He is adept at it. He could be running a fast growing dot com company with ease.
So you are looking at perhaps Badal as president and Matrika Yadav as vice president, or perhaps Hisila Yami as vice president. There are a few other combinations also possible. Of all the big parties in Nepal today, it is the Maoists that are the most likely to manage a fair representation of women and ethnics in power, and the UML the least likely. Bahunbaad is too prevalent in the top echelons of the UML.
Prachanda is about to get 10,000 of the ablest members of the Maoist army out of that army for election purposes. Look at the speed of the execution of the decision. And Girija can not even unify the two Congress factions that are clamoring to unify. Or perhaps he is waiting for the interim parliament to be formed so that the unified Congress is 110 plus strong while the Maoists are only 70 plus strong.
You can not say the Maoists should become a nonviolent party within a multi-party framework, and then complain that they are managing to grow within that nonviolent framework a little too well. I am not complaining. It is just that I am a little amazed at the lethargy of the Congress.
Make no mistake Prachanda wants his party to emerge the largest in the constituent assembly, and has already started work. He wants someone from his party to emerge Nepal's first president. You can not begrudge him his competitive streak. When political parties compete through fair means, the people benefit.
How To Deal With Prachanda
The first thing is history. The guy cares about his place in history more than anything else. He uses the word "historic" at the end of most of his important meetings.
The second thing you have to respect the fact that he is a Marxist. You have to appeal to the aspect of him that feels he is responsible for growing Marxist thought for contemporary realities. He does not feel like he capitulated and accepted a multi-party framework. He has to feel like he grew the Marxist thought itself to work within a multi-party framework.
The third thing is the guy is a soccer player. He is adept at group dynamics. He knows the game. He can get carried away by techniques regardless of ideology. He is so hooked. He really enjoys his job. He relishes power.
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2 comments:
Paramendra Jee,
Thanks for nice analysis. Yeah, it is true that Prachanda has remarked that he does not like to assume any seat of power. Then, instant comparison that we can make is with Balasaheb. The remote control democracy practiced by Balasaheb has many critics and if Prachanda,too, prefers that way, he,too, will have to face criticisms. At the same time, like you have said, Prachand wants to etch his name in the pages of history along the lines of Gandhi. And Gandhi is a figure who,too, ruled the heart of millions without ever-decorating any seat of power in India. So, the choice is definitely Prachanda's whether he wants to be Thackerey or Gandhi.
You are right that he is a through Marxist. But, he himself claimed that he is not dogmatic and so he may not feel that he has capitulated. Fundamentalism would put him together with Thackerey not together with Gandhi, he must have known that.
I agree with you that this guys relishes power and has good knack of understanding the intricacies of power. But, I am not sure that he gets carried away by the technique. Coming days will definitely tell what moves this guy.
Paramendra,
Boy, you've turned into a Maoist lover right before our eyes!
You think Prachanda doesn't want to be the President, you bet your ass he does! Power and ambition is written on his forehead in case you didn't notice. He has openly said he would go with the party's wishes for his role [if they want him to be the President]. Isn't that clear enough?
You guys are banking on Prachanda because of his "federalism", aren't you? When you see to create a federal state based on ethnicity, you might as well create different countries. Is that what you want -- another Kashmir in the region? Pretty soon, there might be no country to talk about dividing up!
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