Nepalese powers must resolve crisis

As the crises in Pakistan and Sri Lanka threatens to assume dangerous proportions, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's decision to resign from parliament has thrown the tiny Himalayan kingdom into a tailspin.

The agent provocateur in this case has been President Rama Baran Yadav, who, it is believed, stepped out of his ceremonial role to play the aggressor against the prime minister, who is ironically known as 'Prachanda' (ferocious).

Democratic governance is anathema to Maoists and this is where the current government faltered with their ideology. Having won an election and overthrown Nepal's monarchy, Prachanda had since lost the confidence of his allies.

It is now time for the other political forces to unite for the sake of the nation. It is but natural to assume that the people of Nepal did not initiate change just to see themselves in the clutches of military rule or a dictatorship.