Sunday, May 10, 2009

Nine-month gestation—election to resignation


Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' who became Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal's First Prime Minister resigned just a day before a videotape in which he had revealed plans of staging coup and capturing power was released. While announcing his resignation he said he could not accept President's move to reinstate the Army Chief he had sacked, and could not either lower his head before the 'foreign gods'.

In the picture above: Two happy supporters of the Republican Nepal; Prachanda defeats Sher Bahadur Deuba and becomes Prime Minister of Nepal; he sacks Army Chief, UML pulls out of the government, the President decides to keep the Army Chief, and then the PM resigns; former Supreme Commander of PLA Prachanda at the 8th PLA Day in Haattikhor; while working as the PM, the Maoist Chairman in the House reiterated many times his commitment to return seized properties; an Indian writer wrote a biography of the rebel leader; the clip of the videotape in which he tells his cadres the party's plan of staging coup and capturing power, admitting that the PLA's number had been increased five times by the party; then he clarifies about it at a press conference…