et's not split hairs here about whether Comrade Lotus Flower and Comrade Red Banner were summoned to Lainchaur last weekend, or they rushed over when they heard His Excellency was about to meet the prime minister.
What is sure is that PKD and BRB got the shock of their lives when they were ambushed by hacks after meeting Shivbhai. The surest kiss of death for a politician in Nepal these days is to be seen to be sneaking out of the Indian embassy under cover of darkness. The Indians themselves have realized that the best way to pull the rug from someone they don't like is to leak it to the press that so-and-so had a 90-minute tete-a-tete with the ambassador, and poof!
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Ironically, the very next day Comrade Janardan Sharma of the unsuccessful-attack-on-Tansen fame was delivering a tirade against "imperialists and expansionists" from the rostrum in parliament. Among the Maoist rank-and-file, where Red Banner is already called Big Brother's sidekick, there were snide remarks all week about their leaders going to the embassy with their tails between their legs-the same comrade leaders who in 2004 told them to dig tunnels and bunkers all over the country to prepare for an Indian invasion......
Too bad Janardan Babu and Suresh Sir haven't got US visas even though 37 other MPs have got theirs for the mass junket to attend the UN general assembly and play shell games in NYC. No wonder they were in such a hurry to wrap up the special session. Some MPs are taking their wives and husbands, which reminds the Ass, is anyone monitoring whether they come back? The Australians, Danes, Malaysians and French still haven't said either yes or no to our Maoist ambassador designates.The donkey\'s mole in the UML says the Maoists cleverly deployed Comrade Leftist God to dangle prime ministership before Makunay to get him to agree to vote together in the house. Cross my heart.
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Now that Nepal is the world's cardamom superpower, it is shameful that our only railway line from Janakpur to Jaleswor is out of action, the baggage carousel at Kathmandu airport was not working throughout Dasain at a time of peak traffic because someone forgot to propitiate it with a goat sacrifice, and they're still mixing our diesel with 40 percent kerosene. How are we going to show our faces at the International Cardamom Congress this year?.....
As the interests of the Maoistas and the monarchistas converge more and more, it was only natural that there should be jubilation at Narayanhiti and Nirmal Nibas on Sunday night. With the Maoists determined not to let elections happen unless they can win, which is probably never, it looks like the monarchy's future is now assured. No wonder they are celebrating. Hic, hic, hurray!.....
In a week when it looked like elections would be held next decade if at all, an NC central committee member was killed in Lahan, news of a journalist's murder was admitted by the Maoists and the country is poised for another paroxysm of street agitation after Tihar, what is our cabinet doing? It decides to devote half the meeting to denounce Musharaff's coup and pass a resolution. The mouse has roared. But then what do you expect from a prime minister who devotes three-fourths of his speech to parliament to why everyone should vote kangresi because otherwise the international community would be ticked off. That's even worse than being summoned to Lainchaur. 
