A recent UML meeting decided to go for a majority process if a consensus is not reached in electing a new prime minister. This has given the country new hope. The party leaders may have their own interests, ambitions, and judgments. But the meeting has clearly ruled in favour of giving continuity to the democratic alliance until the PLA combatants are managed, despite the unfortunately contradictory statements of those present following the meeting.

When leaders speak, they should be speaking for the nation, not just for their parties. They should also execute their parties' decisions, and we should not have to be concerned about individual statements. But if these statements do not make sense, or contradict each other, then even meaningful statements become superfluous. Leaders should be aware of this fact. If UML does not want to remain under the shadow of the Maoists, its leaders should not utter equivocal and contradictory statements in public.

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