"If we become complacent, the euphoria of democracy is soon replaced with disillusionment and despair as the new rulers begin to emulate the tyrants they replaced. Democracy doesn't come with a warranty card, it has to be protected through vigilance and accountability."

Well said, Mr Dixit. But we see this happening over and over again in Nepal with the absolute monarchists, Panchayat, royal-military regime, post-1990 governments and even the elected Maoist government. Nepal's rulers have never understood that there is only one thing that gives them true legitimacy: how successful they are in responding to the people's real needs of development, peace and justice. The people understand this won't happen overnight, but they want leaders that at least try to set things right. As Dixit says, elections are not enough for legitimacy, you need performance. Kiran L

What will have served the tortuous journey of these last years? If the scenario is going to be like this: the current coalition in a bid to announce fresh elections and the Maoists hell bent on writing the constitution from the street; ergo the nation is head towards the path of violent political confrontation. It is true that we do not have constitution in our hand by now, and that miracles do not exist, but sometimes they work. That is, it could be that this political class(remember, who does not depend on the polities already formulated), which is discredited, dismembered and half rejected, had a moment of clairvoyance and prepare the statute as it is voted in the CA for:Democratic, Federal, Secular, Indivisible and Inclusive. But after two years together to perpetuate ad aeternum, their endless chatter of who wins what makes clear that nothing will go well, and all will be well wrong. As we are a country of "tip as" and if the elite class does not make a mess too, we could be even thankful for her generosity to the Mother Superior. But all indicators lead to a devastating forecast: the notorious gurus of nepali parliamentary system would try to marginalise the other notorious gurus of New Nepal, the CA will be chopped, and the substancial bite would be the republican set-up. Everyone is going to be in lose lose situation. The message emanating from this crass abrasion is also devastating. What this political class has for us to tell, before we say anything? First, no matter the enormous energies of nepali political parties and the largest party, devoting two whole years to agree on a constitution, whose aim is to allow the funtioing of the government during the coming decades. Second, no matter the enormous energies of those parties in their negotiations with the other, leaving skin at each meeting, confronting resignations and always protected by their fear. Third, no matter how huge effort the entire country invested to vote in CA elections. Fourth, no matter the enormous energies to achieve a parliamentary two-third majority in the CA one needs to gather. And finally, that no effort matters because politically placed four men in a body hiperpoliticised of each political party become the last parliament, above all parliaments, and the last law above the law. And everyone, the politicians who have negotiated, citizens of Nepal who voted, everyone is left with a span of nostrils. If this was the trip, why so many heavy bags filled?

Maybe that the new statute was just a road to nowhere, the dream of GPK and the Maoists wanting  role in the  history, the delusion of grandiosity. But we all boarded and, beyond that which is true of this political class, one day we must ask whether it was worth getting into a career so mad to get defeated. The wise Nations and its people control their times and their weaknesses. In Nepal, we nepali, however, we control nada, but have always our things to teach others. Sometimes with suicidal tendency.

Jange, I understand that this is just a rhetorical question, but if it were not, the short and precise answer is – there was nothing wrong with the constitution. Not for any law abiding, honest citizen at least. 

The wrong was with the politicians. They would agree to deal with the devil if he promised them a few crumbs. What is happening to them now is their comeuppance. 

There is a lot more that one would like to talk about in anger, but what had to happen has happened. Keynes said – when facts change, I change my opinion (or something to that affect, I forget). 

The 1990 constitution is dead, the constitutional monarchy is dead, the decline of culture that held the country together has started and over the next few years it too will be completely dead.

Given these facts, the best I can do is to say what I can, whenever I can. That is because I believe that even though a victory against the tide of time is impossible - making an argument against it is not. 

The only thing left to be protected in this country is democracy; I will keep making arguments for it.