The Nepali people and the world community now recognise Maoist chairman Prachanda and Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala as two sides of the same coin. The Maoist terrorists openly defy the present multiparty system and the constitution, and are waging murder, terror and destruction. Girija Prasad Koirala, on the other hand, is attacking the multiparty system and the constitution in a more covert manner. The Maoists are destroying the outer fa?ade of democracy and Koirala is weakening the very roots of the system. In this sense, Koirala is a more nefarious criminal than Prachanda. After all, bodily wounds can be treated, but internal wounds are difficult to identify and heal.

Koirala's activities are weakening and disintegrating the essence of the nation, and of democracy here. The Maoists cause destruction by numbers-physically attacking soldiers, police and the general public, but the Koiralas are breaking the will and tarnishing the image of the Royal Nepal Army by questioning its intentions and loyalty. The Maoists' strategy is to alienate the present government and the Royal Nepal Army from parliamentary forces. Koirala and his supporters are helping them see precisely this materialise under the pretext of their so-called "broad democratic alliance".

The Maoists have been terrorising Nepali Congress leaders and workers by kidnapping and murdering their colleagues. Similarly, Girija Prasad Koirala is using so-called "disciplinary action" to terrorise the cabinet and the whole of the Nepali Congress.

What the Maoists want most is instability and uncertainty in the country, because when they are prevalent, terrorism thrives. Koirala brings about both instability and uncertainly, grounding the Maoists and fuelling them. It suffices to say that those Nepalis who support the leaders and workers of the Nepali Congress, and are in favour of democracy, development and stability see in Girija Prasad Koirala another face of Prachanda.