--By Madan Lamsal

 

The revolutionary vision of Puspa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda suddenly encountered a deep sea of conspiracy surrounding the landlocked Nepal. As the results of CA elections-II 2013, were pouring in last month and he lost the Kathmnadu-10 constituency, he could see a devilish sea fast inundating his philosophized Prachanda Path, dampening his as well as his party's election prospects and perishing the party's Perish Danda headquarters in rapid pace. 

 

How could this happen to the 'sole hero of the revolution' ? ('Revolutionary Hero' that was how he was nicknamed during the campaign.) His dreams of becoming all-powerful president suddenly got evaporated. And, the cum-red was naturally perplexed, outraged and restless. He cried 'FOUL!'  But there was nobody to listen. But as a devout communist, he was creative enough to take hold of theory - 'the conspiracy theory' - to attribute as the cause of his and his party's apparently humiliating defeat.

 

It is the outcome of 'national and international conspiracy' he declared, hastily calling a press meet. But he would not point out which particular national or international agency was at play. That was natural for a former prime minister, who has personally experienced the extent and strength of the functions of these conspirators, particularly international ones, to guess who could be the spoilsport. Nepali people would certainly appreciate if he identifies them in public.

 

When the water level receded from his hypothetical sea, he could see some ground. At least there were still some hopes which had not drowned. At least one such hope survived when he got elected from another constituency in Terai. His worries were confounded not because the party suffered a big set-back, but his all other family members --daughter, daughter-in-no-law and a brother got defeated in the polls.

 

Traumatized, Prachanda turned to his brainy comrade Baburam for solace. Baburam quickly came up with highly consoling prognosis that 'though we may have lost election, our agenda is not defeated.' It was equivalent to saying that the  people  who represented the Maoist agenda were bad and got defeated, not the agenda itself.  It was easy for Baburam to reach to this beautiful conclusion looking at the face of his only wife Hisila Yami and her defeat from one of the Kathmandu constituencies. 

 

'Can't you see comrades, the sea of conspiracy in drowning us soon? It must be internationally imported political waters that is causing this', Prachanda concluded and his top-ranked comrades nodded in consent akin to true communist party discipline.  'But chairman comrade' Baburam volunteered, 'we must point at the international force' to make this allegation convincing.' 

 

'As you know, all the sea water is in the south and entire north is Himalayas,' said Prachanda

 

'Then I am not in your boat,' Baburam begged to differ. The southern sea waters cannot rise so high at this time. Even if they do, I am not to see it,' Baburam deviated. Then, the duo concluded to accept the election outcome.

 

The fables have it even a sinking lion wouldn't spare to pounce on simultaneously sinking goat, regardless that both would be dead in the next minute. Then no wonder, Prachanda came up with a new proposal: 'majority provision of the constitution to form the government should be removed, retaining only the provision of consensus.'  Again he is not likely to be heard. He is asking for a too long a rope which had to be unleashed much before the election. But he is doing it after his party got defeated. Anyway, clever people never lack creativity even during the ordeal.

 

As the political climate is changing fast, the effects of warming again and often may cause the rise of water levels in the sea of conspiracy.  When a man is survived by a whisker from drowning, he soon becomes hydrophobic and begins to be terrified even by a village pond, considering it a Black Sea.  Prachanda too from now on might seek 'Sea of Conspiracy' whenever there is a storm in a tea cup.