Leader of the reorganization campaign of the CPN (Unified Socialist), Ghanashyam Bhusal, has said that the success of the Nepali Congress’s special general convention would have major significance for Nepal’s national politics.
In a lengthy Facebook post on Saturday, Bhusal stated that although the special general convention being organized under the leadership of Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma is an internal matter of the Nepali Congress, it would make an extraordinary contribution toward breaking the current political deadlock in the country.
“If it can make the Nepali Congress truly belong to Congress workers, then communist parties will also be compelled to belong to communists themselves. The open buying and selling of so-called ideologies that is taking place in broad daylight will come to an end,” Bhusal wrote while extending his best wishes.
Claims of Inter-Party Syndicate in Nepali Politics
Bhusal said that Nepal’s politics is currently under the control of an inter-party syndicate involving leaders from both communist parties and the Nepali Congress.
“The communist party has become more like the personal estate of Mr. Deuba and people from his faction than that of UML or Maoist leaders. Communist party policies are increasingly influenced by Mr. Deuba.
Decisions regarding what the Nepali Congress should do are influenced by the interests of comrades Oli or Prachanda. In other words, Nepal’s politics is under the control of an inter-party syndicate of communist and Congress leaders,” he wrote.
According to Bhusal, despite frequent public disputes between communist and Congress leaders, the syndicate ultimately brings all sides together at critical moments, with the sole objective of exploiting state power.
“I have been describing this syndicate as ‘broker capitalism’ for nearly 25 years. We have repeatedly experienced how those who cannot tolerate dissent within their own parties are able to cooperate closely with leaders of other parties and divide power among themselves,” he wrote.
Bhusal said that the special general convention organized by Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma could play an important role in breaking this long-standing political “syndicate.”
