The rumour has it that a senior Nepali Congress leader, Bhim Bahadur Tamang, may soon be approached by the king to become the next Prime Minister. Among the top candidates that have been scanned so far for the job, Tamang seems to have made it to the # 1 in all accounts. He is known to be a pleasant mannered, firm but extremely respectful of others, brings in plenty of proven organizational and leadership skills and experience; has the reputation of being a visionary, a good planner, an inveterate reader and writer, well educated, fully conversant in English in addition to Nepali and a couple of ethnic languages, and above all, he has an impeccable background of both rural and urban and he is someone who understands the country’s history and geography well. And, by any stretch of measure, he is not known to be a corrupt person. His earlier experience as law and justice minister will serve him well should he become the Prime Minister. One reason that his name seems to have appeared on the top of the list, Tamang may be acceptable both to the Maoists and UML as he may be someone whom they can trust when it comes to a negotiation.

The question is will BB Tamang accept the premiership under the existing conditions of the king? The sources also hinted that Tamang will ask for complete freedom to form his cabinet. The next PM then will be charged with the responsibility of holding the parliamentary elections subject to negotiations with all parties, most importantly --the Maoists. Of course, the sticky point remaining to be resolved will be the demand for formation of the Constituent Assembly that the king could not and would not allow it to happen under his chairmanship.

Interesting but one source also said Tamang will decline the offer as he prefers to remain a loyal soldier of the Nepali Congress but he will be persuaded to take the job by NC stalwarts. In that case, Tamang will want to resign from the primary membership of the NC to become a non-party PM.

Is this possible? Could this be a nice exit for the king from the current mess??

What a crap option. He was invited at my home once by my dad. I did not see anything impressing about him.

bihan,
can you please cite the source of the above paragraph.
thanks.

impressing=impressive

source अरु को हुन सक्‍ला? त्‍येई खावबादीको बाऊको दुश्‍मन होला। impressive impression पार्नखोज्‍या।
यो disinformation campaign हुन, trial baloon पठाएको।
धु....त.... नेपालमा जनजाति तेईपनि तामागँ प्रधान मन्‍त्री? के खाएर हुने?
के हामी छेत्री बाहुन मरेका छन र? देशमा जातपात नमान्‍ने भे माओवादी केलाई?

I think Prachanda will love to CRUSH BB Tamang, if Tamang accepts PM post.

We have already heard comments from MardSab. It's highly unlikely that Prachanda thinks otherwise.Racism is there in Nepal... even recent UN report says so. Only thing that report didn't do is openly writing the conclusion resonating the main fact which is "Mukh Forera Bahun haru le Nepal Bigaryo" However, it did diplomatically say so though.

kamarana,
waht did the UN report say about racism in nepal? would u bother enlightening me?
thanks.

UN report say Nepal is a crap country.

khaobadi,
i didnt ask ur opinion.

Whoever accepts PM’s role under Gyane regime will fail miserably.

7 Parties or their stalwarts should not go to him unless he relinquishes power. We need total democracy at any cost and we cannot be lingering with king in power tussle all the time.

It will be a big blow to SPA campaign to establish “Loktantra” in Nepal if its members go and join hands with king. People are still suspicious about their agendas which have made their movements far less popular than expected. This will yet again provide loyal supporters of the alliance with a jerk and more of frustration.

Hope these leaders stops being too volatile when it comes to power and read between the traps of Giri, Thapa and Gyane himself.

if the king realizes that he is unpopular (duh??) and it is in his best interests to hand over the regime to a democractic government, the PM could succeed. the king can still be in the background like he was in system that came after 2047. natra its
Deuba (or someone else)'s Regime: Part II and one more excuse for the king to label party leadership 'inefficeint'.