Nepal, April 22 -- The Chair of the Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba and the CPN (Maoist Centre) supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal met Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli at his official residence in Baluwatar last week. The trio decided to work unitedly for the protection of the existing political system in the country. Over decades of tumultuous career in politics, Deuba had been the prime minister once during the era of constitutional monarchy. He loyally served King Gyanendra but was sacked for being incompetent. His "reinstatement" was in fact an ad hoc appointment by an extra-constitutional and imperious regime.

When chosen to be the chief henchman of the king in Singha Durbar, premier Deuba had thanked his benefactor with a string ...