KATHMANDU, March 15 -- KP Oli rose to prominence with the Jhapa movement. Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) gained political clout with the Maoist war. Ram Bahadur Thapa (Badal) and Netra Bikram Chand (Biplav) at one point were the drivers of the Maoist movement under Prachanda's leadership.
In short, all our leaders in power today have violent political pasts. They became rulers by taking up arms - Biplav is just following the footsteps of his comrades.
In his heyday, Prachanda had used the same tactics as Biplav today. But he eventually realised that war was a dead-end, and he could attain his political objectives through peaceful means. After the ceasefire, he championed the peace process and won the 2008 Constituent Assembly election wi...