Gokul Baskota Criticizes Past Democratic Practices Affecting Parliament

Kathmandu. CPN-UML leader Gokul Baskota has said that mistakes made in the past in the name of democratic practice have now resurfaced as problems in the parliament. 

Baskota argues that some past mistakes have now become thorns in the parliament due to a tendency to consider the satisfaction derived from skinning opponents or critics and rubbing salt in the wounds as democratic practice. 

Baskota, through social media Facebook, commented on the current political landscape, mentioning that democracy has now become very refined. He remarked that those with the skill to skin even stones are now acting as new messiahs of democracy, dispensing advice. 

Hinting that the parliament itself has become neglected due to political wrangling, Baskota has also questioned what answer the parliament, which has become neglected, will give. 

He wrote on social media, 'Some past mistakes, considering the satisfaction derived from skinning opponents or critics and rubbing salt in the wounds as democratic practice, have now become thorns in the parliament. Now democracy has become so refined that those with the skill to skin stones are teaching as new messiahs of democracy. What answer will the neglected parliament give?'