Own Your Actions

How insane and stupid it is to blame the government for everything! How bizarre it is to blame the government for an individual’s impulsiveness, foolishness, and decisions! No nation can go much further when the opposition parties do not seek the progress and prosperity of the common people and always engage in blaming the government for almost everything and setting hurdles. The situation is further worsened when the members and cadres of the opposition parties blindly follow their leaders and become their puppets.

In the book ‘Blamestorming, blamemongers and scapegoats,’ Gavin Dingwall and Tim Hillier quote the following by Meredith as they cite ‘The Daily Telegraph’: ‘When times get tough, when people get stressed, and when they are faced with a crisis, it is interesting to observe how many people seem to become skilled in the Art of Blamestorming suddenly.’ The duo further argue that ‘we live in a society that is increasingly preoccupied with allocating blame…when things go wrong someone must be to blame.’ Blaming is easy. Blame shifting is easy. However, helping develop a nation to a higher degree demands honesty, integrity, logical thinking, prudence and patience from the opposition parties and their members as well.

The main concern of all political parties, whether in government or not, should be to develop the country as quickly and as well as possible and to uplift people's living standards. There are myriads of issues to deal with. Therefore, the government and opposition parties should focus on them. The precious time of this modern era should not be wasted on petty things and issues. We still have a long way to go before we see our beautiful country Nepal as a developed nation.

When an individual commits suicide, is it the fault of the government? When traffic accidents occur, is it the sole fault of the government? When landslides occur and some damage is done, is it due to the government? When there are catastrophic floods, is it because of the government? When fuel prices are high because of the direct impact of the recent war in the Middle East, is it logical to blame the government? When criminals are persecuted and put behind bars, is it right to blame the government? When people involved in corruption are sued and arrested, is it good to blame the government? This kind of blame game should not be overplayed. Nepalis are sick and tired of this culture of blame game. 

Now our focus should be on bigger things. Primarily, our concentration should be directed to development – development in many, many fronts. It’s high time we became a modern and prosperous nation. We can’t afford to waste any more time. We have suffered enough.

To reiterate, the opposition parties and their members should not always seek ways to blame the government and create obstacles. Rather, they should focus on big pictures and big dreams for Nepal and Nepali people and play constructive roles in the overall development of the nation. On the part of common people too: don’t blame the government for everything. Do what you can to make Nepal a just and prosperous nation. Then, the day will not be that far for us to say ‘Hurray, our beautiful developed country!’