Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal had planned to get his China visit endorsed by a cabinet meeting before leaving Kathmandu on 23 March.
But Dahal was not sure which of his deputies to make acting Prime Minister: Bimalendra Nidhi of the NC and Kamal Thapa of the RPP were both claiming seniority. So Dahal called off the cabinet meeting, and left Nepal for the week-long visit without naming anyone acting Prime Minister.
This is just another example of how Dahal has lost his ability to make bold decisions.
When he became Prime Minister for the first time in 2008, Dahal did not shy from making bold and even controversial decisions. He was then a symbol of fierceness and revolutionary zeal. Dahal is now a different person. It seems that he has lost his ability to lead and persuade, and is fast becoming a man of inaction.
During his first prime ministerial tenure, Dahal sacked Army Chief Rookmangud Katwal despite opposition from other parties, ended the practice of appointing an Indian as the head priest of Pashupatinath, proposed a revision of the 1950 treaty with India and agreed to integrate ex-Maoist combatants into the national army despite opposition from hardliners within his party.
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