UML's vision for Nepal

For the present state of the country, everyone blames political leaders and their lack of vision. However, political parties have also for long felt that they should bring — in black and white — their vision of a prosperous, developed and just Nepal.
One of the key players in Nepali politics, Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist) — CPN (UML) — became the first and brought its 20-year vision for a just and prosperous Nepal.
The 20-year road-map — prepared by various groups of intellectuals including Prof Dr Mangal Siddhi Manandhar, Dr Dilli Raj Khanal, Dr Govind Thapa, Dr Pusparaj Rajkarnikar, Bhim Prasad Neupane and Bharat Mohan Adhikari as coordinator — has eight chapters dedicated to political and economic history of Nepal, Jana Andolan II, challenges, vision for development, policy for economic prosperity and human development, foreign policy and Karnali.
"Nepal has vast natural and manpower resources. It has everything that a country needs for its development but still its one of the poor countries, why," writes Madhav Kumar Nepal in the preface of the book. "Due to lack of vision and management."
Nepalis are politically more conscious in South Asia but still they are far behind in the development index and are forced to fight for democracy time and again. If democracy has to survive, there is no alternative to the economic prosperity and development. Political consciousness without economic independency will fail and has failed. We have experienced it all these years.
Thus, at the moment, vision of a prosperous and developed Nepal is what Nepalis want and CPN (UML) has brought that vision, where it has critised some of the past policies and lauded some others. There are some realisations and some hypothesis also.
Vision Nepal - a 20 year road-map for a just and prosperous Nepal — said to be the brainchild of UML's chieftain Madhav Kumar Nepal — is a capsule for the ailing country. It might encourage other parties and intellectuals also to think seriously for the country.