The Singapore talk between Girija Prasad Koirala and Pushpa Kamal Dahal created swirls in national politics for days on end.

In addition, some media spillover referred to GPK and Prachanda agreeing to become the President and Prime Minister respectively to end the protracted political deadlock. However, the media reports weren’t backed up by relevant facts, quotes and basic ingredients of news, that is to say they were fuelling the rumour mills.

The Singapore talks zeroed in on the “middle path”, with both GPK and Prachanda principally agreeing to find that elusive middle path to end the reigning political deadlock. However, what is meant by the “middle path”?

Both GPK and Prachanda have not yet spelled out what middle path is.

According to GPK and Prachanda, they would gather at the middle of the stick, leaving their previous position at each end. Meanwhile, the task force politics has again been revived. The task force which had already entrusted to find the middle path has been activated, though one earlier one had failed to prepare the all — accepted Sankalpa Prastav.

It seems as if all options have been lost for the major political actors but finding the elusive middle path. It seems difficult as both- ruling parties and UCPN (M) are firm on their respective stances.

PM Madhav Kumar Nepal and dominant NC leaders are rigid that they would not accept any word or hints in the resolution motion against the President. On the other hand the Maoists want the Sankalpa Prastav to state in black-and-white that the president’s step was unconstitutional- however it was done.

As nothing is unexpected in the party dealings, it would not be surprise if the parties prepare a common Sankalpa Prastav because our leaders are habituated to use vague and multiple-meaning words or language. Looking back, we have seen our leaders using many vague and ambiguous words to escape from the immediate problems, and now they are defining the past agreements in a way that suits them best. When “integration and recruitment in the Nepalese Army” has a different interpretation from one party to another, an ordinary person stands baffled as to what definitions will come up for the down-to-earth terms such as the middle path.