How’s BP Koirala tweeting? We asked the man behind it

On February 22, 2016, a Twitter account bearing BP Koiralal’s name posted this: “I want trust from the people, not hope. Trust reflects a spirit of initiative, industriousness, collective endeavour and mutual cooperation. Hope, on the other hand, is a state of inaction and dependence on others.” You might wonder how BP Koirala, Nepal’s first democratically elected prime minister, referred to simply as BP in most conversations and writings, could have said this nearly 34 years after his death.

Well, he didn’t exactly take to Twitter, now X, himself. But his words did. And the man behind the account is Bipin Adhikari, a constitutional law expert who teaches at Kathmandu University School of Law.

“When issues arise, BP’s own party, the Nepali Congress, hardly speaks up. Nor do the leftists, who claim to be nationalists,” Adhikari told Kanitpur, explaining why he started the account in BP’s name. “In such situations, one is left wondering what BP’s perspective on the matter was.