- Revive House.
- Form All Party Government.
- Hold Unconditional Peace Talks With Maoists.
- Organize Constituent Assembly Elections.
My stand againt item 1 had been that the Supreme Court had said it will not do it, and the king did not have the option to unless he stretched Article 127 for the parliament the way he has outstretched it for himself, and even if he had, he would not do it: that was my political reading of the situation. So move onto steps 2,3 and 4. That is what I was saying.
But if the Supreme Court will make step 1 possible, I am all for it. My interest is in step 4.
In The News
SC begins review on House dissolution verdict NepalNews The Supreme Court Thursday started hearing on a writ petition demanding review on its earlier verdict that upheld the decision of then Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to dissolve the House of Representatives in May 2002........ A full bench of the apex court including Chief Justice Dilip Poudel began hearing on the writ filed by advocates Dhruba Koirala and Sunil Chandra Poudel three years ago....... This brings to an end the earlier stand of the apex court not to hear cases on parliament reinstatement - as demanded by the political parties - in the light of its previous verdict....... Opposition political parties had brought a case to the SC, challenging Deuba’s decision to dissolve the House, which failed to impress the SC full bench headed by then Chief Justice Keshab Prasad Upadhaya....... CJ Poudel who, perhaps coincidently, was not in the full bench that upheld Deuba’s decision King likely to agree to the demand of House restoration: report NepalNews A Maoist mouthpiece has claimed that His Majesty King Gyanendra has reportedly agreed to accept the major demand of the alliance of seven agitating parties...... a message was conveyed to former premier and Nepali Congress president G. P. Koirala, through a powerful envoy of a western country and former premier Surya Bahadur Thapa separately, that His Majesty is willing to reinstate the dissolved House immediately upon his return from New York........ Koirala decided not to launch any strong programme of protest against the royal takeover upon receiving the said message. The weekly, however, warned that the assurance could be a ploy to help succeed royal trip to the UN, not to let the resolution of a ‘republican state’ pass from the upcoming general convention of Nepali Congress and sow divisions and distrust among forces fighting against what it called ‘autocracy.’ ....... “It may not be a surprise if the palace—that has been isolated nationally as well as internationally-- chooses to reinstate the dissolved parliament,” the pro-Maoist newspaper concluded. Nepal occupies 35th position in the ranking of failing states NepalNews Police open fire at agitating students in Rajbiraj NepalNews King believes ‘they’ will come to national mainstream NepalNews Govt issues notice to prevent defaulters from assuming public posts NepalNews Koirala-Nepal meet NepalNews CIAA files corruption case against Koirala’s ex secretary NepalNews (CIAA) Thursday filed a case against Gokarna Poudel, former secretary of Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala, at the Special Court for corruption worth Rs 26.3 million..... Koirala’s secretary for more than five years since 2048 B.S..... Currently, Poudel who lives at Chundevi, Kathmandu, is at large Memories of Early Panchayat Days: Student Strikes NepalNews Student demonstrations and protests—as being evident almost every day in the Nepali capital for the past few weeks ....... It just so happened that a flagged car was trying to get through the crowd to go to Singh Durbar. It turned out that the man inside was the then Speaker of Rastriya Panchayat Rajeshwor Devkota. The crowd gathered around Devkota’s car, pounding on it, and a visibly scared Devkota got out of the car and tremblingly climbed on top of the car and assured the students that their demands will be met. It was not even clear what their demands were, but Devokota’s car was let go...... “Hey, why are you hitting me, I’m trying to run away and is not that what you want”? “Barta kura garchhas? (Talk too much?) He hit me again. Somehow I was able to avoid further beating and went home. It was curious that the instant pain was not that great, but it kept hurting for weeks to follow...... a very young student gave the one that impressed the most. Many did not yet know him and the audience was truly fired up by his impassioned speech....... and a big rumor was going around the campus that the police had killed that young fellow who had given the fiery speech. ...... That student was no other than Ram Sharan Mahat. Kantipur Editorial Team Threatened With Arrest INSN CPN (M) Statement INSN Students On Road: Morning To Afternoon Experience UWB government decided to increase the price of petroleum products by Rs. 5 per liter ...... students hurl bricks at police and the security force answer firing tear-gas shells ..... Some of my friends went downstairs while I entered the toilet on the floor. I was nearly finished when I inhaled the sharp smell and my nose and eyes started burning. I instantly knew this time the shell has landed inside our college.I quickly went downstairs covering my nose, and landing on the first floor, instantly knew I moved the wrong way because my friends were coming upstairs. We all ran upstairs to our classroom, sat below a fan with tears flowing down the cheeks for a few minutes....... Students of Biswo Bhasa Campus, adjacent to Mahendra Police Club, and Ratna Rajya Laxmi College were chanting a slogan against the king which now has becomes the protesters favorite...... In between, police arrested a young guy and put him into the police van with some of the police officials kicking him. He was trying to call somebody on mobile. After some minutes I saw the policeman inside the van taking control of the mobile and the young fellow frequently wiping out sweats.
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