First, it was we are willing to have a dialogue. Then it was "we have not been invited for talks". Now, it's "Home Minister must resign before we talk". The Madhesi leaders are deliberately avoiding talks and peaceful resolution of the issue.
Initially, the demands for the Madhesi representation was genuine. But now, the Madhesi leaders have shifted the goalpost so many times and mixing completely unreasonable demands like secession and forced driving out of non-Madhesi people, at the same time abductions, vandalism and extra judicial killings are going on. The Madhesi leaders are leading the movement astray. This will eventually backfire the Madhesi cause and give it a bad name.
Awakening of Madhesh: Silent past,Flaming Present and Uncertain future
by a United Nations Student Alliance member
Nepalese government collects 77% revenue from madhesh and spends only 18% there. 42%madheshi population has less than 9% representation in parliament. Election constituency are arranged in a manner that allocates minimum seat to terai region inspite vast population. Madheshi people have suffered discrimination in every way from socio-economic to regarding any oppertunity. Offending and abusing madheshi people publically is a common sight in Nepal from offices to educational institutions. Hilly people control all important government positions and posts where as Madhesi people occupy less than 5% with negligible participation in the national security forces.(not because they dont deserve,because they are discriminated) Madheshi protests are not targeted against any certain community & they have the moral support of intellectual mass in Nepal Time and again politicians have abbused madheshi rights issues for their super-ficial election agenda. Further violence sparked because goverment used excessive force to supress the peacefull protests. They government left no stone unturned and even succeded to defame the protests as backed by royalists or hindu fundamentalist forces which is totally untrue. The international community including media are looking into the issue from government's perspective and turned a blind eye and deaf ear. The Madeshi people are aware enough to take this issue to the International Court of Justice. In contrary to a common misbelief that madheshi people migrated from India sometime in history,Terai has been their home not only since centuries but since milleniums.Thats far before a country named Nepal or India existed.They are mistaken as minority not because of their portion of population but due to unrepresentation in the administrative and socio-economic arena of the nation.Since centuries Pahadi(hilly) people have supressed and discriminated Madheshi people.It was because the capital city was in the hills where madhesi people had negligible presence.Besides,governance and authority was never decentralised in Nepal outside the capital. Offending and abusing madheshi people publically is a common site in Nepal from offices to educational institutions.Hilly people control all important government positions and posts where as Madhesi people occupy less than 5% with negligible participation in the national security forces.(not because they dont deserve,because they are discriminated) Madhesh is the bread basket hence the backbone of national economy.Everything from agricultural products to consumer goods is supplied from Terai .Nepalese government collects 77% revenue from madhesh and spends only 18% there.42%madheshi population has less than 9% representation in parliament.Election constituencies arranged in a manner that allocates minimum seat to terai region inspite vast population.Terai people had active participation in the People's revolution of 2007,2046 and 2063BS(60,90&06AD) .Madhesh acted as the major hideout and planning centre for democratic Leaders.However time and again politicians have abused madheshi rights issues for their superficial election agenda to gain votes. In fact nobody cared about their issues rather tried to supress their voices.Their patience broke when the post April revolution interim consitution failed to address their genuine issues and simply ignored them.Pahadi community backed up by police and government attacked on madheshi people, vandalised and set fire on their shops and houses in the western town of Nepalgung .A few days later a maoist cadre shot a right activist for no reason.When madheshi people stepped to peacefull street protests goverment chose excessive force curfew and bullets to to solve the problem.The government left no stone unturned and even succeded to defame the protests as backed by royalists or hindu fundamentalist forces which is totally untrue.Killing of 19 bare handed citizens and injuring of thousands is a worst political scenario.Human rights watch figured out that most deaths occurd by bullet shots or fatal head injuries during curfew hours slapped in the cities with madheshi Majority.Prachanda stated ,"I am not ready to talk to a strenghthless organisation.He also suggested to mobilize the army against them.He did not consider the united voice of 10 million people to be strength rather seeked military solution to the problem.There is a special reason why Prachanda wants to supress JTTM or MRF,It was him who armoured them for his purpose a few years back.Now he fears this may unstabalise his nascent political image.This is the best example how madheshi people are used and later forgotton by politicians in Nepal. Madheshi protests are not targeted against any certain community & they have the moral support of intellectual mass in Nepal The Madeshi people are aware enough to take this issue to the International Court of Justice . The international community including media are looking into the issue from government's perspective and turned a blind eye and deaf ear..I fear frustated youths who are fade up of the state's behavior towards them may turn more violent.If this problem is not solved from its roots nobody can be sure that madheshi people wont fight a war for an independent country in future.Here the state has two options,either eliminate all kinds of discrimination and give them proportional representation now or wait till armed militias are formed and madheshi people turn into tamil tigers and the country turns into hell once again.May peace prevail.
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First, it was we are willing to have a dialogue. Then it was "we have not been invited for talks". Now, it's "Home Minister must resign before we talk". The Madhesi leaders are deliberately avoiding talks and peaceful resolution of the issue.
Initially, the demands for the Madhesi representation was genuine. But now, the Madhesi leaders have shifted the goalpost so many times and mixing completely unreasonable demands like secession and forced driving out of non-Madhesi people, at the same time abductions, vandalism and extra judicial killings are going on. The Madhesi leaders are leading the movement astray. This will eventually backfire the Madhesi cause and give it a bad name.
Awakening of Madhesh:
Silent past,Flaming Present and Uncertain future
by a United Nations Student Alliance member
Nepalese government collects 77% revenue from madhesh and spends only 18% there.
42%madheshi population has less than 9% representation in parliament.
Election constituency are arranged in a manner that allocates minimum seat to terai region inspite vast population.
Madheshi people have suffered discrimination in every way from socio-economic to regarding any oppertunity.
Offending and abusing madheshi people publically is a common sight in Nepal from offices to educational institutions.
Hilly people control all important government positions and posts where as Madhesi people occupy less than 5% with negligible participation in the national security forces.(not because they dont deserve,because they are discriminated)
Madheshi protests are not targeted against any certain community & they have the moral support of intellectual mass in Nepal
Time and again politicians have abbused madheshi rights issues for their super-ficial election agenda.
Further violence sparked because goverment used excessive force to supress the peacefull protests.
They government left no stone unturned and even succeded to defame the protests as backed by royalists or hindu fundamentalist forces which is totally untrue.
The international community including media are looking into the issue from government's perspective and turned a blind eye and deaf ear.
The Madeshi people are aware enough to take this issue to the International Court of Justice.
In contrary to a common misbelief that madheshi people migrated from India sometime in history,Terai has been their home not only since centuries but since milleniums.Thats far before a country named Nepal or India existed.They are mistaken as minority not because of their portion of population but due to unrepresentation in the administrative and socio-economic arena of the nation.Since centuries Pahadi(hilly) people have supressed and discriminated Madheshi people.It was because the capital city was in the hills where madhesi people had negligible presence.Besides,governance and authority was never decentralised in Nepal outside the capital. Offending and abusing madheshi people publically is a common site in Nepal from offices to educational institutions.Hilly people control all important government positions and posts where as Madhesi people occupy less than 5% with negligible participation in the national security forces.(not because they dont deserve,because they are discriminated)
Madhesh is the bread basket hence the backbone of national economy.Everything from agricultural products to consumer goods is supplied from Terai .Nepalese government collects 77% revenue from madhesh and spends only 18% there.42%madheshi population has less than 9% representation in parliament.Election constituencies arranged in a manner that allocates minimum seat to terai region inspite vast population.Terai people had active participation in the People's revolution of 2007,2046 and 2063BS(60,90&06AD) .Madhesh acted as the major hideout and planning centre for democratic Leaders.However time and again politicians have abused madheshi rights issues for their superficial election agenda to gain votes. In fact nobody cared about their issues rather tried to supress their voices.Their patience broke when the post April revolution interim consitution failed to address their genuine issues and simply ignored them.Pahadi community backed up by police and government attacked on madheshi people, vandalised and set fire on their shops and houses in the western town of Nepalgung .A few days later a maoist cadre shot a right activist for no reason.When madheshi people stepped to peacefull street protests goverment chose excessive force curfew and bullets to to solve the problem.The government left no stone unturned and even succeded to defame the protests as backed by royalists or hindu fundamentalist forces which is totally untrue.Killing of 19 bare handed citizens and injuring of thousands is a worst political scenario.Human rights watch figured out that most deaths occurd by bullet shots or fatal head injuries during curfew hours slapped in the cities with madheshi Majority.Prachanda stated ,"I am not ready to talk to a strenghthless organisation.He also suggested to mobilize the army against them.He did not consider the united voice of 10 million people to be strength rather seeked military solution to the problem.There is a special reason why Prachanda wants to supress JTTM or MRF,It was him who armoured them for his purpose a few years back.Now he fears this may unstabalise his nascent political image.This is the best example how madheshi people are used and later forgotton by politicians in Nepal. Madheshi protests are not targeted against any certain community & they have the moral support of intellectual mass in Nepal The Madeshi people are aware enough to take this issue to the International Court of Justice .
The international community including media are looking into the issue from government's perspective and turned a blind eye and deaf ear..I fear frustated youths who are fade up of the state's behavior towards them may turn more violent.If this problem is not solved from its roots nobody can be sure that madheshi people wont fight a war for an independent country in future.Here the state has two options,either eliminate all kinds of discrimination and give them proportional representation now or wait till armed militias are formed and madheshi people turn into tamil tigers and the country turns into hell once again.May peace prevail.
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