छाता संगठनको कुरा फेिर ल्याउने िक नल्याउने

मई १२ िदउँसो १ बजे सेन्ट्रल पार्क दक्िषण पूर्व कोणा
न्यु यर्कमा छाता संगठनको अावश्यकता

शिनवार UNDF ले नेपालबाट हास्य कलाकार िझकाइ गरेको सांस्कृितक कार्यक्रममा गइयो। मान्छेहरू अाउन चािहं िढलो अाए तर अाएपिछ अोइिरएर अाए। Indoor यित धेरै नेपाली भेला भएको मैले देखेको छैन। मनोज गजुरेल भनेको मेरो अनलाइन पेनपाल जस्तो। संसारको कुनाकाप्चाबाट मसँग अनलाइन अाएर च्याट गिरराख्ने मान्छे। बल्ल भेंट भयो। पिहलो पटक।

कार्यक्रम शुरू हुनु अगािड मगर संगठन चलाएर बसेका लव गाउँलेले छाता संगठनको कुरा बारे फेिर पहल गर्नुस् भनेर भने। अाफ्नो कम्पनी र अोबामाले मेरो सबै समय खाइिदएको अवस्था छ। कहाँ गाडी फर्काउने?

मैले छाता संगठनकालािग पहल गरेको हो पक्कै। तर न्यु यर्कका पहिरयाहरूमा राजनीितक चेतनाको व्यापक कमी देिखयो। संगठन चलाउने, कोठे राजनीित गर्ने र समय समयमा कार्यक्रम गर्ने, तयित छ अिहेले। त्यो भन्दामािथ जान सक्या छैन। त्यो त सानो समस्या हो। ठूलो समस्या त यो हो िक मै हुँ भनाउने पहिरयाहरूलाई मधेशी नेतृत्व कदािप पिन स्वीकार्य छैन। त्यस मानिसकताकालािग उनीहरू अाफ्नै खुट्टामा बन्चरो हान्न तयार छन्।

न्यु यर्कका अिधकांश पहिरयाहरू भनेका मधेशी क्रान्ितका िवरूद्ध नेपालमा िवषवमन गर्ने पहिरयाका फोटोकपी हुन्। राजनीितक रूपले खट्न परे म बरू िहस्पािनककालािग खटौंला तर यी पहिरयाहरूकालािग खट्न तयार छैन। अोबामाकालािग खट्ने न्यु यर्कका सबैभन्दा सक्िरय मािनसहरू मबाट प्रभािवत छन्। तर पहिरयाहरू त्यस क्याटेगोरीमा पर्दैनन्।

मधेशी क्रान्ितको २१ िदन अप्िरल क्रान्ितको १९ िदनको दोस्रो अध्याय हो। त्यसलाई िहंसावादी, राजावादी र िहन्दु कट्टरपन्थी खेल भन्ने पहिरयाहरू भाँडमा जाउन्। त्यो prejudice बोलेको हो। मनोज गजुरेलले त्यसैमा हाँमा हाँ िमलाएको ज्यादै नमजा लाग्यो। गणतन्त्रको नारा िदने मधेशी क्रान्ित राजावादी िक राजावादी िगिरजा बाहुन राजावादी? मुस्िलम शहीद पैदा गर्ने मधेशी क्रान्ित िहन्दु कट्टरपन्थी िक िगिरजा बाहुन र प्रचण्ड बाहुन िहन्दु कट्टरपन्थी? कमल थापाले ‍भन्दा झन्डै दुइ गुणा बढी शहीद पैदा गर्ने कंस िसटौला िहंसावादी िक मधेशी क्रान्ित?

बरू देश टुट्ला तर मधेशीहरूलाई असमानता सह्य छैन।

िटकट चािहं सबैले काट्नैपर्छ, तर तपाईं हाम्रो नेपालको अध्यक्षको नाताले अितिथको रूपमा अाउनुस् भनेर टेक गुरूङजीले हप्तौ अगािड भनेको हो। िरबनको तक्मा पिन िभडाइयो। तर उद्घोषक किहले नसप्िरने पहिरया शैलेश श्रेष्ठले अरू सब संगठन र ितनका अध्यक्षहरूको नाम भने, मेरो भनेनन्। हुन त म स्टेजबाट मेरो नाम भिनएको सुन्न गएको पक्कै होइन, तर अाफ्नो संगठनकालािग मैले अाक्षेप िलनै पर्छ। मैले िरबनको तक्मा मम खाएको अलुिमनमको भाँडोमा फाल्िदएँ।

यो किहले नसप्िरने पहिरया शैलेश श्रेष्ठको पिहलो बदमाशी होइन। हाम्रो नेपाल राजनीितक स्पन्सर रहेको डा देवेन्द्र राज पाण्डेको कार्यक्रममा पाण्डेको ठ्याक्क अगािड मैले बोल्ने िनर्धािरत िथयो। तर उद्घोषक किहले नसप्िरने पहिरया शैलेश श्रेष्ठले मेरो नाम चट गरेर, डा देवेन्द्र राज पाण्डेलाई बोल्न डाकेर तयहाँबाट टाप कसे। शैलेश श्रेष्ठ, अानन्द िवष्टहरू भनेका कोठे राजनीित गर्ने मािनसहरू। मेरो नाम त्यसरी िझक्दा उसलाई स्याबासी िदने मािनसहरू को को हुन् भन्ने कुरा सहजै अनुमान गर्न सिकन्छ।

आनंद िवष्ट भनेको राजनीितक सुझबुझ भएको मान्छे होइन। अमेिरकािभत्र अमेिरका बािहरको राजनीितक दलको शाखा खोल्न पाइन्न भन्ने कुरा िवष्टलाई पिन थाहा छैन, िवष्टका काँग्रेसी िवपक्षीहरूलाई पिन थाहा छैन जस्तो छ। Illegal काम गरे जस्तै Illegal दुइ दुइ शाखा खोलेर उनीहरू डेढ वर्षदेिख मारामार गरेको गर्यै छन्। काठमाण्डुका िगिरजाहरूले जानीजानी नचाएको कुरा िवष्ट र िवष्टका िवपक्षीहरूलाई थाहा लािगसक्या छैन‍। कुनै िदन लाग्ला। अमेिरकाका काँग्रेसीहरूलाई काठमाण्डुका िगिरजाहरूले कठपुतली बनाएर छोिडिदएका छन्।

नेपालको काँग्रेसको रोग न्यु यर्कका काँग्रेसीहरूमा पिन छ। कोठे राजनीितको रोग। अप्रजातान्त्िरक चिरत्रको रोग। मधेशीलाई देिख नसहने रोग।

समानुपाितक िनर्वाचनको बाहुन फर्मुला मधेशी िवरूद्धको षडयन्त्र हो
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A Fair Formula For 240 Seats For Proportional Elections

240 seats have been allocated for direct elections. Of those 120 seats will be in the Terai. That is fair as long as there is no attempt at gerrymandering. All those 120 constituencies should be demarcated north to south, from the Nepal-India border in the south to the Churia hills in the north. That is how it has been done in the past. The first attempt was to do so much gerrymandering that none of the current Madhesi MPs would win. That was the Pahadi way to insult the Madhesi Kranti one more time.

There are 240 seats to be allocated through proportional representation. The current formula for that is bogus. It has been designed to favor the three Bahun parties - Congress, UML, Maobadi - and to marginalize the Sadbhavana and the MJF. This is unacceptable.

What would be a fair formula?

Political parties may contest for the proportional election seats only in those districts where they also contest the directly elected seats. And their formula for the list for the proportional election seats will follow the population composition of those districts alone and not the national population composition, as is being suggested right now.

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MJF demands ban on YCL NepalNews Talking to reporters after the conclusion of a two-day meeting of the MJF central committee in Janakpur Monday, party chairman Upendra Yadav even said the Maoists should immediately be expelled from the coalition government and there should be a ban on the YCL. ...... Yadav said also his party was ready to hold talks with the government but accused the latter of not taking any initiative to for talks on the demands of the party. ....... The meeting dismissed the old central committee and re-organised an ad hoc committee until the general convention, which is scheduled for October.
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