Kamal Thapa Is A Nazi
For the elections after the 1990 movement, Girija Koirala showed up in my district Mahottari for a mass meeting. "I have come here to take the five seats. I don't care if I have to take them at the point of a gun," he said. Mahottari was the most violent district during that election. Maoists used to say power flows through the barrel of a gun. Maybe Girija is the original Maoist.
Girija Koirala is the father of the concept of a military solution to the Maoist insurgency. The king jumped onto that bandwagon only much later.
Girija Koirala is the living symbol of the corruption and nepotism of the1990s.
Girija Koirala was fundamentally against the idea of a constituent assembly for the longest time. He only came around to it after all other options had been exhausted, including the option of royal dictatorship.
Girija Koirala embodies the lack of democracy and transparency inside an officially democratic party.
Girija Koirala is the problem Nepal has.
But then there is mediocre leadership, and there is great leadership. There is a mediocre democracy, and a great democracy. Mediocrity is not a crime. Only now it is beginning to become one in the way Girija is set to respond to the Madhesi Movement.
Girija Koirala is your typical Pahadi Bahun.
He has gotten himself a constitution where there is no provision to impeach the Prime Minister. Koirala thinks that Prime Minister is going to be him. I don't see that very likely. But even if it is him, the provision to impeach has to be there. Two thirds of the parliament should be able to impeach the Prime Minister.
When Madhesis ask for equality, Girija and his minions preach "communal harmony." He is on record suggesting recently that the likes of Goit and Jwala Singh are asking for military rebuttals.
This is a Bihari goonda.
There is no military solution to the Madhesi Movement. The Madhesi Movement has largely been a nonviolent one. The solution is political.
But Girija instead is set on flexing muscle during the elections. He is busy filling up the police forces with Congressias. And he is going to deploy them to all 205 constituencies. And he thinks he is going to win that way. This guy has a goondaraj in mind.
The Madhesi Movement has nothing to fear. The Madhesi Movement is to lead the larger social justice movement. The Madhesis are better positioned than either the Janajati or the Dalit to lead, and we are leading.
The constituent assembly elections have to be about one person, one vote. That means 205 constituencies of equal population.
And the Mahila Movement has to come forth and fight for reserved constituencies. 68 of the 205 constituencies have to be reserved for women. Of those 46 have to be reserved for Madhesi, Janajati and Dalit women.
If these Bahuns in power will not listen now, they will have even less of a reason to listen after they manage to hold the elections.
The social justice movement necessarily has to be peaceful.
Girija Koirala is a crook. He has to be brought to book.
The Madhesi Movement will not allow the holding of constituent assembly elections unless the 205 constituencies are marked on equal population, and unless all Madhesis are issued citizenship papers.
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Eight parties decide to form high-level commission to investigate Terai unrest The meeting decided to give the same compensation as given to a Martyr to Ramesh Mahato ..... The Madheshi Peoples' Rights Forum (MPRF) and other groups have intensified their protests against the recently promulgated interim constitution .... two factions of Terai Janatantrik Mukti Morcha (JTMM), a breakaway faction of the Maoists, have also intensified their activities ..... leaders said that they had agreed not to hold any kind of strike (bandh), traffic blockade and other protest programme till the elections of the constituent assembly ..... Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, NC-D leader Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN-UML general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, Chairman of Nepal Workers and Peasant’s Party Narayan Man Bijukchhe, Nepal Sadbhawana Party (Anandi-devi) leader Bharat Bimal Yadav, Deputy Prime Minister and People’s Front Nepal leader Amik Sherchan
Normal life affected on second day of indefinite transportation strike
Nepal : Madhesi independence and neighbors Immediately after the British left, Kashmiris started it. Soon people from east Bengal joined them for the independence of Bangladesh. Tamils have been fighting for independence since early 80s. Natives of Assam, Punjab, Sikkim and Maoists in the Republic of India (RoI) have their own independence ranking in the respective territory. Now enter the Madhesis in the South Asian arena of independence. ...... JTMM split from the CPN-M was motivated by its perceived "pahadepan" (Hill character) of the CPN-M against its own "madhesipan" (Flat character). ....... The violent protest program that JTMM announced from 3 January has since been intensifying. It is further joined by the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF). The MPRF has demanded that the Constituent Assembly elections should be held through a proportionate electoral system to represent the Madhesis and other marginalized minority groups. Jwala Singh has categorically alleged that “the interim constitution lacks even a single word in favor of Madhesi people” and demanded creation of a separate and independent Madhes state. ........ Jai Krishna Goit said, "I am not a Nepali… Nepal annexed Tarai…. Entire territory south of Mahabharat mountain range is Tarai and it belongs to us…You have witnessed movement that started 10 years before with traditional weapons…In our case we have begun it with ultra modern weapons…" ....... Madhes is not a singular unit in any sense-ethnicity, caste, nationality, religion, language, world cultural heritage or bio-diversity. ..... Doteli, Tharu, Abadhi, Bhojpuri, Maithali, and Rajbansi. .... Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Vaishyaism ...... Khas, Tharu, Muslim, Mandal, Mishra, Yadav, Jha, Rapjut, Rajbansi, Assamese, Bhutanese, Bengali.
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कांग्रेसमा असन्तुष्टि पार्टी विधानमा संसद् उम्मेदवार तय गर्न संसदीय समिति बैठकले सिफारिस गर्ने र केन्द्रीय समितिले अनुमोदन गर्ने व्यवस्था छ । केन्द्रीय सदस्य अर्जुननरसिंह केसीले सार्वजनिक रूपमा विरोध जनाएका छन् भने उपसभापति सुशील कोइराला र केन्द्रीय सदस्य डा. शेखर कोइरालाले सभापतिलाई नै भेटी असन्तुष्टि प्रकट गरिसकेका छन् । सभापतिको निर्णयमा केन्द्रीय सदस्य सुजाता कोइराला हावी हुने गरेको उनीहरूको गुनासो छ । असन्तुष्ट सदस्यहरूले पार्टीमा आन्तरिक लोकतन्त्र अभ्यास गर्न तथा राजतन्त्र, राज्य पुनःसंरचना र समावेशी लोकतन्त्र ढाँचा तय गर्ने विषयमा नीतिगत निर्णय गर्न महासमिति या विशेष महाधिवेशन बोलाउन पनि सभापतिसमक्ष माग गरेका छन् । केन्द्रीय समितिको औपचारिक बैठक नबसेको सात महिना भइसकेको छ । विधानतः त्यस्तो बैठक महिनाको एकपटक अनिवार्य बस्नुपर्छ । सभापतिले बेला-बेला गर्ने अनौपचारिक बैठकमा पनि ६/७ जना केन्द्रीय सदस्य मात्र बोलाउने गरिएकाले बाँकी सदस्य असन्तुष्ट भएका छन् । पार्टी महाधिवेशन भएको डेढ वर्ष भइसक्दा पनि पार्टीका केन्द्रीय विभागहरूलाई पूर्णता दिइएको छैन । कृष्णप्रसाद सिटौला गृहमन्त्री भएपछि प्रवक्ता पद दश महिनादेखि खाली छ ।
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Two killed as Nepal protesters clash with police Reuters India, India
Nepal police fire on anti-gov't protesters
South Nepal's Lahan in curfew Monday night
Two killed in fresh Lahan unrest, curfew imposed again
Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, Jan 22 - The relative calm in unrest-torn Lahan Monday morning proved short-lived when tensions soared in the afternoon after two people were killed in fresh clashes between police and protestors.According to sources, a ninth grader, 15-year old Pramod Sada of Lahan-4, Mirzapur, and another Bijaya Kumar Sahani were killed in the incident.
The Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) claims that the two were killed when the police opened fire on thousands of demonstrators when they descended on the unit police station in Lahan.
Meanwhile, talking to ekantipur over the phone, Chief District Officer Shashi Shekhar Shrestha said that the police had opened fire in self –defense.
At least four dozen protestors and more than 50 police officers were injured during the scuffle between the two.
Likewise, the condition of three of the injured protestors has been reported critical and are currently undergoing treatment at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Services in Dharan.
Meanwhile, following fresh violence, the Siraha District Administration today clamped a 12-hour curfew order.
CDO Shrestha said that a new curfew order, effective from 4pm today till 4am tomorrow has been issued.
In face of yesterday's tension, the local administration had called for a 15-hour curfew yesterday.
The police, meanwhile, said that they had to resort to firing weapons after the MJF members in large numbers began pelting stones at them and vandalizing the police office.
The Armed Police Force has taken the body under its control which, according to eyewitnesses, crumpled to the floor after being shot.
Meanwhile, a meeting of eight parties, including the CPN (Maoist) today decided to investigate and provide compensation to the family of a teenager killed in Lahan last weekend.
A 16-year-old student, Ramesh Kumar Mahato was killed during a scuffle between the Maoists and the activists of Madhesi People's Rights Forum on Friday.
The leaders reached the decision at the meeting held at the prime minister's residence in Baluwatar this morning.
A joint statement issued by the top leaders of the eight parties said that a high-level commission will be set up to investigate the incident that resulted in the unrest in the southeastern town over the past three days.
Meanwhile, the CPN-Maoist today said that the party was saddened by the unrest and would issue a separate statement on the incident.
Today's meeting also called on all not to organize any strikes and bandas in the future that would disrupt the scheduled holding of the Constituent Assembly elections.
Meanwhile, after a joint meeting earlier today, the local leaders of the seven parties appealed to everyone to exercise restraint and find a solution through talks. Similarly, in the capital, 37 MPs representing the Terai region have issued a joint statement requesting the government to find a peaceful solution to the problem in hand and demanding an impartial investigation of the incident.
Although not officially declared by any party, Siraha continues in a state of banda for the fourth consecutive day. Because of the strike, the civil servants and students living as tenants in the district are facing problems like scarcity of basic household stuff, including food.
In Rajbiraj, Saptari, the youths affiliated to the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum gheraoed the District Administration Office and held up the officials inside the office building.
Likewise, an indefinite strike has been called in Saptari by the forum as a protest against the Lahan incident. Banda called in Jaleshwore Bazaar of Mahotatri district by the forum activists affected normal life in the region.
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