Girija Koirala has to take responsibility for not being able to hold elections by June and he should resign. Between them, the UML, the Maoists, and the NC (D) have the numbers. The smaller parties can be expected to come along. The Koirala Congress must be isolated.
Girija Koirala has no intention whatsoever to unify the two Congress factions. But he talks like he wants to so as to prevent the Deuba Congress from doing serious organizational work on the ground.
Girija has routinely disrespected the UML since assuming power and before. He has not allowed the UML ministers to make appointments even in their own ministries. He has acted like he is the minister of all ministries. He has exhibited similar behavior towards the Maoist ministers.
Enough of waiting for Girija and his party to come around to the idea of a republic. If the army has not been acting rough, it is not because they fear Girija but because the mandate of the April Revolution is too obvious.
A UML, Maoist, NC (D) government will not hesitate to declare the country a republic right away. We do need that consolation prize for not having had our elections by June.
I am okay with both options on the republic question. I am okay with declaring the country a republic through the interim parliament and I am okay with going for a referendum. Both are fine options. But neither course will be taken as long as Girija is Prime Minister.
Koirala's party is old just like him. It is not a party that is offering new ideas, new programs, new vision.
Madhav Nepal
I think Madhav Nepal is the obvious candidate to succeed Girija as Prime Minister.
His party has the numbers.
The UML, of all parties in Nepal, is best positioned to judge if the Maoists have and are transforming or not. For those who fear the Maoists might still harbor the vision of a one party dictatorship, Madhav Nepal is the best person to have as Prime Minister of Nepal.
There are no doubts whatsoever that Madhav Nepal's UML is for multi-party democracy.
With Madhav as Prime Minister, we can be sure elections will be held in November. But if Girija continues I doubt we can have elections even in November. That guy lacks physical stamina, for one.
The UML, Maoist, NC (D) government would have a two point agenda.
- Declare Nepal a republic now.
- Hold free, fair, fearless elections in November.
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Reactionaries fear communist majority in CA: MK Nepal NepalNews The UML general secretary said this at an interaction organised by the CPN (Maoist) in the capital today to mark the establishment day of the Community Party of Nepal.
Dr Dhital conferred OBE serving his seventh term as the chairman of the Yeti Nepalese Association of UK, the oldest Nepali organisation in UK, established in 1960. ...... Dr Dhital is the second Nepali to obtain the OBE after Prof Dr Surya Prasad Subedi.
MJF bandh continues to trouble Terai region The bandh has thrown transport services out of gear in Morang, Sunsari, Bara, Parsa, Siraha, Sarhali, Saptari, Dhanusha, Rautahat and Mahottari districts. Reports say hundreds of passenger buses and trucks have been stranded at different places along the East-west Highway. .... Biratnagar, Inaruwa, Birgunj, Rajbiraj, Lahan, Kalaiya and Gaur are the worst affected towns where marketplaces, educational institutions and factories remain closed. However, there was no impact of bandh in Jhapa district.
An unfinished uprising Nepali Times In Kathmandu, the concerns are about the delayed constituent assembly elections and the shenanigans of the Young Communist League........ Here it is about Madhesi representation and the unfinished revolution. ....... Decades of discrimination, neglect, and oppression have alienated a large section of madhesis. Being moderate here these days earns you a ‘coward’ tag. In Mahottari it’s easy to see why, and to catch a revealing glimpse of the emotional distance between Kathmandu’s rulers and the tarai. ........ CDO Ratan Raj Pandey, a descendent of royal priests, Kathmandu’s top man here, the most powerful person in the district. ......... in a district where over four-fifths of population is madhesi, almost every office is staffed exclusively by pahadis. ...... the matter of how little noble pahadi settlers have been vested in the communities around them. In a district where the big landlords are Sharmas, Upadhyas, Ghimires and Pants, the first school here had to be built by a Marwari Murarka. The college had to wait for a Yadav donor. .......... In Janakpur, the town that Koiralas, Ranas, Sharmas, Singh Thakuris, and Ghimires claim as theirs there is no philanthropic effort bearing these names. The first few schools, the college, the hospital, and several temples were built by the Sah family, who were humble traders in comparison with the Ranas and Giris who made fortunes off the tarai’s resources. ........ Janakpur’s highways, roads, airport and water supply have been set up with Indian assistance. The most visible reminder of the government are security personnel, which reinforces the sense of living in occupied territory. ........ Most people here understand political complexities. “Protests in the tarai will diminish the day the government realises the folly of playing dirty power games in Kathmandu,” says a paan vendor near the vandalised statue of Bhanubhakta in Janakpur.
Madhes mess Bijaya Singh, chair of the Madhesi Student’s Union and Madhesi Intellectual’s Forum, and Rajendra Raya of the Madhesi Dalit Forum have publicly announced that their organisations have split from the MJF. Similarly Madhesi Youth Forum chair Jitendra Sen has said repeatedly that the MJF failed because of Upendra Yadav’s leadership. ........ At a recent MJF central committee meeting there was a heated discussion about the issue of Yadav’s allegiances. The central committee decided to keep Yadav on as chairman only because the 27 April deadline for the registration of parties [to contest the constituent assembly elections] made it complicated to appoint a new leadership in time. ...... even this point is contested, with general secretary Ram Kumar Sharma arguing that the organisation should not be registered as a political party, in order to avoid conflict with madhesi leaders in other parties. He believes the MJF should remain a pressure group. ........ The Maoists have warned Ram Chandra Poudel to not encourage the Forum. ....... The Madhesi Janamukti Morcha’s Satya Narayan Bhagat and Prabhu Sah have accused Matrika Yadav of providing Upendra Yadav with information about how their organisation was planning to launch an attack in Gaur using Young Communist League members and fighters from the Chitwan cantonment. ....... Yadav thus hired professional sharpshooters from Bihar. These criminals were the ones who hunted down YCL activists and fighters from the Chitwan cantonment in Gaur and killed them. The Forum says 11 fighters from Chitwan were killed, but neither the Maoists nor UNMIN have confirmed that.
An armless army In the cities, the YCL has now come to be known for its summary justice and intimidation and is dreaded for the practice of roughing up anyone who stands in the way. In the tarai, the YCL has been blamed for its militant tactics that have alienated madhesis......... in Kathmandu the YCL has been involved in high-profile street cleaning, demolition of illegal structures, crime control, and planting trees along Tundikhel. ...... the YCL has also been active in continued intimidation and extortion ...... The head of the league in Nepalganj is also its central committee member, Jhak Bahadur Malla who used to be Comrade Sudip, the commander of the 11th Battalion of the Maoist Pratap Smriti Brigade. ....... It is clear that a large proportion of the senior PLA leaders are not in camps at all but in the cities living as YCL cadre. They have been involved in organising security for Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s nationwide tour in March during which young Maoists were involved in several violent incidents against madhesi activists. Most of those killed in the massacre in Gaur on 21 March were YCL cadre. .......... In a speech during the memorial in Kathmandu for Maoists killed in Gaur, YCL general secretary warned: “If attacks against us continue, we will mobilise the 21 divisions of YCL and seven divisions inside the camps.” ........ the Maoists have sent their militia and trainees to the camps and kept hardcore fighters outside ...... As in Nepalganj, the YCL in Kathmandu is housed in private homes and factories in Balaju, Gongabu, and Bhaktapur. Although the league says the premises were given to them, owners say they were taken over by force. ...... was involved in intimidation against UML cadre attending a rally by Madhab Nepal in Kailali.
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NC, CPN-M discuss repeated disruptions of house proceedings
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Gajurel’s Europe jaunt was ‘intriguing’ He was arrested at the Chennai international airport in India in August 2003 when he, posing as a British medical doctor working in a London hospital, was about to depart on a tour of Europe. ..... completed recently a month-long tour of Europe ..... a key speaker in 13 talk programs. ..... Gajurel had a chance to talk in detail with Simon Hughes, an MP and the president of the Liberal Democrats Party, the third largest in the British parliament. ....... "We also want them (the Naxalites) to enter the parliamentary mainstream, but it may not be possible," said Gajurel. "We don't want to influence them. Though we share common ideologies, all parties are independent to go about their actions." He said each party has its own "strategies and tactics". Though he said the strained relationship between his party and the Naxalites has improved, the CPN(M) is still holding a "wait and see" policy. Both the parties, according to Gajurel, are neither in physical contact nor plan to meet....... his party is in constant touch with the governments in India, China, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and other liberal European countries.
Druk polls a drama: Rizal
Maoist MPs taught to behave in House
Terai sees mixed reaction of banda, entrepreneurs defy
तथ्याङ्कको तस्वीर नेपालमा जातीय आधारमा सङ्घीय शासन कायम हुनसक्दैन - गौरीनाथ रिमाल राज्यका सामु उभिएका तीन एजेण्डाहरू, जसरी पनि संविधानसभाको निर्वाचन, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रको स्थापना र त्यसपछि राज्यको अग्रगामी पुनःगठन आदि कार्य सबैले मिलेर गर्न जरुरी छ ।
आठ दलको अन्तरसङ्र्घषसंविधानसभा निर्वाचन पर र्सने भएपछि आठ दलको एकता सङ् कटमा पर्न लागेको हो - दरबारनिकट स्रोतहरूका अनुसार राजाले अझै पनि आफू राष्ट्रप्रमुख नरहेको यथार्थ आत्मसात् गर्न सकिरहेका छैनन .... र्सार्क सम्मेलनमा भाग लिने क्रममा भारतको राजधानी नया“ दिल्लीमा कोइरालाले अझ आक्रामक शैलीमा पत्रकारहरूस“ग भने, "राजा ज्ञानेन्द्र नभन्नूस्, ज्ञानेन्द्र भन्नूस् ।" ...... नेपाली राजनीतिमा सतहमा देखिने दृश्य र गुप्त कोठामा गरनिे चलखेलबीच आकाश-जमीनको अन्तर हुन्छ । ..... शासनबाट राजाको भूमिका समाप्त भइसकेकाले उनी निर्मल निवास र्सर्नुपर्ने मधुरो आवाज नागरकि समाजका तर्फाट सुनिए पनि ....... सत्ता साझेदार दलहरूले अघि सारेको जनमतसङ् ग्रह वा संसद्बाट गणतन्त्र घोषणाको प्रस्तावप्रति पनि प्रधानमन्त्री मौन छन् । ...... लोकतन्त्रलाई संस्थागत गर्ने महत्त्वपर्ूण्ा प्रक्रियामा विलम्ब गर्ने प्रधानमन्त्री कोइरालाको व्यवहारबाट सत्ता साझेदार दलहरू दिक्क मान्न थालेका छन् । ...... आफ्नो एकमना सरकारको पालाको कुरा छाडौ“, आठ दलको सहमतिमा बनेको सरकारमा समेत कोइरालाको कार्यशैली अस्वाभाविक देखिन्छ । ...... शिक्षा तथा परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालयमा अनावश्यक हस्तक्ष्ँेप गरेर राजदूत र उपकुलपति नियुक्ति प्रक्रिया अवरुद्ध गराइरहेका प्रधानमन्त्रीले वैशाख ५ गतेको मन्त्रिमण्डल बैठकमा मन्त्री यादवलाई बैठककक्ष्ँबाटै बाहिर जान दबाब दिए । ......... सेनाको 'डिफेन्स' गर्ने नाममा निरङ्कुश शैलीले आफ्नै मन्त्रीलाई 'जहा“बाट आएको हो, त्यही“ जानूस्' भनेर प्रधानमन्त्रीले आफ्नै उचाइ घटाएका छन् । ....... प्रधानमन्त्रीकै हेपाहा प्रवृत्तिका कारण बस्न नसकेको ...... "प्रधानमन्त्री माथिल्लो तलाको कोठामा थिए, हामी तल कुररिहेका थियौ“ । तर, तीन घण्टासम्म पनि प्रधानमन्त्रीले मुख देखाएनन्," एमाले नेता अमृत बोहरा भन्छन्, "त्यसपछि अपमानित महसुस गर्दै सबै बाहिरयिौ“ ।" ...... एउटा सामन्ती प्रवृत्तिस“गको लडाइ“ नसकि“दै पुनः त्यस्तै प्रवृत्तिस“ग सामना गर्नुपर्ने अवस्था देखा परेको बताउ“दै बोहराले भने, "प्रधानमन्त्री विभिन्न कार्यक्रममा गइरहेका छन् तर महत्त्वपर्ूण्ा बैठकमा आउ“दैनन् । संविधानसभाको मिति अन्योलमा परेको छ । तर, विवाद छ भन्दैमा वार्ता नै नगरी निकास निस्कन्छ र -" स्वास्थ्यको हवाला दिएर आठ दलको बैठकमा सहभागी नभए पनि कोइराला दक्षिण कोरयिाका विवादास्पद व्यक्तिको हातबाट पुरस्कार थाप्दा, सेनाको चियापान समारोहमा सहभागी ह“ुदा अनि राजदूतबाट ओहोदाको प्रमाणपत्र बुझ्दा भने तन्दुरुस्त नै देखिएका थिए । ............. नेपाली काङ्ग्रेस, माओवादी र एमालेको त्रिपक्षीय शक्तिसङ्र्घष्ा ...... शक्तिसङ्र्घष्ाको यस खेलमा प्रधानमन्त्री कोइरालाबाट निकै 'झेल' हुन थालेको महसुस भएपछि माओवादी र एमालेको घनिष्ठता बढेको छ । ....... प्रधानमन्त्री कोइराला अहिले पनि कुटिल रणनीति अपनाइरहेका छन् । क्रान्तिकारी नाराका साथ अगाडि आएको माओवादी एवम् सङ्गठित कार्यकर्ता अझै बचाएर राखेको एमालेलाई कुनै पनि हालतमा सत्तामा वर्चस्व कायम गर्न नदिने रणनीति अपनाइरहेका कोइराला संविधानसभापछि पनि नेपाली काङ्ग्रेसकै वर्चस्व स्थापित गर्न चाहन्छन् । तर, अहिलेको विभाजित काङ् ग्रेसबाट सो सम्भव नहुने भएकाले काङ् ग्रेसको सुदृढीकरणका लागि पनि सङ्क्रमणकाल नलम्ब्याई भएको छैन, उनलाई । ......... नेपाली काङ्ग्रेसको सुदृढीकरणका लागि दुवै काङ्ग्रेसलाई मिलाउने, शासन सञ्चालनमा दरबार र सेनाको सहयोग हासिल गर्ने, सङ्क्रमणकाल लम्ब्याउने, सत्तामा गएको माओवादीको क्रान्तिकारी धार भुत्ते पारििदने, एमाले र माओवादीबीच कार्यगत एकताको वातावरण बन्न नदिने आदि दाउ कोइरालाको हुनसक्छ । केन्द्रमा काङ्ग्रेस एकता भए पनि स्थानीय तहसम्म एकीकृत हुन कम्तीमा तीन महिना समय लाग्ने काङ्ग्रेसजनको आकलन छ । ......... कोइरालाले तीनवटा सूत्र प्रयोग गर्दै आएका छन् । ती हुन्, ढिलाइ गर्ने, माओवादी र एमालेलाई थकित पार्ने र अन्ततः आफ्नो मध्यमार्गी एजेण्डामा सहमत हुन बाध्य पार्ने । ....... यही सूत्र प्रयोग गरेर कोइरालाले अन्तरमि सरकारमा महत्त्वपर्ूण्ा मन्त्रालय हात पारे । ........ सत्ता, सडक र सदनको उपयोगको नीति लिएको माओवादीले यही मौकामा आफूलाई नै नया“, क्रान्तिकारी र भरपर्दो राजनीतिक शक्ति दाबी गर्दै सम्पर्ूण्ा सत्ता हात पार्ने अनि मुलुकलाई गणतन्त्रतर्फअग्रसर गराउने रणनीति तय गरेको ........... प्रधानमन्त्री कोइरालाको स्वास्थ्य, उनको ढिलासुस्ती, कमजोरी र सङ्क्रमणकाल लम्बिनुलाई आधार बनाएर सरकारको नेतृत्व फर्ेन सके ....... कोइरालाको विकल्प खोज्नैपर्ने अवस्था उत्पन्न भएमा सकेसम्म आफ“ै अग्रसर हुने, नसके देउवालाई र्समर्थन गर्ने पक्ष्ँमा छन्, महासचिव नेपाल । ........ संविधानसभासम्म पुग्ने साझा लक्ष्य भए पनि कोइराला, प्रचण्ड र माधवबीच सत्ता र राष्ट्रिय राजनीतिमा आफ्नो वर्चस्व कायम गर्ने दौड शुरू भएको छ । वर्चस्व हासिल गर्ने शैली तीन जना नेताकै फरकफरक छन् । कोइराला परिस्थितिको बाध्यतास्वरूप यतिबेला वर्चस् वमा छन् । माधव अरूको कमजोरीलाई भर्याङ बनाएर वर्चस् व हासिल गर्ने कोसिसमा छन् । अनि, प्रचण्ड भने क्रान्तिकारी नारा, व्यक्तिगत 'क्रेज' र हूलदङ् गा मच्चाउन सक्ने लडाकू कार्यकर्ताको सहारामा वर्चस्व कायम गर्ने तयारीमा छन् । ........ एमाले महासचिव माधवकुमार नेपालले भने, "चुनाव गराउन नसकेपछि त्यसको जिम्मेवारी कार्यकारी प्रमुखले लिनर्ुपर्छ ।" त्यति मात्र होइन, उनले नेतृत्वको मूल्याङ्कन हुनर्ुपर्ने बताउ“दै घुमाउरो शैलीमा सरकारको नेतृत्व असफल भएको दाबी गरे । ...... प्रचण्डले 'यसमा सबैको कमीकमजोरी भए पनि प्रमुख जिम्मेवारीचाहि“ प्रधानमन्त्रीको नै भएको' जिकीर गरे । नेपाली काङ् ग्रेस -प्रजातान्त्रिक) र सद् भावना पार्टर्ीी आनन्दीदेवी) ले चाहि“ प्रधानमन्त्रीको खासै आलोचना गरेनन् । ....... "तत्काल गणतन्त्र घोषणा गर्न सकिने स्थिति छैन," नेपाल सद्भावना पार्टर्ीीानन्दीदेवीको स्थापनाको १७ औ“ वाषिर्कोत्सवमा आयोजित चियापान समारोहमा प्रधानमन्त्री कोइरालाले भने ........ माओवादीका नेताहरूले सम्हालेको मन्त्रालयमा नियुक्तिलगायत अन्य विषयमा समेत प्रधानमन्त्रीले आवश्यकताभन्दा बढी नै हस्तक्षेप गरेकाले पनि तनाव बढ्दै जाने सम्भावना छ । माओवादी अध्यक्ष प्रचण्डले प्रधानमन्त्री कोइरालास“गको भेटघाटमा आफ्नो भागमा परेका मन्त्रालय अर्न्तर्गतका संस् थानहरूको राजनीतिक नियुक्तिमा हस्तक्षेप नगर्न आग्रह नै गरेका थिए । ........... बालुवाटारमा पुगेर पनि प्रधानमन्त्रीलाई भेट्न नपाउनुको पीडाले अन्य दलका नेताहरूको चित्त दुखाएको छ । उनीहरू प्रधानमन्त्रीमाथि हैकमवादी भएको आरोप लगाउन थालेका छन् । एमाले स्थायी समिति सदस्य झलनाथ खनालका शब्दमा, "नारायणहिटी दरबार अहिले बालुवाटार सरेको छ ।" ....... चैत २६ मा पोखरामा आयोजित क्षेत्रीय आमसभालाई सम्बोधन गर्दै कोइरालाले भने, "कसैले पनि दम्भ नगरौ“ र अहङ्कार नगरोस् कि गिरजिाप्रसादलाई झुकाउन सक्छु भन्ने । यस्तो दम्भ कसैले नगरे हुन्छ, कुनै शक्तिले नगरे हुन्छ ।" तर, उनी आफ“ैले भने दम्भ छाडेका छैनन् । परण्िााम वैशाख ५ गतेको मन्त्रिपरष्िाद् बैठकमा उनी र वनमन्त्री मातृका यादवबीच भनाभन नै भयो । र, मन्त्रिपरष्िाद्को बैठक अवरुद्ध हुन पुग्यो । ........ यसअघि त्यति साह्रो निकट सम्बन्ध नदेखिएको एमाले र माओवादीबीच एजेण्डाका आधारमा निकटता बढ्दै गएको देखिन्छ । ..... संसद्बाटै गणतन्त्रको घोषणा गर्ने माओवादी प्रस्तावलाई एमालेले र्समर्थन गरेको छ भने जनमतसङ्ग्रहमार्फ छिनोफानो गर्ने एमालेको प्रस्ताव पनि आफूहरूलाई मान्य हुने माओवादी अध्यक्ष प्रचण्डले बताइसकेका छन् । ....... जब विवाद बढ्न थाल्थ्यो, प्रधानमन्त्री कोइराला 'अक्सिजन लिन' भनी माथिल्लो तलामा लाग्थे । त्यसमा छलछामको गन्ध आएको काङ् ग्रेसइतर नेताहरूको आशङ्का छ ।
Over 20 MJF activists held for defying prohibitory orders in Gaur NepalNews
US officials in Kathmandu to accelerate refugee resettlement
Dozens of protesting ‘Maoist victims’ arrested, released
YCL starts campaign to seize royal properties The cadres of YCL declared to have 'nationalised' 99 ropanis of royal land in Sallaghari of Bhaktapur on Saturday.
Investigation reports make Gaur carnage further complicated On Friday, a report made public by the OHCHR said the women killed in the incident were not raped and that there was no evidence that their breasts chopped off. "The incident at Rice Mill field was sparked when about a dozen young men destroyed the CPN-M stage. After initially fleeing, MJF supporters turned on the largely outnumbered CPN-M cadres. In the evening attacks, 27 individuals-including four women and a 17-year-old girl were killed, all but one with blows from bhaatas and lathis," the report said. ........ Media had quoted chairman of the Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) Subodh Pyakurel, who was a member of the preliminary investigation team of human rights activists, that three of the deceased women were raped before being killed. ....... Nine activists associated with Shanti Malika including Sharada Pokharel, Shobha Gautam, Kalyani Shah and some female journalists had conducted field investigations. ...... They informed that three women, who were trying to cross the Bagmati River in Pataiya of Hajmaniya village, were attacked by criminals who raped and murdered them. "They were chased, raped and killed in the most barbaric manner. Their blood was spilled in the local village temple also," Sharada Pokharel was quoted as saying. ..... Another team of rights activists including Padma Ratna Tuladhar had also concluded that the attackers had raped and cut off the breasts of the deceased women before killing them. Several other reports by national human rights organisations had also supported this claim.
A White Paper: Some Perspectives of North American Nepali Diaspora on Terai Conflicts
Police arrest seven YCL cadres
Yadav complains non-cooperation from Finance and Home Ministry NepalNews
Poudel hints govt's readiness to cast aside ECDC counsel
Madhesi lawmakers disrupt House proceedings
Maoists, UML acting as opponents: Poudel
MJF reiterates old demands, asks govt to stop constituency delineation process
A White Paper: Some Perspectives of North American Nepali Diaspora on Terai Conflicts
