The MJF Drama

MJF Will Emerge Stronger
I Give Madhav Nepal Six Months
Upendra Yadav Is Going To Lead The MJF In The New Government
The Army Issue Has To Be Discussed In The Parliament
MJF: No Harm Done
Upendra Yadav Should Be Leading The MJF Team In The New Government
MJF: Upendra Yadav Is The Leader
Prachanda's Offer To Yadav, Then To Koirala
MJF: That Other Winner Of The April 2008 Election
Prime Minister Upendra Yadav?
After Tharu Movement, Dalit, Muslim And Women's Movements
Unification Of Madhesi Parties
Madhesi Movement: Next Phase

In The News

Gachchhadar dubs expulsion unfortunate; says he does not want to divide party NepalNews he would make every effort to avert split in the party. ..... Gachchhadar also claimed that the decision to expel him was not taken by the central committee but by the political committee. ...... "The party should retract the decision," Gachchhadar said, "I never tried to divide the party in the past. I am not doing it now and will never do so." ...... Gachchhadar also said he would not quit the government.
MJF expels Gachchhadar, six other leaders; withdraws support to govt; split looms
Gachchhadar's appointment rocks party, govt Republica Sarat Singh Bhandari, Jitendra Dev, Ramsaroop Raya, Ramjanam Chaudhari, Upendra Jha and Ratneswor Lal Goit ....... “The appointment is unconstitutional as Article 38 of the Interim Constitution says that one can be appointed to the cabinet only on the basis of a political party,” said Yadav ....... “They want a split in MPRF to regain their lost position in the Tarai,” Yadav said ...... NC and UML had performed dismally while MPRF won a landslide in the Tarai during the Constituent Assembly election in April 2008...... “I want to keep the party intact. For that the party leadership should withdraw its action against the seven leaders.” ....... “Gachchhadar must first resign and create a trustworthy situation if they want the action withdrawn.” ...... “If the party leadership does not withdraw the action, it will invite an unfortunate situation in the party,” Gachchhadar warned. ....... Yadav also warned of disciplinary action against Constituent Assembly members supporting Gachchhadar if they do not return to the party´s establishment fold. ..... He claimed he enjoys the support of 28 out of 53 Constituent Assembly members. He accused the Gachchhadar faction of making CA members hostage at Bhaisepati and Satdobato ...... “If the Speaker refuses, we will surround the rostrum and not let parliament function,” Yadav said. .......... He indirectly regretted letting Gachchhadar and others, who were previously in the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML, join the MPRF. “They were rejected and expelled from the CPN-UML and Nepali Congress.” ....... Yadav announced a Madhes banda for Monday to protest what he said was a conspiracy against his party and Madhes. “This is just an announcement of war.” ..... Asked whether his party would forge a new alliance with the Maoists as an alternative to the government, he said, “The party now prefers a movement for rights to a power game.” ..... Jitendra Dev, a key leader in the Gachchhadar´s faction, claimed that the signatures of lawmakers Hari Narayan Yadav, Madhusudan Agrawal, Ram Bachan Yadav, Om Prakash Yadav, Tilak Rawal, Sandhya Dev and Asha Kumari Sardar might be fake. ........ When myrepublica.com contacted them, they said that they readily signed in favor of the central committee and the chairman. ..... Madhusudan Agrawal, Hari Narayan Yadav, Raj Lal Yadav and Sandhya Devi said that they were openly in favor of the party´s central committee and they thought the stance taken by the chairman was right. ....... Dr Rawal, who described himself as neutral in the dispute, said that though he initially supported Gachchhadar´s idea of joining the alliance led by NC and UML, he later could not support the leader´s stance to the extent of challenging the party central committee´s authority. ...... "I had initially supported Gachchhadar but that was not to ignore or belittle the importance and supremacy of the party´s central committee," he told myrepublica.com.
NC, UML yet to decide all portfolios They have agreed to allocate the Finance and Home Ministries to UML and Foreign Affairs and Defense to NC. ...... the parties had agreed to allocate six portfolios each to NC and UML, four to Madhesi People´s Rights Forum and two to Tarai Madhes Democratic Party. Ministries will also be allocated to the smaller parties. Altogether 350 lawmakers from 22 political parties had supported Madhav Kumar Nepal´s candidacy
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MJF Will Emerge Stronger

MJF expels Gachchhadar, six other leaders; withdraws support to govt; split looms NepalNews Upendra Yadav announced that the central committee meeting of the party held this morning decided to terminate parliamentary party leader Gachchhadar, who was appointed as the deputy prime minister on Thursday, Sarad Singh Bhandari, party spokesperson Jitendra Dev, Rameshowr Raya and Upendra Jha, among others. ...... Yadav also announced withdrawal of support to the UML-led coalition government and one-day general strike in all Terai districts on Monday. ....... He blamed Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala for plotting to divide the party. ...... supporters of party chairman Yadav and Gachchhadar clashed at the party central office. ...... Gachchhadar found the main door of the party office padlocked when he reached there to receive felicitations from his cadres. Gachchhadar ordered his cadres to break the door open, entered the party office and received felicitations. ...... Cadres supporting Yadav waved black flag to Gachchhadar as he was being garlanded. Yadav supporters also pelted stones at Gachchhadar's car when he was returning. ... Police had resorted to baton-charging to take the situation under control.
MJF on the verge of split
Take back withdrawal, expulsion decisions: Gachchhadar Republica parliamentary party of MPRF, of which he is the head, had decided to join the government despite Yadav´s opposition.

When Bijay Gachhedar says Upendra Yadav has been opposed to joining the Madhav Nepal government, he is lying. Upendra Yadav did explore other options duirng the recent political turmoil in the country like every other top political leader in the country, but the final decision had been that the MJF will join the government after all, but it will do so in Upendra Yadav's leadership, since he is the duly elected leader of the party.

Bijay Gachhedar went againt that party decision. The MJF would still have joined the government and Bijay Gachhedar would still have been a minister. But that was not enough for him. He had to become a pawn of Madhav Nepal and Girija Koirala who are hell bent on splitting up the MJF.

Mao discovered a long time ago that every time he expelled half the members of his central committee, his party doubled in size. That is what is about to happen to the MJF. The party's organizational base is about to grow by leaps and bounds. A party born out of a revolution can not be hurt by the smoke-filled room politics of a few Bahuns.

The Nepali Congress has no revival strategy. The MJF was one of the two victors of the election last year. It is going to emerge a bigger victor in the election next year.

The MJF has not split. A few people who should never have been brought into the party have been expelled.

Upendra Yadav should now put more trust in the leaders born out of the two Madhesi revolutions rather than hollow name politicians imported from other parties, especially the Nepali Congress and the UML.

I Give Madhav Nepal Six Months
Upendra Yadav Is Going To Lead The MJF In The New Government
The Army Issue Has To Be Discussed In The Parliament
MJF: No Harm Done
Upendra Yadav Should Be Leading The MJF Team In The New Government
MJF: Upendra Yadav Is The Leader

MPRF withdraws support to govt Republica accusing Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal of conspiring against Madhes and splitting the party. ..... Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar and six other central leaders on the charge of conspiring against the party. .....Sarat Singh Bhandari, Jitendra Dev, Ramsaroop Raya, Ramjanam Chaudhari, Upendra Jha and Ratneswor Lal Goit. ..... Yadav accused Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, Tarai-Madhes Loktantrik Party and Sadbhabana Party (Mahato) of splitting MPRF. ..... Yadav also announced that his faction would not work for another coalition with the Maoists. “We will be active as a responsible opposition now” ..... his party would use the street and Constituent Assembly to contribute to the constitution- drafting process and peace process. He also announced Madhes shutdown for Monday to protest the role of Nepali Congress and CPN-UML in splitting the party...... Okil Musalman, a leader in the Gachchhadar-faction, said the decision to expel the seven leaders is unconstitutional as it was not decided by the central committee of the party. “Most of the central committee members are not in the capital today [Friday]” .... Gachchhadar is expected to organize a press conference later in the evening to make his position public.
DPM greeted with black flags Gachchhadar and his supporters were forced to flee the scene, claimed BP Yadav, a leader close to party chairman Yadav.

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