Brikhesh Chandra Lal: Inclusive Democracy

Brikhesh Chandra Lal: Representation In Constituent Assembly

In The News

Probe commission to complete interrogation by next week NepalNews Koirala's remarks may be aimed at spoiling peace negotiations: Dr Bhattarai "The peace talks have reached into a very critical stage and are on the verge of collapse," said Bhattarai ....... The Maoist leader said his party would launch a peaceful movement if the peace talks failed. ...... "If the ruling seven party alliance neglects the accord reached between us, we will launch a republican front" which would not only sweep monarchy but all the forces who support monarchy." ..... his party wouldn't go for an armed conflict again and would not return to the jungle. ...... blamed the government for failing to hand over a joint letter to the United Nations mission .... revealed that chairman of the CPN (Maoist) had even signed on a draft agreement (of the letter) but that premier Koirala refused to sign on it........ blamed an unseen force for trying to spoil the country's peace negotiations ..... The top brass of the army have repeatedly said that they fully abide by the directives issued by the government. DPM Sherchan warns of quitting govt Emerging out of a cabinet meeting at Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s residence in Baluwatar this morning, Sherchan said, “If the government continues to go like this, I will quit.” ....... had serious reservation over the performance of the government as unimportant issues were getting priority instead of political issues ...... expressed discontent over the remarks of PM Koirala during a meeting with industrialists on Sunday that the King should be given space ...... “It is the people who will decide whether or not to keep the monarchy, not the Prime Minister,” he commented and added that he had registered his objection over the PM’s reaction at the cabinet meeting. ...... Government appoints acting secretaries 15 acting secretaries. ..... Ram Sarobar Dube, Tana Guatam, Tulsi Bhattarai, Sushil Shumsher Rana, Damodar Parajuli, Bhagirathi Basnet, Shankar Lal Chaudhary, Shankar Koirala, Shankar Parajuli, Bala Nanda Poudel, Shyam Prasad Mainali and Bhagawati Kafle...... cabinet also decided to install five regional administrators ....... 100 days of the reinstated parliament: Hits and Misses it has failed to do anything concrete towards holding elections for the constituent assembly-- the main agenda of the country ...... yet to make concrete decisions on the issue of holding elections of the constituent assembly and finding consensus with the Maoists for peaceful settlement of the Maoist insurgency. ...... "More than 90 percent of the lawmakers of the reinstated parliament will lose elections if they go for fresh elections. That's why they are fearing to go for elections" ....
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Arms Management: Break It Down Into Smaller Pieces

With the Nepali Congress and the Maoists playing the game of brinkmanship, we are back to walking on thin ice. Just like the eight parties are having to take a stand on the monarchy and on federalism, they are also going to have to take a stand each on the army as a first step, and then try to seek common ground as a second step.

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Critiquing The Nepali Congress Proposed Constitution
Critiquing The Maoist Proposed Constitution
Baburam Bhattarai, Janadesh Article
Fire Some Generals
Interim Monarchy, Interim Army, Interim Parliament
Interim Army: You Can Walk And Chew Gum At The Same Time
Moriarty Was Wrong On The 12 Point Agreement
Political Decisions, House Dissolution, Maoist Transformation
Gang Of Four And Mao And Girija And Pyar Jung
Two Armies: What To Do
Rubbing The Maoist Nose In The Dust Is Not Smart
Okay For Maoists To Join Government Before Arms Management
International Sanctions On Nepal Army Have To Continue
Abolish The Monarchy, Abolish The Army
Monarchy, Army, Federalism
Shobhakar Budhathoki: Transitioning The “Royal” Nepal Army
Pyar Jung's Toys
We Took Care Of The King, Pyar Jung Is Small Fry
Dismantle The Two Armies
Reciprocate The Maoist Ceasefire Immediately
Army Under Parliament, Now

Army Or No Army

That is the first question. The eight parties are going to have to face it. I personally am a strong proponent of dismantling both armies. (Paying For Democracy) That is the best way to get rid of the cloud of fear hanging upon the population. That is the tidiest way to permanent peace.

Say the eight parties reach a consensus decision that they do want an army after all.

What Size Army

That becomes the next question. Each of the eight parties will have to come to a number on their own. Say the Nepali Congress says 60,000, the Maoists say 10,000, and all the others are somewhere in between. Then they will have to talk and then reach a consensus decision. Let's say they reach the figure of 30,000.

Criteria For Enlisting

Then the eight parties are going to have to agree on the criteria for enlisting for each level in the army. Army Chief, Generals, Colonels, Majors, Captains, Soldiers.

It might look like this.

Army Chief: Has to be a General or a Colonel in the Nepal Army.
Generals: Have to be Generals or Colonels in the Nepal Army.
Colonels: Have to be Colonels or Majors in either army.
Majors: Have to be Majors or Captains in either army.
Captains: Have to be Captains in either army.
Soldiers: Can be soldiers in either army or anyone from outside and have to meet the physical requirements. Has to be at least 33% women, and at least 50% DaMaJaMa.

The selection for Army Chief, Generals, Colonels, Majors, Captains will also aspire to the gender and ethnic compositions that look like Nepal.

Additional professional criteria will also apply at each level, and will be prepared in consultation with the two armies by an eight party team. Outside professional expertise can also be sought.

Disarm The Two Armies

Then you disarm the two armies. Both will go into barracks. All of their weapons will be taken and stored away. Once disarmed, they will be kept busy. They will be given ample opportunities for physical training. Both will be fed by the state. Both will get commanded by the Interim Prime Minister who will not be a Maoist.

Voluntary Retirement

All 90,000 soldiers in the Nepal Army and the 36,000 soldiers in the Maoist Army will be given the option to take a voluntary retirement. Foreign aid will be sought to get them integrated into the civilian economy. They will be offered education, vocational training, job placements, business loans. All of them will transition into income brackets comparable to their incomes when they were in the army.

Of the 126,000 say a little over half take it. You are still left with 60,000. You annonce that half of them will not get selected. You offer a second round of voluntary retirement. By now you have stories of soldiers that went out the first round and are doing well. They are well taken care of.

Build Army From Scratch

You would start at the top. First you would decide on an Army Chief. Then Generals, and so on. At the Colonel, Major and Captai levels, you will make an attempt to give the Maoists 20% as long as they meet the criteria.

Once you have the Army Chief to the Captains in place, you will start recruiting the soldiers. These are former Nepal Army people, former PLA people, and anyone else interested and fit enough.

An Army That Looks Like Nepal In Terms Of Diversity

You end up with a 30,000 strong army that looks like Nepal in composition and is completely meritocratic top to bottom.

This whole process can take about six months. Those who will get helped to ease into the civilian economy might take years if they are going the higher education route. And that's okay.

Clear Roadmap Needed

We need a clear roadmap like this one that all eight parties agree on. That is the only way to get the massive foreign aid necessary to help 75% of the soldiers ease into the civilian economy. Fuzzy talk will get us nowhere, and might end up costing us the peace.

Then: Constituent Assembly

Elections can be held then.

As soon as both armies get rid of their weapons, an eight party interim parliament can be formed. And an eight party interim government. And elections can be held any time after that. The army management part becomes a parallel track after that.

In The News

100 days of the reinstated parliament: Hits and Misses NepalNews
Thousands join in civil society demo in the capital
Probe commission grills four senior army officials
Economy has become like a chariot with broken wheel: Dhakal
Govt.-Maoists fail to reach into consensus on arms management
UML chief criticizes government, Maoists
Nepse declines by a whopping 30.90 percent
Maoist ready to destroy weapons: Mahara
PM Koirala to discuss arms management with Maoist leadership

Nepal set to seize land owned by king Seattle Post Intelligencer
Maoists to destroy arms if Nepal goes Republic India Monitor, UK
UN Team Wraps Up Visit to Nepal OhmyNews International, South Korea
Nepal: Where leaders want weak women Financial Express.bd, Bangladesh
First dental surgeon of Nepal passes away Nepalnews.com, Nepal
King should be given space: Nepali PM People's Daily Online, China Girija Prasad Koirala said on Sunday that the King should also be given a space in democracy to prevent him from being frustrated ...... Koirala's fresh remarks on monarchy have come contrary to the suggestions of his own Nepali Congress (NC) political party to the Interim Constitution Drafting Committee last week.

Nepal’s women bear brunt of war Kantipur Publications
Even king should be given a space in democracy: PM Koirala
Speaker inaugurates FNCCI meet, stresses on inclusive democracy
Aryal urges undestanding on key issues
CA elections not possible with existing HoR, says Gurung
ँराजालाई पनि स्थान दिनुपर्छ’
सैनिक सचिवसँग बयान
राजा-सेना चाँडो छुट्याऊ’
संसद् विघटन गर्न माग
हामीसँग वार्ता गर ः माओवादी पीडित
माओवादी हतियारसहित गाउँगाउँमा माओवादी हातहतियारसहित दार्चुलाका गाउँगाउँ डुल्न थालेका छन् । गाउँमा उनीहरू दैनिक कम्ब्याट ड्रेसमा मार्चपास गर्दै हिंडेका छन् । मार्चपासमा सर्वसाधारणलाई अनिवार्य उपस्थित गराउने गरेको छ । कार्यक्रममा विद्यालय बन्द गर्नसमेत दबाब दिने गरेको शंकरपुरका एक शिक्षकले कान्तिपुरलाई टेलिफोनमा बताए- 'कार्यक्रममा अनिवार्य उपस्थितिका लागि पत्र पठाए तर हामी सहभागी भएनौं ।' करिब डेढ सयको संख्यामा कम्ब्याट ड्रेससहित माओवादी गाउँगाउँ डुल्दा सर्वसाधारण त्रसित हुने गरेको उनले बताए । ' सहरमा एकथोक बोल्ने गरेको सुनिन्छ, गाउँमा भने बन्दुक बोक्दै नाच्दै हिंडेको ती सर्वसाधारणले बताए । गाउँमा सर्वसाधारण, शिक्षक, विद्यार्थी तथा कर्मचारीसित गणतन्त्रबारे छलफल गर्दै हिंडे पनि राजनीतिक दलका नेता कार्यकर्तालाई सहभागी नगराएको उनले बताए ।

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Nepali Mandir
3910 51st Street, Woodside, NY 11377

Madhesi Caucus In Interim Parliament Needed

From: "Dr. R.K. Shah"
To:
CC:
Subject: Re: MADHESIS ISSUES TO UNITED NATIONS
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 09:27:06 +0545

Dear Bindeshwar Prasad Yadav ji,

Your proposal of "Submitting Madhesi Issues to United Nations" is well conceived and will be a most timely action in the direction of fighting for 'Madhesi Cause' in Nepal.

Let us all be discussing it and we should come to a common consensus before finalising the draft.

In my opinion Dr Shri Govind Shah, Dr Ram Prakash Yadav and Surendra Mahato should work together to make a suitable legal 'Draft Proposal' for this purpose.

This is the high time that we all must work together make a consensus concept for future action plan.

Prof. Dr R K Shah, MS, MCh-Orth(L'Pool)
Head, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery
Nepal Medical College, Jorpati
PO Box. 13344, Fax. +01 4473118
Kathmandu, Nepal

----- Original Message -----
From: Bindeshwar Prasad Yadav
To:
Cc:
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 11:06 PM

Subject: Re: Police brutality to Madhesis at Dhanusha/ MADHESIS ISSUES TO UNITED NATIONS

Mr Vijay

Hopefully my response did not reach to you. May be your email address was one among some addresses I removed, because hotmail does not accept more than 50 email address. Again I have to delete some address ,naturally they will miss. please share with all.

Please allow me to ask

1. Are Madhesis ready to sacrifice and fight for right?

2. Let me propose: MADHESIS ISSUES to UNITED NATIONS

"Brutality to Madhesis" are very old act; and is still going on. Not only by police, not only for citizenship issue. It has several dimensions and several facets.

Presently honourable Prime Minister has requested United Nations to involve in Nepal to resolve long going problem; and United Nation has started its activity in Nepal. It is unfortunate that Madhesis problem is not recorded in the Office of United Nations. United Nations Office is completely unaware that RACIAL DISCRIMINATION is also a giant problem in Nepal ; and over 40 percent, over 10,000,000 population of terai Nepal, "Madhesis" are victim of Nepal administrative and political systems, in one or other way. Internationally it is completely unknown problem.

Would you all like to get Madhesis problem registered with United Nations Office. If Yes: Let me suggest the steps:

1. Get a draft paper prepared by an intelligent lawyer or judge (if possible, take advice of Human Right specialist).

2. File an application with the Nepal Country Office of Human Right, United Nations in Kathmandu.

3. If you find any difficulty filing application with Nepal country office in Kathmandu, please email the draft to me. We find a way to get it done.

4. It will be nice if you share the draft with me and some other interested people,before filing to Office of the Human Right , United Nations in Kathmandu.

May God bless Madhesis with justice. May God bless Nepal with peace.

Best of luck. Looking forward for brave steps.

Dr Bindeshwar Prasad Yadav/ August 3; 2006/ Port of Spain

One month of work into Madhesi rights before the constituent assembly elections is equivalent of five years of work afer that. And so we have to work with added zeal now. We have to work hard, and we have to work smart. Our approach has to be sophisticated, effective.

There are two broad areas we need work in: message and organization.

The message has to be a simple five or 10 point program that all or most Madhesi organizations can agree on. It would be something akin to a Madhesi Manifesto.

On the organization front, I feel an urgent need for two things: a Madhesi Caucus in the parliament, and a Madhesi umbrella organization.

Madhesi Caucus

The political parties are the most mass based organizations in the country by definition. An there are Madhesis in prominent positions in most major parties. And there is no one party that can claim to be the sole voice for all Madhesis. And the Madhesi leaders in all political parties have a direct obligation to represent the Madhesis on the ground.

And so we need a Madhesi Caucus in the parliament. Every MP who is a Madhesi would be a member. And once they get together like that, they should hash out their version of a Madhesi Manifesto, a proposed five or 10 point program all Madhesis should get around.

Madhesi Mahasangh

By now there are tens of Madhesi organizations based just out of Kathmandu. Many have district chapters. Some organizations exist solely at the district levels.

A few attempts have been made. Loktantric Madhesi Samaj is one such attempt. Democratic Madhesi Alliance is another. Or are both the same organization? I don't know. I think not.

I propose we build a Nepal Madhesi Mahasangh. It would have a central chapter in Kathamandu, and district chapters in all 16 Terai districts. All Madhesi organizations would get invited to become members. Only organizations can join, not individual Madhesis. And elect a president and an executive committee.

Madhesi Manifesto

Both the Caucus and the Mahasangh would work independent of each other to start with to come up with a Madhesi Manifesto. As a second step they would get together and put forth a joint document. This has to be a simple document that we would hope all the 13 million Madhesis in Nepal can come around. If I were to write that manifesto, it would look like this.

1. Citizenship papers before the constituent assembly for the 6 million Madhesis denied the same.
   
2. Federal Republic.
   
3. Language Rights.
   
4. Reserved Madhesi constituencies for the constituent assembly elections, 25% of the Madhesi population.
   
5. Dismantle the army.
   

This is deliberately incomplete.

Human Rights

The April Revolution has not earned equality yet for the Madhesi community, but it sure has earned human rights for all Nepalis. The Maoists or the Nepal Army or the Nepal Police will simply have to get that basic point. Right to peacefully protest is one of those rights.

Any violation should have national political repurcussions. Legal options have to be sought in Nepal. And they can also be sought at the global level. The UN can be involved. International courts can come into play.

We earned the right to assembly and the right to peacefully protest in April. Now we have to use those rights to the max to attain total equality on behalf of the 13 million Madhesis.

Madhesi Hall Of Fame

In The News

Loktantrik Madheshi Samaj warns of strike for rights of Madhesi Nepalnews.com, Nepal
‘Beware of peddlers of Madhesi rights’ Kantipur Online, Nepal
Media groups condemn burning of newspapers Nepalnews.com, Nepal Media groups including the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) have condemned the act of burning copies of newspapers and magazines by a terai-based group in the southern town of Janakpur on Friday. .... president of FNJ, Bishnu Nisthuri, said newspapers couldn’t be discriminatory in disseminating news. "Any thing that has news value or any good event intended for social development is always covered by the newspapers" ....... a group of about 15 youths associated with Nepali Madhesi Students' Front, affiliated to Madheshi People's Rights Forum, burnt copies of The Kathmandu Post, Kantipur daily, weekly Saptahik and other newspapers and magazines in Janakpur on Friday morning....... As soon as a vehicle carrying newspapers reached the market, youths with their heads covered with red bands, seized the newspapers and burnt them, reports said. The youths even vandalized a shop of a newspaper vendor and smashed the glasses of the vehicle........ The daily quoted chairman of the Front, Keshav Jha, as saying that they burnt down the publications as these papers gave little space to the issues concerning Madhesis and warned to repeat such action in the future.......
RPP, NSP stress congenial environment for CA election Gorkhapatra, Nepal
Tripathi hints at conspiracy Gorkhapatra, Nepal ... certificates before elections to the Constituent Assembly, Tripathi also said that any wrongdoing by the Government in regard to the Madhesi community would be ...
Nepal -- July 2006 Monthly Review, VA - When Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran was the BJP government's Ambassador in Kathmandu, he boasted of (illegally!) extraditing CPN(M) leader Matrika Yadav to the tender mercies of the U.S.-advised torturers of the RNA. Today Matrika Yadav is the head of the people's government of the Nepali Madhesi republic in the Terai. There is a lesson to be learned.
Maoists propose federal republic in new constitution Nepalnews.com, Nepal
From health to politics, issues figure prominently Gorkhapatra, Nepal Mahendra Prasad of CPN- UMl demanded that the government pay attention to the issue of the Madhesi people in Terai region who played a crucial role in historic
Manage weapons for interim govt: Paswan Gorkhapatra, Nepal to solve the problems by holding talks regarding the declaration to break the cease-fire against the Terai Mukti Morcha by the Rastriya Madhesi Morcha, a
Federal structure good option: Deuba Gorkhapatra, Nepal
Women rights activists demands citizenship guarantee to women Nepalnews.com, Nepal
Maoist leader Yadav declares war against JTMM Kantipur Online, Nepal
Maoists Declare War Against Breakaway Faction Himalayan Times, Nepal



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UML central committee meeting begins NepalNews In his 27-page long report, Nepal has expressed discontent over the activities of the government as well as the actions of Maoists ..... Nepal ‘lamented’ the dominance of Nepali Congress in the government and criticized the Maoists for violating the ceasefire code of conduct by continuing their forceful activities. “The Maoist leadership must act seriously to stop unruly activities of its rank and file” ....... will finalise the party’s vision for the constituent assembly, the proposed campaign for democratic republic, restructuring of the state and the future course of the party .... The central committee meeting will run for four days.
PM Koirala to discuss arms management with Maoist leadership "An agreement with the Maoists will be reached and a common letter of consent will be sent to the UN very soon" ......
NC-D for federal democratic republican set up "The prime objective of the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections is to establish a federal democratic republican state system and make it an inclusive and participatory democratic system in practice," reports quoted NC-D General Secretary Bimalendra NidhiNidhi as saying....... Nidhi added that the NC-D might call a Mahasamiti meeting to endorse its proposal ....
A Nepali industrialist writes to the UN Secy General Rajendra Kumar Khetan ...... while UN mission was in Nepal, just 20 km away from the capital, Kathmandu , the Himalayan Snacks and Noodles Industry – owned by the Khetan Group-- was forced to close down as armed militia of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) manhandled factory manager, Gokul Dahal, caused damage to the industry........ “It is the right of the businessmen to carry out businesses and run the factories freely. ....... Article 12 of the Code of Conduct says: “Both the parties will create an environment for the smooth functioning of schools, colleges and universities, hospitals, health centres and industrial institutions.” ....... Article 15 of the Code of Conduct says: “Donation or financial assistance in cash, kind or in the form of services will not be collected or mobilised against one’s will.” .......
UN team holds consultations with Indian officials
Parliament should issue interim constitution: PFN suggested forming a comprising representatives of parliamentary parties, other political parties who took part in the movement but do not have representation in the House, ‘High Parliament’women, dalit, ethnic communities, disabled, Madhesis and backward communities and eminent personalities.... constituent assembly polls held on a direct, proportional and reservation basis
A Nobel Protest for Nepal
Nepali tea producers endorse Code of Conduct
High-level Commission summons Katawal, Rana
Govt. makes public details of land owned by the royalties over 3,400 ropanis of land (approx. 1,700 hectares) owned by King Gyanendra and other members of the royal family ....... over 20,000 ropanis of Nagarjun at the outskirts of Kathmandu was owned by the king as his private property. He said the king owned nearly 9,000 ropanis of land in Kathmandu alone. ...... king owned 34 bighas of land in Latikoili VDC in mid-western district of and land holdings in SurkhetMakwanpur, Gorkha, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur and Kathmandu districts also........ late king Birendra owned over 3,000 ropanis of land as forest area in Kathmandu ...... people are allowed to own 25 ropanis of land in the capital valley, up to 70 ropanis of land in the hills and up to ten bighas of land in the terai.

CA elections not possible with existing HoR, says Gurung Kantipur Publications at a programme organised by Chitwan-Kathmandu Republic Communication Forum in Kathmandu.
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NC-D for federal democratic republic
Govt to relax grip on foreign employment the manpower agencies will only need to inform the government about the number of labor demands they received from overseas employers, but will not have to wait for the government's nod to send workers abroad. ..... “The new act has incorporated provisions which will prove beneficial to the government, workers and genuine people involved in this business,” said General Secretary of Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies, Hansha Raj Wagle. ...... the government can fine individuals up to Rs 500,000 for swindling money by giving job aspirants false hopes of employment abroad. ..... setting up of a separate Foreign Employment Department, autonomous quasi-government Foreign Employment Promotion Board, Foreign Employment Welfare Fund and a Foreign Employment Tribunal......
Illegitimate kids of armymen in a lurch Villagers know her as "Basnet", as she was born of an illegitimate relationship between her mother and an army serviceman of that surname. She is eight years old, but still does not have a proper name. She doesn't know who her father is. Neither does she have any information on her mother who left for Kathmandu two years ago. She awaits an uncertain future living with her octogenarian grandmother. ...... The elderly say that there are some two dozen such children in villages including Lekhani, Maiyankhu and Hardeni. In Lekhani alone, there are a dozen such children fathered by then Royal Nepalese Army soldiers who came here a decade ago to build Siddhicharan Road that stretches from Katari to Okhaldhunga. The road is 72 kilometers long. The two dozen children live in villages along 30 kilometers of the road. There are more in the rest of the villages. .... These children, fathered by soldiers who were here from 1995 to 2001, lead a pitiful life. Villagers treat them as outcasts. ..... soldiers who came to build the road belonged to Kaliprasad Battalion, Kalibaksh Battalion and Karyadal Battalion. ...... under the command of then Colonel Dipak Gurung, who is now a brigadier general. The group of 150 to 500 soldiers were sent from Kathmandu....... "After the birth of illegitimate kids, we stopped sending our daughters alone to collect wood and fodder," he said. ...... Most of the exploited girls are from the Magar, Bhujel and Rai communities...... After the soldier left never to return, villagers married off pregnant Phulmaya to Bishnu Bahadur Bhujel, who was 54 then. The daughter was born just two months after their marriage. Phulmaya was just 16...... one of the exploiters had identified himself as Nanda Raj Basnet of Khotang. The soldier belonged to Gorakh Bahadur Battalion. ..... Unable to tolerate social ostracism, others left for Kathmandu, towns in the Terai or Indian cities, leaving the children with their grandparents. ..... the two rarely come to school "because other children look down upon them," she explained. The children are hostile and often violent. ..... Villagers still recount stories of drunken soldiers chasing innocent village girls, mistreating then and raping them in the open.
Youth seeks shelter with police from Maoists Twenty-one-year-old Bishnu P Dhungana fled from a house in Sangam Tole, Naya Baneshwor to find refuge at Naya Baneshwor Police Post at around 3a.m. Friday morning. ..... he was tortured and tormented physically as well as mentally for two consecutive days by Maoist cadres at a house at Sangam Tole.......Maoist cadres including central member of ANNISU (Revolutionary) Himal Sharma and office secretary Suresh Gautam of beating him with pipes, rods and belts accusing him of "spying" for the army..... Dhungana, a former Maoist cadre but now working as a cook
No major differences, a few technical ones, says Sitaula the government and the Maoists have reached an agreement over the issues of UN monitoring of Constituent Assembly elections and management of weapons of both the armies. ..... the present report by the commission would not take the route of the report by the Mallik Commission that was formed after the 1991 pro-democratic movement.
राजपरिवारको जग्गा ३४ हजार रोपनी
बाटो खन्न गएका सैनिकहरूद्वारा यौनशोषण
मोडालिटीमा मात्र सहमति बाँकी’ राष्ट्रसंघीय टोलीले महासचिव कोफी अन्नानलाई प्रतिवेदन बुझाउनुअघि सहयोगका लागि दुवै पक्षले संयुक्त पत्र पठाउने उनले बताए । एक-दुई दिनमा टुंगोमा पुगेपछि सबै कुरा सार्वजनिक गर्नेछौं ।' शुक्रबार दिनभर दुवै वार्ता टोलीबीच छलफल भए पनि सहमति हुन सकेन ।
१२ कक्षासम्म माध्यमिक र ८ सम्म निःशुल्क प्रस्ताव
King and Royal Palace own 34,000 ropanis of land: Govt
PM Koirala to negotiate with Maoists
NA not responsible for April atrocities: Lt General "The (erstwhile) government should take up the responsibility for the suppression" ...... "the NA was only following the orders to maintain peace and security in the country." ......
सहभागिता स्पष्ट पार्न राष्ट्रसंघको आग्रह
दमनमा भूमिका छैन ः कटुवाल
ँसंक्रमणकाल लम्ब्याउनु हुन्न’
स्थानीय निकायको पूर्वाधार निर्माण
आदिवासी सम्मेलन सुरु सात सय आदिवासी जनजाति अगुवा सम्मेलनमा सहभागी छन् । पछिल्लो जनगणनाअनुसार मुलुकको जनसांख्यिक बनोटमा आदिवासी जनजाति, बाहुन, क्षेत्री, दलित, मधेसी र अन्य समूह रहेको उल्लेखसहित उनीहरूको जनसंख्या आधारमा समानुपातिक प्रतिनिधित्व हुने गरी दलहरूले उम्मेदवार तय गर्नुपर्ने उनको प्रस्ताव छ । सात दल सम्बद्ध आदिवासी जनजातिको साझा मोर्चा संयुक्त संघर्ष समितिले प्रस्तुत गरेको प्रस्तावमा राज्यको संरचना समावेशी लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र हुनुपर्ने र त्यसमा जातिहरूलाई आत्मनिर्णयको अधिकारसहित स्वशासनको व्यवस्था हुनुपर्ने उल्लेख छ । संघात्मक राज्य प्रणालीअन्तर्गत केन्द्रले रक्षा, परराष्ट्र र मौदि्रक नीतिमात्र हेर्ने र अन्य विषय प्रादेशिक सरकारको क्षेत्राधिकारभित्र पर्नुपर्ने उल्लेख छ । सहभागीहरू १० समूहमा विभाजित भई छलफलमा जुटेका छन् । उनीहरूले शनिबार दिउँसोसम्म अन्तिम प्रारूप तयार गर्नेछन् । महासंघ महासचिव डा. ओम गुरुङले आदिवासी जनजातितर्फबाट संविधानसभ्ाा र राज्यको पुनर्संरचना सम्बन्धमा ठोस प्रारूप दिन सकियोस् भनी सम्मेलन गरिएको बताए । एमालेका केन्द्रीय सदस्य पृथ्वी सुब्बा गुरुङले सम्मेलनले जातीय स्वायत्ततासहितको संघात्मक राज्य संरचनाको खाका कोर्ने विश्वास लिएको बताए ।
टेलिकमका इन्जिनियरद्वय मुक्त राजविराज, साउन १९ - जनतान्त्रिक मुक्ति मोर्चाका कार्यकर्ताले चार दिनअघि अपरण गरेका नेपाल टेलिकमका दुई इन्जिनियर शुक्रबार साँझ मुक्त भएका छन् । उनीहरूको रिहाइका लागि मोर्चाका कार्यकर्ताले १० लाख रुपैयाँ फिरौती माग्दै आएका थिए । फिरौती नदिई बिनासर्त रिहा भएको साहले दाबी गरेका छन् । स्रोतका अनुसार उनीहरूलाई सात लाख रुपैयाँ फिरौती दिएर मुक्त गरिदिएको हो ।
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Indian origin industrialist shot at in Nepal Daily News & Analysis, India
Palace-owned excess land in Nepal to be seized, redistributed Hindu, India After taxing King Gyanendra's assets and income, the Nepal Government is planning to place a ceiling on land owned by him and distribute the remaining among poor farmers. ...... the King and his family members own over 1,730 hectares of land, nearly half of it consisting of valuable real estate in the capital ...... The combined area of Narayanhiti Royal Palace situated in Kathmandu and the Nagarjun hill resort in the outskirts of the city comes to around 750 hectares. .... The area of tea estates Gyanendra owns in eastern Nepal is yet to be calculated, but they are estimated to be spread over some 2,250 hectares. .... many records of lands registered in the name of the palace are messy because no one could inquire about royal property in the past.
Nepal eyes king's property for its landless Reuters.uk
Nepal's poor may get king's land Aljazeera.net
Excess Property Of Nepal's Royal Family Would Be Nationalized All Headline News
Nepal's sports row drives out German consultant DailyIndia.com, NY A German consultant, hailed by Nepal's media as the man behind the renaissance of Nepali athletics, is being driven out of the kingdom due to factionalism.
A Nobel Protest for Nepal Nepalnews.com, Nepal

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