Nepali Rajniti

Terrorism in the name of justice by the Maoists

Nepali Rajniti — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:07:14 +0000

The country has a government and all it’s bodies are fully functional. Despite the mentioned fact the Maoists are still running a parallel government with the aid and support of it’s illegal body the YCL and the PLA. The following is an example where the Maoists take the law into their own hands and say they are doing justice instead of terrorizing. In the same regard the Police have arrested 11 Unified CPN (Maoist) cadres including a member of the party’s Kochila Rajya Samiti from Itahari Tuesday morning on charges of abduction and loot. The (Maoist)’s Kochila Rajya Samiti member Mohan Timalsina, Sunsari district member Indra Silwal, Itahari area in-charge and Kochila Rajya Samiti member Naren Subbha, YCL district member Krishna Magar, Itahari area deputy secretary Upendra Ghimire, and Maoist activists Tanka Basnet, Ramesh Dahal, Deepak Rai, Suman, Samjhana Shiba and Suraj Silwal were arrested from Janata Basti of Itahari, according to the police. They are charged of abducting Sankhuwasabha based businessman Pasang Sherpa and his friends. Sherpa, 25, and his friend Kasi Karki were abducted from a hotel in Itahari Monday night. Sherpa has claimed, the abductors looted Rs 300,000 in cash and a gold locket in his possession. The Maoists’ Kochila Rajya Samiti member Timilsina said, they had taken Sherpa to interrogate about a truck that was carrying illegal goods and was impounded by Revenue officials some days ago. Police had gone to their rescue after Sherpa’s friends staying at the same hotel managed to escape and informed the police. Well if Mr. Sherpa was involved in smuggling as per the claims of these terrorists, he should have been handed over to the appropriate authority rather than them taking action. This incident from the Maoists still proves that terrorism is still alive and kicking in the name of justice and the terrorists are none other than the Maoists themselves.

Lack of a national hero

Nepali Rajniti — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:55:19 +0000

Until now all that has been accomplished by the political parties and their leaders are fighting among themselves and blaming one another for being unable to draft the constitution on time. It is so amazing that Prachanda is heard criticizing Girija and the very next moment he is visiting Girija for a discussion on how to form the next government. Girija says the Maoists will not form the next government but is actually in the race to promote his daughter to even greater heights be it betraying his own party and shaking hands with the terrorists. Time and period the leaders of various parties participating in the government lead by Madhav Kumar Nepal including Mr. Nepal himself has mentioned publicly how these terrorists were brought to the streets from the jungle and instead of taking action against the terrorists these shameless leaders are joining hands with the later for their own personal gains. Nepal as a country lacks a nationalist leader. A leader who would think and work and only think and work for the best interest of the nation. These corrupt leaders of today are only interested in making a future for themselves. They really do not care for the nation or the people and if they did, why are they sitting around blaming one another for all the suffering of the people instead of actually working on solving them. Prachanda blames Madhav Kumar’s government while his own followers are terrorizing the people. Khum Bahadur Khadka says in a speech that his followers should pick up arms against the Maoists, The Maoists still want another revolution and threaten on a daily basis to go back to the jungles and fight to capture state power. Upendra Yadhav from the Madeshi Forum and the tharu leader Laxman Tharu, both former Maoists have joined hands as partners to terrorize the nation further more. Both these people have worked under Prachanda and have learned the same theory, “power with a gun,” from the Maoists. Every single so called political leader is in the run to make something for themselves and they have given up nationalism, patriotism, loyalty and have become animals on the loose to be what they want to be and achieve what they want for themselves by hook or crook even if the countrymen have to suffer. This is a wake up call and if all Nepalese people do not commonly think for the best interest of the nation then the day is not too far where we might even loose our national identity, if depended only on the political parties and there leaders.

Buddha was born in Nepal, not in India

Nepali Rajniti — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:27:03 +0000

On page 154 in the book, The post-American World Dr. Zakaria mentions incorrectly that though Buddha was an Indian and Buddhism was born in India, there are no true Buddhists in that country. Before anything lets talk about some facts related to Buddha’s birthplace. Kapilavastu is the name of a region of ancient Shakya kingdom that is considered a holy pilgrimage place for Buddhists, located close to Lumbini. The result of years of excavation and research by numerous international teams have concluded that Kapilavastu is in Nepal and is acknowledged by the UNESCO as well as the governments of India and Nepal. Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected one of his commemorative pillars there. The site is now being developed as a Buddhist pilgrimage centre, where the archaeological remains associated with the birth of the Lord Buddha form a central feature. Lumbinī is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi district of Nepal, near the Indian border. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi is said to have given birth to Siddhartha Gautam, who as the Buddha founded the Buddhist tradition. The Buddha lived between roughly 563 and 483 BCE. Lumbini is one of four magnets for pilgrimage that sprang up in places pivotal to the life of the Buddha, the others being at Kushinagar, Bodh Gaya, and Sarnath. In 1896, Nepalese archaeologists discovered a great stone pillar at the site, attributed to Emperor Ashoka . Records made by the Chinese pilgrim Fa Xian were also used in the process of identifying this religiously acclaimed site. The holy site of Lumbini has ruins of ancient monasteries, a sacred Bodhi tree, an ancient bathing pond, the Ashoka pillar and the Mayadevi temple. The truth, however is that Buddha was born at Lumbini in present Rupandehi district of western Terai region in Nepal. A fact accepted by UNESCO while providing world heritage status to the place. With all these existing facts it is very tough to prove that Buddha was not born in Nepal and if anyone says so, they have to come up with authentic findings.

On the same issue there has been a lot of controversy and various people have reacted in different ways and some of their reactions in their own words are as follows:

Dear All,
The Government of Nepal would better support Kathmandu University, Center for Buddhist Studies http://cbs.edu.np/ for such kinds of studies.
The Himalayan Voice Team,
United States of America
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Rana 1616 wrote:
Dear Thapaji,
Namaste,
Many thanks for the message below. No, I don’t have that much knowledge on Buddha and Buddhism because my knowledge of Sanskrit is very limited hence Pali also.
Before this new controversy broke out we had also discussed the Buddha birth place controversy at some five/six months ago. (We had no idea at all whether such a book was written or existed). Some funny stuff were posted or directed to me off-list. No single Nepalese scholar posted any reaction or reply ! [They don't just do it publicly - there are some understandable reasons, I know].
Absurdly enough, Ajit Kumar Tripathy , quoting from both Cunnigham’s ‘The Ancient Geography of India’[1871] and Mahapatra’s ’The Real Birth Place of Buddha’[1977] claims that the Ashokan pillar in Lumbini is a ’second pillar’ or ‘duplicate or artificial’ as the original one was destroyed during the religious disturbances in Orrisa. He sticks to ’Kapileswar inscription’ which Prof. Dinesh Chandra Sircar has disqualified as ‘bogus and forged’ one. Another renowned Orriya historian Prof. Karuna Sagar Behera has dismissed the claim that Buddha was born in Kapileswar [ http://tinyurl.com/yl3jlyv ].
Mr. Tripathy also checks linguistically and thinks toponyms like ’Lumbini’ and ‘Kapilvastu’ as rare in Nepal http://tinyurl.com/y8jecte. But we understand that Lumbini in Magar language is [lumbini> lungbingi> lung (stone)+ bingi (bari or flatland)]. Should he require more linguistic-anthropological proofs - we can provide that too.
To address this issue, I think, no political leaders are required to take to the streets of Kathmandu or burn the book down to ashes. Or no Nepalese home minister should write anything to the culture minister of Nepal http://tinyurl.com/yke7jzz but Nepalese scholars should flex their academic muscle.
Firstly, they should deal with both Cunnigham and Mahapatra’s works. And then William Claxton Peppé and Charles Allen’s ’ http://tinyurl.com/yckl6cp and so forth.
And maybe to those who argue Buddhism went out from Iran [ Spread of Early Buddhism - Into Iran or Out of it? http://tinyurl.com/y9ub4aw ]
Nepal government should fund ranking university scholars to ‘cool down’ this controversy.
Thank you,
Rana 1616
Cambridge, Massachusetts,
USA

Dear Rana ji,
I see that you have some knowldege on this issue. Please do some more researching and produce a report.. You will then see people taking actions. You will be the leader.
Govind P. Thapa, PhD, MPA, MA, BL,
Former Additional IGP, Nepal Police,
Program Coordinator, Master in Security Management,
Kathmandu University, School of Management (KUSOM)
Lalitpur-14,G.P.O.Box 12451,Kathmandu,

There is a little hope that Nepal Government would do anything in this case ! And it is not a matter to take to the street by some political leaders also. Only scholars can sort out this issue . The PostAmerican World thing is a new and came in a book form. There are lot more controversial articles out there hanging in the Internet. Even a writer claims Buddhism went out from Iran [ http://tinyurl.com/y9ub4aw].
The more the protest the more the book will be popular and sold. The writer will earn more. So, academic institutions should come forward.
Thanks,
Rana 1616

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Ram Kumar Shrestha wrote:
Dear all,
We organised Kapilvastu Day as Global Day on 1st of December 2009 and we have lots of materials with this issue in our blog http://worldamity.wordpress.com/ If you are not aware about the programme and have no time to go through all the materials, pls go through my interview where I have mentioned most of the activities organised in different countries with this movement कपिलवस्तु दिबसबारे कुराकानी हिमाली स्वरहरुसंग http://nepaliradio.org/2009/12/01/115thepisode/ . If you could send relevant articles or source of articles and links it could be great. Your comments in our posings also highly appreciable.
Ram Kumar Shrestha
UK

Dear All,
a) It is very sad to learn that Nepal’s oldest university is indulged in teaching “Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha (Enlightened One), had been born about 563 BC to a princely family of northern India,” [ A History of Knowledge: Past, Present and Future' . A prescribed text book for the English Department- page 21 http://tinyurl.com/y9p8zco ]
b) On the birth place of Buddha India’s one of the most prominent epigraphers Prof. Dinesh Chandra Sircar has disqualified the ’Kapileswar inscription’ as ‘bogus and forged’ one. During the ‘Indian History Congress 1980 in Mumbai’ another renowned Orrisa historian Prof. Karuna Sagar Behera had dismissed the claim that Buddha was born in Kapileswar [ http://tinyurl.com/yl3jlyv ].
c) And may god bless Nepal’s Tribhuvan University !
Thanks,
Rana 1616
Cambridge, Massachusetts
USA

Dear All,
Burning down a book which states Buddha was an Indian [The Post-American World http://tinyurl.com/yj96joj ] is no good thing to do. The other perplexing article http://tinyurl.com/y8jecte is still hanging in the internet. A group of people are divided on the birth place of Buddha.
My only concern is what Prof. Tulsai Ram Vaidhya and Prof. Triratna Manadhar would have said or written about it.
The truth must shine. There is nothing political in it.

Thanks,

Rana 1616

Dear All:
Namaskar
I definitely insist that Buddha is real and born in Nepal. I am quite proud and confident in that. Only thing I am for is to go around developing the Lumbini as a Buddhist learning and meditation center first, without getting into unnecessary political debate. Let people recognize his genius and his preaching of the way of the enlightenment first, without any other issues attached. Let recognition that he is a Nepali clad in Bhadgaole Topi be the side product. And ofcourse, I have absolutely no reservation against the donations coming in from the pilgrims either.
Sincerely,
Tilak Shrestha, Ph.D.

Dear All
Whether Buddha was a real human or mythical hero is a question and whether Christ was also a real human is yet another question asked. So the birth place for anyone should not be that important - agreed.
There is yet another book review in ‘Telegraph’ from London
‘The Buddha and Dr Fuhrer: An Archaeological Scandal ’ http://tinyurl.com/yckl6cp and also see ‘The Buddha and the Sahibs’ ] in which Charles Allen disregards Dr. Anton Fuhrer’s Lumbini findings Alexander Cunnigham already had discredited in 1871 [The Ancient Geography of India - Google Digitized Book].
Following Cunnigham’s footprints, Chakradhar Mahapatra brought this controversy out in 1977 [ The Real Birth Place of Buddha] and uptill now Indian writers claim Buddha was born in Orrisa. The latest in the line has become Fareed Zakaria [ a Harvard PhD and International Editor, Newsweek Magazine. His book The Post-American World has been burnt down in Nepal recently http://tinyurl.com/yj96joj ].
In the meantime an Indian Professor down here in USA had written in an email discussion that Orrisa, being one of the poorest states in India, would virtually want to boost its revenue also from tourism declaring Kapileswhor as Buddha’s birth place. Furthermore another Indian scholar had mockingly suggested to rotate Buddha’s birth place in between Lumbini of Kapilvastu, Nepal and Lembai of Kapileswara, Orrisa like Olympic Games every four years !
End Note: Nepalese scholars always stand silent when there is such a debate. They just keep quiet, don’t they ?
Thanks,
Rana 1616
Cambridge, Massachusetts
USA

Dear all,

What makes me sick are things like this. What difference does it make–whether Buddha was born in Lumbini or in Orissa? Let Buddha be owned and honoured by all– irrespective of their religion and culture. Let Buddha be respected and adored for not being a Nepali or Indian but for being a Preacher of Nonviolence and Peace Maker in the world. Similarly, let Mahatma Gandhi be reverred, well respected not for being Indian but for his great philosophy by all. The internal soul is more important and permanent. The physical boundaries should not be important.
Even if someone claims something out of ignorance or malintention that does not mean the history is changed. The fact remains fact.
Govind P. Thapa, Nepal

Dear all:
Namaskar
As I wrote before I have some what different view on it. I think we should not bother shouting that Buddha was born in Nepal. First Buddha is global, not local personality, and then there were no Nepal or India as we know now. However, more importantly we should have intelligent approach on the issue.
We need to build one five star hotel and five one star hotels. And we also need to build many meditation halls, libraries and Buddhist study center. Then we should promote Lumbini as pilgrimage, meditation retreat and tourist site. Let people from all over the world come here for enlightenment, slow if not instant.
Let a Nepali tell an Indian that Buddha was born in India. If the Indian was ever been to Lumbini, I imagine he would correct the Bahadur with knowing smile.
May Buddha bless us all.
Sincerely,
Tilak Shrestha, Ph.D.

Dear RanaJI
There is no doubt that the birth place of Lord Buddha is born in Nepal In Lumbini.Many documents for proof is available in the old manuscripts. Many materials of that time have been found during excavations of Lumbini. This is accepted by international bodies. So it is true Buddha is not born in India.
Thank You
Bina
Associate Librarian
Tribhuban University, Central Library

From: ashutosh.x.shrivastav@unnepal.org
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:15:03 -0600
Subject: (UNN) RE: Mr. Zakaria’s Ignorance
I’ve been watching Mr. Zakaia’s GPS since the inception of his show. I could not believe that Mr. Zakaria, a person with sound academic background & a host of CNN, would write something this erroneous. I hope Mr. Zakaria did not do it intentionally. The below arguments presented by Mr. Zakaria were relevant 2500 years ago. Precisely, the word “Indian” did not even exist since there wasn’t India or Nepal. It was called “Prachin Bharat” or Aryavart. India was born in 1947; Nepal was unified in 1761. It’s evident that Nepal existed before India. As such, labeling Buddha as Indian represents a higher degree of ignorance & it’s tragic for Mr Zakaria not addressing this issue in his show or apologizing in public. It’s never late to learn a lesson, Mr. Zakaria.
Sincerely,
Ashutosh Shrivastav
Secretary General
United Nationalist Nepalese (UNN)
A Non Profit Advocacy Organization

IS LUMBINI A PART OF INDIA ?
No, it’s not. Simple.
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:26 PM, K……. T…… wrote:
On last Poush 01, 2066 Bikram Era [ i.e. December 16, 2009 ], an Indian Tourist Guide asked a group of Thai tourists to sing Indian National Anthem infront of Ashoka Stambha (pillar) at Lumbini, saying that it was a part of India.
Some Nepali Buddhists,who were standing nearby, stopped them from chanting the foreign national anthem, saying that it was Nepal.
There was no reaction from the Government of Nepal,nor the Nepali Press !?!
As concerns the controversy surrounding Buddha’s birth place, Dr. Michael Witzel, a world renowned indologist and Senior Professor at Harvard has pointed out below that the Indian researchers/writers make partisan voice in this issue.
Ajit K. Tripathy [ajitktripathy@hotmail.com] the Chief Secretary and the official voice of Government of Orrisa (2004) has claimed that Buddha was born in Kapileshowr, Orrisa http://orissagov.nic.in/e-magazine/Journal/jounalvol1/pdf/orhj-3.pdf but he does not bother answering any questions he was asked or directed in this debate [Prof. S. D. Muni in an email has answered Lumbini as the real birth place].
Prof. Kulke has retired recently so could not be reached out. And according to Prof. Witzel Kulke has nowhere said or written that Buddha was born in Orirsa instead he has attested it for Lumbini. Prof. Witzel has named “a partisan website” for http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=4,448,0,0,1,0 which reads Prof. Kulke as backing the claim that Buddha was born in Orrisa.
With best,
Rana 1616
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:05 PM, del Pilar, Jessica H wrote:
Thank you for taking the time out of your day to write to me. I understand that you were displeased by one section, particularly with my saying that “Buddha was Indian.” You rightly point out that the Buddha was born in Lumbini, in modern-day Nepal—not in India.
Please know that I meant no disrespect to Nepal, a country that I love. The Buddha was born and lived 2,500 years ago, in an age before modern-day boundaries were drawn and before the idea of a nation-state even existed. When I referred to the Buddha as “Indian” I meant it only in the geographic sense of the word, as a person hailing from the Indian subcontinent—not as a citizen of a particular state. I apologize if I offended you.
All best,
Fareed Zakaria

Dear Prof. Kulke,
I am a Nepalese currently residing in USA. While in Nepal I used to teach, research and write on linguistic-anthropological issues and sometime socio-political issues also.
I have a concern to write to you. Let me begin with this way that the birth place of Buddha has been in a kind of controversy again. Some Indians [researchers/writers] without going deep into fact of the matter write this and that haphazardly, I would rather say. The Chief Secretary of Government of Orissa [ Ajit K. Tripathy] has also done it http://orissagov.nic.in/e-magazine/Journal/jounalvol1/pdf/orhj-3.pdf !
Recently, a book ‘THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD’ [I have not read this book as of today] written by Fareed Zakaria [a Harvard PhD and/Newsweek International Editor http://www.newsweek.com/id/32251 ] has been burnt down in Sindhupalchowk District, some 4/5 hour hill-road drive east of Kathmandu http://www.mysansar.com/archives/2010/01/id/8568
Burning down a book to demonstrate difference may not be wise thing to do but theirs seems to me a nationalistic sentiment as the writer’s himself.
My question here is: have you also backed the claim that Buddha was born in Orissa. http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=4,448,0,0,1,0 ?
In Nepal what is much in currency is that India always portrays itself as a Big Brother [ Bade Bhai] in South Asia. And also the people, I mean the Indian people, think they are granted for doing whatever comes in their mind which virtually offends the people of a sovereign country like Nepal that has remained independent for all the ages.
With all the best,
Rana 1616

I sincerely differ here. I am indifferent actually on Buddha’s birth place whether it was Lumbini of Nepal or Kapileshowr in Orissa, India.
I sometime think was Buddha a real human or a mythical personage. But there are also some who believe Buddha was born in Orissa http://orissagov.nic.in/e-magazine/Journal/jounalvol1/pdf/orhj-3.pdf
As of nation-state sort of thing - was there any India some 2500 years ago ? I hope you have pretty fair knowledge of Ashokan inscription ””hida Bhagavam jateti Lumminigame” also. It even doesn’t say Lumbini was in India and “Buddha was an Indian”.
Thanks,
Rana 1616
Woodland Heights

Dear Rana and others:
Why you guys are wasting your time and my webspace in Inbox? You are doing all the wrong things with no results. Please do not forward me any email, otherwise I will have to inform abuse@yahoo.com for SPAM emails.
For your information, there are many unacceptable facts printed in the western media, however, even after many emails and other efforts, these guys don’t care. Even the Indian guy is a hypocrite who started all this stupid email chains. I have taken number of cases with the printers, but have had very few successes.
In fact, these guys get ‘free publicity’ and that will get them ‘more focus’ in media. That will sell more books, and they will make more money, when you guys are stupidly giving them more ‘publicity’. The best approach is ‘just ignore’. Nothing is going to change- neither the teachings of Buddha, nor the effect of Buddhism on the world.
Bye, please do not forward me any email on this subject.
Yogi Hemant Panchpor alias Aadeshnath
416-653-8125 Toronto, Canada
http://filedby.com/author/AADESHNATH/2896575/
http://www.youtube.com/user/Aadeshnath

From: Bina Vaidya
To: rana1616@yahoo.com
Sent: Sat, January 23, 2010 11:46:25 PM
Subject: RE: CONTROVERSY AGAIN/ THE REAL BIRTH PLACE OF BUDDHA/THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Dear RanaJI
There is no doubt that the birth place of Lord Buddha is born in Nepal In Lumbini.Many documents for proof is available in the old manuscripts. Many materials of that time have been found during excavations of Lumbini. This is accepted by international bodies. So it is true Buddha is not born in India.
Thank You
Bina
Associate Librarian
Tribhuban University, Central Library

We have no alternatives left but to take up arms again…Prachanda

Nepali Rajniti — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:04:04 +0000

“We have no alternatives left but to take up arms again,” are the exact words that came out of Prachanda in Khalanga of Salyan district on Sunday. Someone who believes in change with the barrel of a gun over dialogue is definitely not right and one who believes in ruling with a gun is a terrorist. With such definition what is Prachanda trying to prove when he says, “take up arms again”. Planning to go back to the jungles gain? The country has already been pushed behind and the people are all suffering one way or the other from the Maoist actions and even after all of that, these terrorists are not happy and are making plans to give the Nepalese citizens more suffering and pain. Like the universal theory, “actions speak louder than words”, the Maoist actions have clearly conveyed the message of their ill intentions. The Maoists in Nepal do not want any development in the country. Spoken differently, using words to confuse and mislead the people, their true internal wish and desire is still to capture the state power and declare the country as a communist state with the Maoists as the dictators. If the Maoists had any intentions what so ever to do something good for the people and the nation they would have been involved in and only in drafting the constitution on time. Instead, they choose to make the Nepal Army their own puppet army by merging all the terrorists into the army. They also started getting involved in making their own rules and regulations which would make them more powerful and would take away the rights of the people. People who were aware of these ill intentions of the Maoists voted the other way and brought forward leaders of other political parties to represent and voice them, who in return did noting but just joined hands to make their life better. The Maoists, as they always wanted are in the process of capturing the state power by all means and like Prachanda himself said, by taking up arms again. The Maoists are the ones with the ill intention but the other political parties are equally to blame cause they are doing nothing to save the country from becoming torn into pieces like it once used to be before Prithivi Narayan Shah united it. There is nothing thats going to be done for the people or the nation until a true nationalist comes forward with the desire and the dedication to serve the people and the nation. The people have to act now or else the future for both the people and the nation is dark.

Nepal’s burden the terrorists…PLA and YCL

Nepali Rajniti — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:35:25 +0000

It is a very unfortunate situation in Nepal, where the country is having to bear the burden of three parallel army. The official force and the pride of Nepal is the Nepal Army followed by the terrorist army the PLA and the bigger national treat the YCL. The later two PLA and YCL were formed by the terrorist outfit the Maoists of Nepal. These two terrorist groups were used by the Maoists to terrorize the Nepalese people for over a decade and they are even today in full operation. The mind bothering issue here is, how is it possible to have such outlawed bodies fully functional as terrorists and that they are being fed by the government money or as one may say the peoples money. The country only needs a national army, which it already has and any other form of army besides the Nepal Army has to be dissolved immediately. The country is poor and having to support and feed these terrorists is a big burden to the nation. The same money that is being spent on the terrorists could be used elsewhere in other development programs by the Government. If the political leaders are so dumb and do not know where to spend, a little suggestion, health, education, drinking water, housing, roads is where you can spend on instead of the TERRORISTS.

सुजाता कोइरालाको कोइरलातन्त्र

Nepali Rajniti — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:36:03 +0000

उपप्रधानमन्त्री सुजाता कोइरालाले नेपाली कांग्रेस केन्द्रीय कार्यसमितिको बैठकमा उपस्थित भएर आफ्नो विरोध गर्ने कार्यसमितिका पदाधिकारीहरूलाई कारबाही गर्ने चेतावनी दिइन् । नेपाली कांग्रेसले भने उपप्रधानमन्त्री नियुक्ति प्रकरणमा प्रस्ट हुन पार्टी सभापति गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइरालालाई नै बैठकमा उपस्थित गराउन पदाधिकारीहरूलाई जिम्मेवारी दिएको छ। आफूलाई पार्टीको संस्थागत पद्धति उल्लंघन गरेर उपप्रधानमन्त्री बनाइएको टिप्पणी आएपछि केन्द्रीय कार्यसमितिको बुधबारको बैठकमा उपप्रधानमन्त्री कोइरालाले पदाधिकारीहरूलाई नै कारबाही गर्ने धम्कीसमेत दिइन्/ करिब पाँच घण्टा चलेको बैठकमा शुरूमा कसैले पनि उपप्रधानमन्त्री नियुक्ति प्रकरणसम्बन्धमा प्रश्न उठाएका थिएनन् तर करिब अन्त्य अन्त्यमा नरहरि आचार्यले प्रसंग उठाएपछि पदाधिकारी र केन्द्रीय सदस्यहरूले पनि चर्को विरोध शुरू गरेका थिए/ उपप्रधानमन्त्री नियुक्तिको विषयमा पार्टी पदाधिकारीहरूका फरकफरक टिप्पणी आएका छन्, उपप्रधानमन्त्री नियुक्ति प्रकरणमा पार्टीको धारणा के हो भन्ने प्रस्ट हुनुपर्छ -आचार्यले भने। नेता आचार्यपछि गोविन्दराज जोशी, अर्जुननरसिंह केसी, रामचन्द्र पौडेल, प्रकाशमान सिंह, विमलेन्द्र निधि, बलबहादुर केसी, चिरञ्जीवी वाग्ले, डा. रामशरण महतलगायतले पद्धतिलाई उल्लंघन गर्दै सुजातालाई उपप्रधानमन्त्री बनाइएको भन्दै आपत्ति गरेका थिये । उपप्रधानमन्त्री कोइरालाले पार्टी उपसभापति पौडेल र केन्द्रीय सदस्य महतलाई भने झमट्टीयेकि थिन । पार्टी बिगार्ने तपाईं हो, कोइरालाले उपसभापति पौडललाई बीचमै रोकेर आपत्ति गरेकी थिन - पार्टीका कार्यवाहक सभापति सुशील कोइरालाले अर्जुननरसिंह केसीलाई सहमहामन्त्री र प्रवक्ता बनाउँदा कसैले विरोध गर्नु नपर्ने मलाई उपप्रधानमन्त्री बनाउँदा किन विरोध ? उपप्रधानमन्त्री कोइरालाले सबै पदाधिकारीहरूलाई पार्टी सभापति गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइरालाले नै नेता बनाइदिएकाले फुर्ती नगर्नसमेत चेतावनी दिइन् । केन्द्रीय सदस्य डा.महत बोलिरहँदा कोइरालाले हस्तक्षेप गरेपछि दुईबीचमा निकैबेर तनाव भयो/ यो केन्द्रीय समितिको बैठक हो, तपाईं पँधेर्नीजस्तो कुरा नगर्नोस् -डा. महतले आक्रोशित हुँदै भनेका थिए । आफ्नाविरुद्ध बोल्ने नेताहरूलाई बीचमै रोक्ने र झम्टिहाल्ने कार्य उपप्रधानमन्त्री कोइरालाले गरे पनि बैठकको अध्यक्षता गरिरहेका कावा सभापति सुशील कोइरालाले रोक्न सकेनन ।

UN’s impression on Nepal and it’s politics

Nepali Rajniti — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:02:39 +0000

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has said Nepal’s peace process has stalled over the past three months, with tensions and mistrust between the main opposition UCPN-Maoist and the government growing. Presenting a report in the Security Council about the progress on the peace process, Ban said major disagreements that have brought the peace process close to a standstill remain unsolved, increasing the risk of its collapse. Calling on all political parties to overcome their differences, Ban said: “Positions have hardened at the opposing ends of the political spectrum, which has seriously eroded the common middle ground that had, from the outset, defined the peace process and remained its driving strength. There is a growing and worrying risk of the political discourse being dominated by extreme voices and the focus shifting away from the peaceful and democratic path.” He said that the integration and rehabilitation of Maoist army personnel and democratisation of the army are critical. Ban cited as violations of the peace accord, the UCPN-M-led protest programmes calling for “civilian supremacy” that disrupted normal life as well as the functioning of government offices around the country, sharply escalating tensions over seizure of plots of land and crops by people with the support of UCPN-M-affiliated organisations, and the repeated call for fresh recruitment for the army. He added that the UCPN-M failed to take any action to address the alleged involvement of party members in serious crimes, both during and after the conflict, including the killings of a businessperson and journalists and the bombing of a bus in the year 2005 that resulted in the death of 36 civilian passengers.

Prachanda says….he lacks security

Nepali Rajniti — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:40:20 +0000

The biggest joke of the decade is, Prachanda saying, that he is not safe in Nepal. Does this not sound like a joke? The guy who is provided security from the government as well as his terrorist organization says that he lacks security. If Prachanda is not secured then who is secured in Nepal? Logically, he is supposed to be under threat, cause he heads the biggest terrorist organization in the country but in reality, he is the most secured person in the country. Prachanda jee please stop making such statements, which are not true and if you do want to know what lack of security is then just travel the country all by yourself without your outlaw outfit escorting you and you will know how unsecured the common man in Nepal is. I can’t still hold my laugh…..Prachanda the terrorist of the decade is lacking security…..what a joke.

Maoists, still living by jungle rule

Nepali Rajniti — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:46:01 +0000

UCPN (Maoist) activists, as part of their fourth phase struggle for the establishment of civilian supremacy and national sovereignty, torched copies of treaties signed with India, in various parts of the country on Thursday. Demanding annulment of unequal treaties signed with India, the Maoists burned copies of Koshi, Mahakali and the Peace and Friendship treaties in Sunsari, Nuwakot and Sindhuli districts. They shouted slogans against foreign intervention and demanded that national sovereignty be maintained. This is a very sensitive issue which has to be addressed with caution and in a proper manner as it concerns the national security of the country. The Maoists who have been terrorizing the nation and the people are still living by the jungle rule and are now trying to resolve issues with neighbors with the same attitude. Before anything, the Maoists have to be civilized first or else they are going to make matters even worse for the nation.

Ignorant as they always are….

Nepali Rajniti — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:12:17 +0000

Nepal’s last King Gyanendra Shah came across the Communist leader Jhal Nath Khanal at the VIP lounge of Tribhuwan International Airport. When face to face ex-King Gyanendra in all his smiles greeted and asked Khanal “Is everything all right”? The ignorant as they all are, Khanal totally dumb folded preferred not to reply. The communist leader just shook his head as if he was telling the former king that everything was “well and fine” with him. It’s a matter of common sense that you greet anyone who greets you and this was no ordinary person greeting. Even if a commoner greets you you should greet back or else you will be taken as an ignorant person and by this incident Mr. Jhal Nath Khanal simply proved how arrogant and ignorant he is.