Suresh Ale Magar, Prabhakar, Lilamani Pokhrel, Pari Thapa, November 25

An interaction program with Mr. Suresh Ale Magar, Prabhakar and other UN delegates !

Dear friends,

You are cordially invited to an interaction program jointly organized by Global Federation of Indigenous People of Nepal, USA, United Nepalese Democratic Forum, USA and Alliance for Democracy and Human Rights in Nepal, USA.

Keynote speaker Mr. Suresh Ale Magar

A pillar of the indigenous movement in Nepal, founding General Secretary of Nepal Janajati Mahasangh (Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities), former central committee member of CPN (Maoist) and is now Honorable Member of the Legislature, Nepal Government.

Moderator
Mr. Pradeep Thapa Magar Editor/journalist

Guest Speakers, UN delegates:
1. Mr. Janardhan Sharma (a.k.a.Prabhakar)
2. Mr. Govinda Bahadur Shah
3. Mr. Lilamani Pokhrel
4. Mr. Pari Thapa

Date: Sunday, November 25, 2007
Time: 3:30 – 7:30 pm sharp
Venue: Satya Narayan Mandir At corner of 76th St, Woodside Ave. Elmhurst, NY 11373

Refreshment will be served.

Open donation by the local participants will also be greatly appreciated. Please spread this flyer to your family and friends. We eagerly look forward to seeing you all at the program.

Sincerely,
Mr. Karma Gyalzen Sherpa, President, GFIPN
Mr. Anil Shahi, President, ADHRN
Mr. Tek Gurung, President, UNDF





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िवश्वको राजधानीको िमनी नेपालमा अलोकतान्त्िरक, अपारदर्शी राजनीित

िवश्वको राजधानीको िमनी नेपालमा अलोकतान्त्िरक, अपारदर्शी राजनीित

नभम्बर २००६ मा भएको अाफ्नो िकिसमको पिहलो िमिटङ जहाँ न्यु यर्क मेट्रोका अिधकांश नेपाली संगठनहरूभेला भएका िथए त्यहाँ ६ मिहनापिछ हुने त्यस िकिसमको िमिटङकालािग संयोजक म चुिनएँ, तर त्यो दोस्रोिमिटङ िवफल भयो। दुिनयाँ भरका टुिरष्ट सेन्ट्रल पार्कमा भेला हुन लालाियत, नेपालीहरूलाई त्यो पार्कमाभेला हुन लाज लाग्ने। हामी नेपालीसँग रेष्टोराँमा भेला हुने पैसा छैन भन्न खोजेको हो िक के हो भन्ने तर्क।

तारा बाहुनको बडा गन्दा राजनीित छ। नभम्बर २००६ मा अर्को िमिटंकालािग सर्वसम्मतबाट नै म संयोजकचुिनएको हो। र त्यो िनर्णयको िभिडयो अनलाइन छ। तर होइन, मई २००७ को िमिटंकालािग पिन संयोजक मनै हो, मलाई नै चुनेको हो भनेर िलंडे िढपी गर्न थाल्यो।

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राजनीितक चेतनाको कमी

न्यु यर्कको स्थानीय राजनीितमा नेपालीहरूको केही पिन अौकात नै छैन। न्यु यर्क शहरको चुनावमा न मत िदने अिधकार छ न केही। शहरको सबैभन्दा कम ज्याला पाइने कामहरू नेपालीले गिररहेका हुन्छन्। एक डलरको सत्तरी रुप्या गर्दा नेपालमा भन्दा बढी नै कमाइएछ जस्तो लाग्छ तर स्थानीय मापदण्डमा पिन हेर्नुपर्ने हुन्छ।

नेपालीहरुको राजनीितक अवस्थामा सुधार ल्याउन अमेरीकामा comprehensive immigration reform हुनुपर्ने हुन्छ र त्यसकालािग संख्या भएको समुदाय िहस्प्यािनक समुदाय हो, नेपाली समुदाय होइन भन्ने िनर्क्यौल मैले नगरेको होइन। बराक राष्ट्रपित भएपिछ त्यो हुन्छ भनेर म बराकलाई सहयोग गर्दैछु।

एक िछनकालािग त मैले िनर्णय गरें, म अब मेरो नया कम्पनी, बराकको चुनावी अिभयान र केही हदसम्म मेरो संगठन हाम्रो नेपालमा सीिमत रहन्छु। न्यु यर्कका पहाडी बाहुनहरूको मेरो नेतृत्व नमान्ने anti-Madhesi prejudice यित strong छ िक अाफ्नै िहतका कुरा पिन ती गर्न तयार छैनन्। त्यसपिछ मिहनौंसम्म म न्यु यर्कको िमनी नेपालबाट अलग नै रहें।

न्यु यर्कका नेपालीहरूको राजनीितक चेतनाको स्तर

िविभन्न संगठन छन्। ितनले समय समयमा कुनै सान्ितनो कार्यक्रम गर्छन्। त्यित हो। सारा समय नेपालमा रहेका नेताहरूको कुरा काट्दैमा िबताउँछन्। अाफ्नो immediate surrounding मा रहेको अाफ्नो utter powerlessness बारे कसैले चुईं बोल्या छैन। न कतै छलफल छ न केही।

मैले छाता संगठनको कुरा उठाउँदा खेिर, होइन बढी bureaucracy नथपौं भनेर मेरा निजकका साथीहरूले नै भन्न थालें। मेरो अाइिडया प्रित कित कम जोड िथयो त्यित बेला त्यसैबाट थाहा हुन्छ।

मैले bureaucracy थप्न खोजेको होइन। रहेको bureaucracy मा democracy र transparency थप्न खोजेको हुँ। Bureaucracy त पिहले देिख नै छ। िवश्वका नेपालीहरूको अध्यक्ष उपेन्द्र महतो। अमेरीकाका नेपालीहरूको अध्यक्ष अम्िबका अिधकारी। न्यु यर्कका नेपालीहरूको अध्यक्ष तारा िनरौला। म तीनै जनालाई व्यक्ितगत िचन्दछु र तीनै जनाले अा-अाफ्नो किरयरमा पाएका सफलताको खुला िदलले सराहना गर्दछु। तीनै जनाले प्रवासी नेपालीकालािग गरेका योगदानको सराहना गर्दछु।

तर मेरो भनाइ यित मात्र हो िक अिहलेसम्मको प्रवासी नेपालीको अान्दोलन कोठे राजनीितमा सीिमत रहन गयो। गुम्िसयो। अलोकतान्त्िरक, अपारदर्शी भयो। Mass based भएन। मैले गर्ने गरेको संगठनात्मक अालोचना तारा िनरौलाको मात्र होइन, अम्िबका अिधकारीको पिन हो, उपेन्द्र महतोको पिन हो।

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अमेरीकामा रहेका सवा लाख नेपाली मध्ये ४०,००० हाराहारी त न्यु यर्कमा नै छन्। प्रवासी नेपालीको अान्दोलनलाई नया अायाम िदन िवश्वको राजधानी शहरमा रहेका नेपाली सबैभन्दा अग्रपंक्ितमा अाउनुपर्यो। मेरो भनाइ त्यित हो।

गुलामी सहने हो भने ताराको अिनर्वािचत नेतृत्वमा नै बस

तारा िनरौलालाई मैले व्यक्ितगत किहले पिन मन नपराएको छैन। तर उसलाई मैले किहले नेता मानेको छैन। "I have never voted for you for anything. You are not my leader" भनेर मैले नभम्बर २००६ को िमिटङमा नै भिनिदएको हुँ, on the camera नै।

नया पहल

छाता संगठनको कुरामा फेिर पहल गर्नुपर्छ जस्तो मलाई लागेको हो। मेरो कम्पनीको िभजन नै फर्स्ट वर्ल्ड र थर्ड वर्ल्डबीचको खाडल पुर्ने भनेकै इन्टरनेटले हो भन्ने हो। "२५% स्वािमत्व अाधा िमिलयन डलरमा देउ" भनेर एउटा इन्भेस्टरले भन्दा मैले नाइ भन्िदएँ।

मेरो संगठन हाम्रो नेपालले नेपालमा लगातार ३० वर्ष डबल िडजीट अार्िथक वृद्िध दरकालािग पहल गर्नेछ।

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In The News

Conflict Displaces 3,000 From Siraha Himalayan Times With various armed gangs continuing extortion, looting, abduction, murder and capture of land and houses for the last few months, 3,000 people including 96 families have been displaced from Siraha. Civilians, government employees, entrepreneurs, politicians and professionals have continued quitting the district after atrocities went so high that they could no more endure with them. Twenty-eight families including eight hotel entrepreneurs, five advocates, a teacher, a health personnel, three bus entrepreneurs and 10 civilians have quit the district headquarters alone. Owner of Shrestha Hotel Sushil Kumar Shrestha was displaced from Siraha-1 after he began to receive continuous threats from different groups demanding money. He locked up the hotel some two months ago and headed to somewhere else, leaving 15 employees of the Madhesh origin jobless. Ram Avatar Mandal of Siraha-1, who used to work as an accountant at Shrestha's hotel, said the hotel-owner received threats almost every day. Umesh Joshi of Siraha-1 said he had to leave his birthplace after he could bear no more with extortion demands above his capacity from over a dozen of groups including the factions of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha, Madhesi Mukti Tiger, United People's Terai Liberation Front and Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum. District president of Nepal Human Rights Organization Chandra Dev Kamati said at least 3,000 people have been displaced from the district due to the ongoing conflict. INSEC representative Dev Raj Pokharel said cases of extortion and abduction have reached a new height in the district.
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Bidya Bhandari, Sushila Nepal

Bidya Bhandari, Prabhakar, Sunday, 2:30 PM, Nepal Japan Restaurant

Bidya Bhandari: Power Woman

Dear Friends,

United Nepalese Democratic Forum (UNDF), is going to host an Interaction program with former Minister Bidya Bhandari,CPN(UML) MP Sushila Nepal , Former Chairperson Lamjung DDC Jamindra Man Ghale and may be CPN (Maoist) MP also Deputy Comander in Chief (Janamukti Sena) Pravakar.

Please come and join in this program and spread this flyer to your friends and family.

Bidya Bhandari: Power Woman

Date and Time: Nov 18, Sunday at 2 :30 P.M.

Venue
Nepal Japan Restaurant
Yeti of Hiezan
4316 Queens Blvd Sunnyside, NY 11104
718.784.9384

7 train, 46th St

Bidya Bhandari: Power Woman

We are highly appreciate for your presence.

Sincerely,
Tek B. Gurung
President, UNDF, New York

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Bidya Bhandari: Power Woman

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NC continues parleys with smaller parties NepalNews The parleys have continued as the political crisis refuses to die down.
No CA if PR system is implemented, says Deuba Deuba said that NC would not agree for fully PR system.
Nepal asks Maoists to form a clear view on govt “The Maoists haven’t made a clear cut viewpoint about the [current] government or whether they want it to implement the proposals of declaring the country republic and adoption of proportional representation based electoral system passed by the special session of the interim parliament or consider forming a new government to ensure the implementation of the same” ...... warned against any attempt to break the seven-party unity. ..... discussed the possibilities of finding a political outlet to the current stalemate before the regular session of the interim parliament.
House should not declare republic, says Oli the CPN-UML remains sharply divided over the recent directive of the parliament ...... claiming that the UML had supported the two proposals so the Maoists would not quit the peace process.

Govt to provide Rs 1 million to Birendra Shah’s family; slain civil servant declared a martyr NepalNews
Prachanda hints at split in SPA In response to the questions raised by journalists regarding the murder of journalist Birendra Shah, Prachanda said cadres of the Young Communist League (YCL) have been mobilised to search the absconding party cadres involved in the murder. He said the party will punish the accused persons. On Tuesday, Nepali Congress had indicated that it stands by its stance against implementing the House decision while Maoist leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai had threatened the end of seven party alliance if the proposals are not implemented.
UNMIN term extension has to be agreed upon by seven parties, says FM Pradhan
Brisk businesses in Terai marketplaces with the start of Chhath festival with the start of the Chhath festival the terai region of Nepal has found some respite from the daily bandh and violence that has crippled normal life there up till now, reports said. The main market centers in many terai districts in eastern Nepal, which used to wear a deserted look before due to strike enforced by one or other terai groups, have again started to look crowded and busy with people thronging there shopping for the festival. ...... businessmen in main commercial hubs of eastern terai like Lahan, Golbazar, Mirchaiya, Siraha and Dhangadhi have reported increase in sales with the start of Chhath festival. ...... people are thronging in large numbers in the main market centers of towns like Birgunj, Biratnagar, and Janakpur to shop for essential commodities for the festival.
Pro-resettlement refugees getting 'threats of physical attack' threats of physical attack from the members of Bhutanese Republican Youth Association and Bhutanese Revolutionary Students Association. ...... the two organisations have publicised names of 12 persons for physical action for speaking in favour of resettlement of refugees in the United States. ...... The two organisations that have been saying that resettlement would not resolve the crisis have blacklisted 50 persons for supporting the US offer. They have also asked the blacklisted persons to leave the camps within 15 days or face ‘physical action’ .... The US government has said it is prepared to take in some 65,000 refugees while Australia, Denmark and Canada have also expressed readiness to resettle the refugees.
Congress leaders step up internal deliberations
Nepali students in US increase by 28 percent
मधेस द्वन्द्वमा राजनीतिक पहल Kantipur मधेसमा आधारित केही राजनीतिक संगठनले मंसिर पहिलो सातादेखि आन्दोलन थाल्ने घोषणा गरेका छन् । हिंसात्मक कारबाही गरिरहेका केही संगठनले अहिल्यै त्यस क्षेत्रलाई अशान्त तुल्याइसकेका छन् । सर्वसाधारणमा सुरक्षाको भावना ह्रास हुँदै गएको छ । शान्ति सुरक्षा कायम हुन नसक्दा कानुनी शासन दैनिकरूपमा कमजोर बन्दै गएको छ । राष्ट्रिय राजनीतिको प्रक्रियाले मधेसलाई आबद्ध तुल्याउन सकेको छैन । मुलुकको एउटा ठूलो र महत्वपूर्ण क्षेत्रमा राजनीति, प्रशासन, अर्थतन्त्र र समाज विकासको अभ्यास अवरुद्ध हुन पुग्दा देशमा स्थायी शान्ति कायम गर्ने कुनै पनि प्रयत्न सफल हुन सक्ने छैन । मधेसमा जारी द्वन्द्वबारे राज्यको समुचित ध्यानाकर्षण हुन सकिरहेको छैन । प्रधानमन्त्री गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइरालाले तराईमा जारी हत्या हिंसा रोक्न एकातिर भारतसँग छलफल गर्ने र अर्कातिर विशेष सुरक्षा प्रबन्धका लागि क्ष्ाेत्रीय प्रशासकहरूलाई अनुसन्धान गर्ने जिम्मेवारी दिएको जनाएका छन् । तिहारअघि उनले भनेअनुसार सुरक्षा तथा प्रशासनिक निकायका अनुसन्धानअनुसारको निष्कर्षबारे सात दलको बैठकमा छलफल हुनेछ । खुला सीमाको लाभ लिई आपराधिक क्रियाकलापमा निर्भर समूहहरूलाई नियन्त्रण गर्ने तथा छद्म रूपमा त्यस्ता समूहले राजनीति प्रभावित गर्ने क्रियाकलापबारे प्रधानमन्त्रीको ध्यानाकर्षण भएको देखिन्छ । त्यसका लागि सीमावर्ती राज्यहरूसँग सम्बन्ध विस्तारका लागि उनले भारतीय सरकारसँग छलफल गर्ने आश्वासन दिएका छन् । संविधानसभा निर्वाचन अभावमा समस्त जनसमुदायलाई राजनीतिक प्रक्रियामा आबद्ध तुल्याउन नसकिएको हो । त्यसकारण हाल देशमा हुने कुनै पनि द्वन्द्वको सोझै निर्वाचनसँग सम्बन्ध छ । निर्वाचन निर्धारित गर्न नसक्दासम्म समस्याहरू जटिल हुँदै अराजनीतिक अवस्थाको दबदबा बढ्ने निश्चित छ । तराईका नाममा दिनहुँजसो खुल्ने सशस्त्र संगठनहरूले बढाउँदै गएको आपराधिक कृयाकलापले तराईका जायज मागसमेत ओझेलमा पर्न थालेका छन् । तराईका राजनीतिकर्मी र बुद्धिजीवीहरू यस मामिलामा बढी गम्भीर हुन आवश्यक छ । उनीहरूले स्वीकार गर्नुपर्ने के हो भने संविधानसभा सुनिश्चित हुन नसक्दासम्म कसैले पनि आफ्नो हक अधिकार वैधानिक रूपमा हासिल गर्ने प्रत्याभूति हुने छैन । तराईका माग लिएर सशस्त्र संघर्षमा उत्रेका समूहहरूमध्ये राजनीतिक र आपराधिक चरित्र पहिचान गर्नु अर्को महत्वपूर्ण पक्ष हो । त्यसका लागि सरकारले मधेसमा आधारित राजनीतिक संगठनहरूलाई प्रक्रियामा सामेल गर्नु जरुरी छ । अर्कातिर वार्ताबाट सम्भव नहुने समूहहरूका लागि आवश्यक कारवाहीबारे आम सहमति जुटाउनु अर्को आवश्यकता हो । अधिकार र अपराधलाई फरकरूपमा व्याख्या गरी त्यसैअनुसार राज्य नीति तय गर्न राजनीतिक दलहरू सतर्क, सचेष्ट र तत्पर हुनुपर्छ । अन्यथा कुनै पनि दलले आफ्नो राजनीतिक आधारक्षेत्र, नीति र सिद्धान्त गुमाउँदै जाने र जनतामा भरोसा लुप्त हुँदै जाने अवस्था बन्नेछ । तराईमा सक्रिय सशस्त्र संगठनहरूले खुलेआम भारतीय भूमि प्रयोग गर्ने गरेकाले तराईमा जारी हिंसा सामाधानका लागि भारत सरकारको सहयोग अपरिहार्य देखिन्छ । आपराधिक समूहहरूले जति ठाउँ बनाउँछन् वा बढाउँछन् त्यसलाई राजनीतिक संगठनहरूले उपयोग गर्ने अवस्था रहँदैन । त्यसकारण तराईलाई हिंसा र अपराधको थलो बन्न दिनेबाट रोक्ने पहिलो दायित्व त्यहीँ आधारित राजनीतिक संगठनहरू तथा समग्र मुलुकको हितनिम्ति समर्पित राजनीतिक दलहरूको हो । सरकार र दलहरूले मधेसलाई राजनीतिक प्रक्रियामा आबद्ध गर्ने पहिलो बुद्धिमानी विकल्प यसअघि गरिएका सहमति कार्यान्वयनमा तीव्रता हो । मधेसलाई प्रक्रियामा आश्वस्त गर्दा राजनीतिक संगठनहरू सक्रियरूपमा सहभागी हुने अवस्था बन्नेछ । संविधानसभाद्वारा नया संविधान नबनेसम्म मधेसीले उठाएका कुनै पनि माग सम्बंोधन हुन नसक्ने हुनाले मधेसवादी संगठनहरूले सर्वप्रथम संविधानसभा निर्वाचनलाई प्रमुख जोड दिनसक्नुपर्छ । तराईका नाममा सक्रिय समूहहरूले गर्दै आएका आपराधिक क्रियाकलापको तटस्थरूपमा प्रतिकार गर्न नसक्दा तराई आफैं राष्ट्रिय प्रवाहमा उच्च मनोबलसाथ सामेल हुन सक्ने छैन ।

Prachanda dares NC to declare republic NepalNews
MK Nepal hits at govt for 'failing to maintain law and order'
PM instructs NC leaders to intensify political discussions The winter session of the House is to begin on November 18.
Maoist leader warns of agitation if House directive is not implemented “We will be compelled to wage struggle with our agendas including the agenda of changing the government’s leadership if the decision passed by the majority is ignored,” Maoist leader Mohan Baidya ‘Kiran’ said ...... Saying that the Maoists violated the agreements reached earlier and went on to set preconditions, Dr Mahat said that implementation of the House directive is not possible without seven-party consensus. He stressed that the Maoists refrain from threatening to launch street movement while they talk of constitution amendment.
Abducted NC cadre found dead
Govt employees in Saptari return to work

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िहजो बल्ल पिहलो पटक सत्य नारायण मन्िदरको नेपाली कार्यक्रममा मलाई पहाडीहरुले पिहलो पटक बोल्निदए। दुइ िमनट बोलें पिन। शुरुमा त उद्घोषकले म ितर हेर्दै "कोही पत्रकार हुनुहुन्छ भने उिभएर अाफ्नोपिरचय िदनुहोला" भन्यो। राजदुतले पिन मितर हेरेर इसारा गर्नुभयो।

पिहलो पटक त नभनौं। कर्मा ग्याल्डेनजीले अािदवासी जनजाितको धेरै पिहलाको एउटा िमिटङमा मलाई बोल्निदएको हो। त्यो हो पिहलो पटक। तर त्यो एउटा कार्यक्रम नभएर एउटा िमिटङ िथयो।

सबभन्दा अिघल्लो पंक्ितमा ताराजी, कर्माजी र मलाई बसाइयो। बाहुन, जनजाित, मधेशी। मिहला चािहंदेिखनँ। मृदुलाजी अथवा नर्मदाजीलाई अगािड ल्याउनुपर्ने िथयो।

अिघल्लो कार्यक्रममा कर्माले प्याच्च "मिदसे" शब्द बोल्दा मलाई झनक्क रीस उठेको हो। अाज भेट्दादेख्दा, र सँगै बस्दा फेरी मन पग्िलयो। उ बेलुकी िछट्टै सुतेर िबहान दुई बजे कामकालािग उठ्नुपर्ने मान्छे। योकार्यक्रम सिकएपिछ तपाई र म गफ गरौं भनेर मैले भने। कर्माजीले हुन्छ भन्नुभयो। मैले भन्न चाहेकोकुरा यस प्रकार िथयो।

"म न्यु यर्क अाएको दुई वर्ष कट्यो्। यस दौरान नेपाली समुदायमा मलाई सबैभन्दा बढी घत लागेको व्यक्िततपाईं। यो कुरा मैले पिहला पिन publicly नै भनेको छु। बाहुन, जनजाित, मधेशी, मिहला नेताहरुमा सबैभन्दाबढी घत लागेको तपाईं। तर तपाईले प्याच्च मिदेसे शब्द उच्चारण गर्दा यो मान्छेसँग अब किहले बोल्िदनँजस्तो लाग्यो। तपाईले sorry भन्नुस् र अबदेिख मधेशी भन्नुस् let's go back to being friends." भनेरभन्ने योजना िथयो।

तर मेरो दुई िमनटको मन्तव्यको बीचमा नै "ज्वाला िसंह" भनेर जुरुक्क उठेर िहडेको वयक्ित कर्मा। यही होमधेशी जनजाित solidarity भनेको?

न्यु यर्क मा ANTA स्थापना गर्ने व्यक्ित म। िवनोदजीले नमान्दा िवनय शाहलाई न्यु यर्क च्याप्टरकोअध्यक्ष बनाएँ। The infighting of the powerless त्यहाँ पिन भयो। त्यो एउटा सानो पद िवनयलाई यितठुलो status symbol अनुभव भयो, िनहुँ खोज्न शुरु। बोलचाल बन्द। उ त अब िसकागो गइसक्यो। अस्ित एउटानराम्रो दुर्घटनामा परेछ। उसलाई त केही भएन, तर गाडी upside down। थाहा पाएर मैले फोन गरें। त्यसकोभोिल पल्ट फेरी फोन गरें। Let bygones be bygones, let's be friends again भनेको त I am not interested भन्छ।

मैले यो कहानीहरू िकन सुनाएको भन्दा The infighting of the powerless को कन्सेप्ट बुझाउनकालािग। अाफैमा मारामार। नेपालमा मधेशी समुदाय जसरी powerless छ िवश्वमा नेपाली समुदाय त्यसरी नै, अझत्योभन्दा कैयौं गुणा powerless छ।

NRN Movement लाई Chamber of Commerce बाट mass based बनाउनुपर्ने अावश्यकता छ। दुिनयाकोराजधानी न्यु यर्क। अमेिरकामा रहेका डेढ लाख नेपाली मध्ये ४०,००० त न्यु यर्क मेट्रोमा नै छन्।

त्यसकालािग एउटा छाता संगठन बनाउनुपर्ने हुन्छ। छाता संगठन त बनाउँ तर नेता मैं हुन्छु भनेर ताराजीलेिहन्ट िदया िदयै छ, छ मिहना देिख। अरे बाबा, नेता को हुने भन्ने कुरा मैले िनर्णय गर्ने नै होइन। चुनाव हुन्छ। चुनाव लड्नुस्। कसैले नदेखेको राण प्रधानमन्त्री जस्तो एउटा NAC भन्ने संगठन छ, ताराजी चािहं त्यो राणप्रधानमन्त्रीले न्यु यर्ककालािग पठाएको बडाहािकम जस्तो। मान न मान मैं तेरा मेहमान। न कसैले भोटिदनु छ न केही, नेपाली समुदायको नेता मै भन्दै ताराजी िहंड्नुहुन्छ। हुन त to his credit वहाँ America Nepal Friendship Society को duly elected president चािहं हो र त्यो संस्था न्यु यर्को सबैभन्दा ठुलो नेपालीसंस्थाहरू मध्येको एक हो। र Manhattan मा बस्ने high class को मान्छे, पढेलेखेको महाको िवद्वान, Columbia University जस्तो one of the top 10 universities in America मा पढाउने मान्छे लगभगप्रत्येक जसो weekend Queens पुग्िदरा हुन्छ ताराजी अिन Queens को mini Nepal का नेपालीहरू दङ।

I don't dislike Taraji, and he knows it. But the only legitimate leader in the community is a duly elected one. ५०० सदस्य भएको संगठनको िनर्वािचत नेताले म ५०,००० नेपालीको नेता भन्न पाइँदैन। र योमेरोलािग ego issue होइन। न्यु यर्कको स्थानीय राजनीितमा नेपालीहरूको जुन utter powerlessness छत्यो powerlessness को कारक तत्व नै नेपाली संगठनहरू mass based नहुनु र छाता संगठनको अभाव हो।

मञ्चबाट खगेन्द्रजीले मितर हेरेर भनेको जस्तो लाग्यो, "१९९० मा बाबुराम भट्टराईलाई यहीं न्यु यर्कमाभेटेको हो।" मधेशी अान्दोलनका सबै नेताहरूले मलाई पत्याउँछन्, र नेपाली राजनीितमा दुई जना छन् जसकोलेख कतै अायो िक म पिढहाल्छु, प्रदीप िगरी र बाबुराम। तर म िहंसाको राजनीितमा िवश्वास गर्ने मान्छेचािहं होइन। पिहला पिन िथइनँ, पिछ पिन हुने छैन।

अरू संगठनको नाम शुरुमा भिनयो तर मेरो संगठनको नाम भिनएन। पिछ कुनै संगठनको कोही बोल्न चाहनेइच्छुक हुनुहुन्छ िक भन्दा खेरी मैले उद्घोषकलाई गएर एउटा चीट समाएँ। संगठन: हाम्रो नेपाल, प्रेिसडेन्ट: परमेन्द्र भगत, दुई िमनट पाउँ। नत्र भने वक्ताहरूको िलस्टमा मेरो नाम िथएन।

पिछ मृदुलाजीकोमा िडनर पार्टी भयो। ४०-५० जनालाई नै "करोडपित मृदुला" ले खाना खुवाइन्। "मलाईउपेन्द्र महतोको इमेल ठेगाना पठाइदेउ" भनेर भिनन्। हुन्छ भनें। त्यस पार्टीमा बकाइदा साथ वंशतामाङजीले एक जना सांसदज्युलाई "unbiased पत्रकार" भनेर पिरचय िदनुभयो।

िवश्वमा अमेरीकाको राष्ट्रपितभन्दा बढी powerful पद कुनै पद छैन। बराक अोबामा भनेको अमेरीकाकोअर्को राष्ट्रपित, he is next. त्यो बराक अोबामाले मलाई पत्याइसक्यो। Queens का पहाडीले अझैपत्याएका छैनन्। ंManhattan For Obama Organizational Kickoff Meeting मा बोल्न लगाइएको पिहलोव्यक्ित म। जब िक त्यहाँ Harlem का State Senator मेरा अात्मीय साथी र न्यु यर्क राज्यबाट अोबामालाई endorse गर्ने पिहलो elected official Bill Perkins पिन िथए। तर Queens का पहाडीहरू अझै मलाई पत्रकारपत्रकार भन्दै िहडेका छन्। कस्तो strong prejudice.

मेरो एउटा िनतान्त राजनीितक संगठन छ। त्यो एउटा िडजीटल डेमोक्रसी संगठन हो। तपाईलाई एउटा उदाहरण िदउँ। उपेन्द्र यादवको नयु यर्कको कार्यक्रममा २५ जना पिन िथएनन्। तर उपेन्द्र यादवको न्यु यर्क भ्रमणको पाँच घन्टा िभडीयो अिहलेसम्म िवश्वमा एक हजार पटक भन्दा बढी हेिरसिकएको छ। कहाँ २५, कहाँ १०००। त्यो परमेन्द्र भगतले पत्रकािरता गरेको होइन, त्यो परमेन्द्र भगतको िडजीटल डेमोक्रसी संगठनले अाम सभा गरेको हो।

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In The News

PM says Nepal-India joint efforts required to solve terai problem NepalNews He also blamed the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) for supporting the criminal groups in intensifying criminal activities in Terai.
Parties should accept House directive: Speaker Nemwang Speaker Subash Nemwang has said all the parties in the parliament should accept the proposals on republic and proportional election system that were passed by the parliament Nov 4.
Thousands of students and teachers abducted in Nepal in 5 years: UNESCO report
City stinks as KMC halts garbage collection
MK Nepal tries to dispel Congress' fears regarding communist unity
India objects at UN officials meeting terai armed group India has sent a strong worded message to various UN agencies operating in Nepal with regard to a meeting between UN officials and Nepali armed groups on Indian soil. ....... in September, UN officials held a secret meeting with a faction of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha in Muzaffarpur in India's Bihar state without giving prior information to the Indian authorities. ...... "Their discussion was confined to humanitarian, not political issues," Martin had told.
Martin meets with Prachanda at Prachanda's residence in Naya Bazaar ...... the two Maoist leaders also met with a visiting South African leader Mac Maharaj. ...... Maharaj shared experiences of South African peace process with Prachanda and Dr. Bhattarai. Maharaj was a close assistant of South African leader Nelson Mandela
Govt introduces Arms and Ammunition Ordinance slapping jail-terms from six months to seven years and fine amount from Rs 5,000 to a maximum Rs 50,000 on individuals found guilty of possessing illegal arms. ...... the ordinance was enacted as a large number of people are found to be openly carrying weapons even after the Maoists joined mainstream politics
Deuba advises UML and Maoists to follow politics of consensus

PM says changing of government leadership is not a big deal NepalNews He likened the efforts of the communist parties to change the government leadership as 'changing of the torn shoe'. "It will be decided only after the seven-party meeting ..... dared the communist parties to try and garner two-third majority in the parliament ..... Koirala also said he wanted to see the constituent assembly elections held by the end of the current Nepali year (mid-April, 2008).
UML gen secy asks NC to improve style of governance a programme organised by Terai Independent Justice Forum to mark Tihar and Chhath festivals. ...... "There is an empire of criminals evolving in the country," he said, adding, "There is no point in just making speeches to improve security."
Journalist Shah's dead body found the body of Shah, which was buried on the ground, at around 1:30 p.m. from the forest between Sapahi and Kakari VDCs. ..... The body was discovered some 2-km north of the place pointed out by the Maoist investigation report published on Monday. He was abducted a month ago from Pipara VDC by four Maoist cadres and was shot dead on the same day.
UML minister says House directive cannot be implemented Those two proposals were passed for no other purpose than to engage the Maoists [in the peace process],” Minister for Education and Sports Pradeep Nepal ..... the seven parties should form a broad political alliance by including other political parties represented in the parliament. ...... ruled out the possibility of change in the government’s leadership
Employees in Siraha and Sarlahi, too, in agitation Village Development Committee (VDC) secretaries based in Sarlahi district have warned of joint resignation from November 18 ...... four different Terai outfits have demanded Rs 5.8 million extortion from them – Rs 2.5 million by Samyukta Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha, Rs 1.5 million each by JTMM Jwala and Goit factions, and Rs 300,000 by Nagraj group of Terai cobra. They have been asked to cough up the amount before Tihar. ...... The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has also concluded that security situation in Siraha and Saptari districts are very fragile.
Special Session and After: Thinking Past the Nepali 'Post-conflict' The transitional movement was recognized as another money spinner as international crisis firms and professionals who had made their names and fortunes in Somalia, Afghanistan, Timor or other similar human tragedies descended upon Nepal to set up shop in partnership with local subalterns. The first order of business was to establish the demand that could then be supplied by these experts. ...... the 50,000 plus army of observers being marshaled to witness the event and the 60,000 see-through boxes dispatched from Japan to hold the secret ballots. ....... a half-baked project whose completion was neither ascertained, nor even intended ...... The leadership can always plead democratic immunity in every act of omission and commission. ...... the CA entrepreneurs ..... the present election fiasco is an inevitable failure of a faulty paradigm whose basic premise starts not with the innate intelligence and commonsense of the people but their ignorance. ........ The lack of substantive momentum and direction during the past year and half and the national sense of being caught in a morass is a good indication of the exhaustion of the intellectual paradigm that guided the April uprising. To put it bluntly, not much thought was put into what was to be done after the April bonfire. ....... the existing first-past-the-post electoral system will continue to benefit the politically dominant Brahmin-Chhetry groups far in excess of their actual numbers in the population. ......... the federal structure must be accompanied by a proportional representation process. Only then will the numerically significant but politically weak cultural, ethnic, and caste communities have a viable opportunity for inclusion in the national process. ......... Is the UN too worried about the latest cancellations here? Perhaps not. More mess in the Third World means more business, more budget, more jobs. One just needs to pass through the business class section of an airline flying into Kathmandu to see the laptop welding army of bright-eyed college graduates coming to town to do election and peace. As things complicate, UN seeking to make more elbow room for itself by seeking extended, expanded role in the host nation. Historically also, wherever UN has stepped in, it usually tends to stick around for a decade, if not longer. ......... During his previous four stints as prime minister of the Kingdom, G.P. Koirala remained a strict secularist. He was never seen near a temple or a ritual. After having presided over the conversion of the only Hindu Kingdom into a secular state last year, it is ironic that this life-long agnostic is suddenly acting like a born-again Hindu. ............ CA was gamed to extract popular consent for the regime, not open up informed choices for the citizens. ..... the CA elections and the rest of the political process does not appear to be intended to empower the people through reason and information. It is, on the contrary, designed to infantilize them by playing upon their worst fears and emotions. The rule of law is being substituted by fear where insecurity, suspicion, and virulent demagoguery have become the primary ruling instruments. The nation is literally being made to live from minute to minute in bated breath as it awaits it fate outside the gates of Baluwatar and Singha Durbar while those inside wheel and deal, day and night, in perpetually extending sessions. The emotional manipulation serves two functions: buys borrowed time for the regime while reducing popular expectations of the political process to abysmal nil. The sum total? National degradation and societal demoralization.
Nepal needs a close look Nepal takes pride in its independence, being the only country other than Bhutan and Thailand in the region not to be colonised, but it paid a different price for it. ...... Two companies of Indian Infantry were poised to land in Kathmandu in 1950 in case there was "anarchy", but the force was not needed. In 1959, during Nepal's first multi-party election, Indian Army Gorkha signallers were deployed for communications. ....... . In 1965, King Mahendra requested India for reorganising and re-equipping the Army. In 1970, on Nepal's request both the checkposts and training teams were withdrawn but the military cooperation continued unabated without any physical presence of Indian Army trainers. The special military relationship was symbolised by the Army Chiefs of the two countries being made honorary Generals of each other's Armies. ...... the Government of Maldives asked for -- and received -- military assistance to defeat a serious mercenary threat. ...... India has either planned or dispatched military succour to Seychelles, Mauritius and Fiji. ....... Like the Southern Command in Pune is responsible for contingency planning and tasks in the island countries like Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Lucknow's Central Command has for long been involved in planning possible missions in the north, including Nepal. ....... Exercise Tribhuvan was a study carried out in the late 1970s to assess the possibilities of a Communist takeover of Nepal. ...... Nepal's sensitivity about its sovereignty and territorial integrity is manifest in the ladder-point security check of Indian Airlines flights at Tribhuvan Airport. Indian security staff frisk passengers on an elevated platform, avoiding use of Nepalese soil. ........ The Maoists have the capability and the hardliners the intent to skirt the electoral process and seize power.
Media requested to black out Maoist news in various parts of the country, local journalists continued to protest the Maoists for killing Shah. ..... Shah was killed after he was lured by the Maoist workers who promised him to tell about wood smuggling
Prachanda gets 'raw meat gift' for Shah's murder journalists of Nuwakot district sent 'raw meat gift' to Maoist chairman Prachanda ....... Two pieces of chicken meat were packed and posted in the name of Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the real name for Prachanda. A letter stating that parcel has been sent to Dahal was also handed over to Maoist's district office.

Prachanda, Nepal see no possibility of immediate change in govt leadership NepalNews
21 dead and 1951 injured in Terai agitation 21 people were killed and 1951 injured while properties worth Rs 15.66 crore were damaged during the agitation. .... The commission had been formed on May 25.
Terai outfits step up assaults against local bodies' officials
UML urges Maoists to stop attacking media persons
Martin hopes uncertainty will end soon
Congress leader doubts election amid existing lack of security NC vice president Prakash Man Singh said, "People are worried with the lack of state presence." .... "Even though our party president is the prime minister and our party leader is the Home Minister, we have to say that it is very difficult to think that CA election can be held due to lack of law and order"
Govt employees based in Saptari district resign en masse More than 400 employees of government offices, local bodies and corporations based in Saptari district have said that they have sent a joint resignation letter to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala alleging that government did not pay attention to their security. .... they have sent it through post to the PM. ...... after the murder of Prabhu Narayan Yadav, an official of Saptari District Development Committee, two weeks ago. ..... the growing insecurity caused by various armed and criminal groups in the terai.
YCL cadres rough up NC leaders in Lamjung
RPP convention in December

Forbidden City: Not So Forbidden: SEBS In The Metro

Long Time No See

Kapil Mishra sent out an Evite invitation. People showed up in batches. I was the first to show. People strolled in. Then the second round people showed up around midnight. The third round arrived at two in the morning. In all more than 30 people showed. These were SEBS members, their significant others, and friends. These were mostly the Manhattan crowd, people who had gone through the American undergraduate experience.

At some level, I have felt like an outsider for a while now. Partly by circumstance, partly by choice. That is not necessarily a bad place to be. That actually is the only place to be if you want to do out of the box thinking.

So we got together Saturday evening. I showed up at 9:30, on the dot. You won't believe it. I walked from home. It was a leisurely walk, with a drop by at the Park Slope Barnes & Noble.

When I first got the invite, I was not so sure I wanted to show up. Then I kind of got excited. I called up Kapil in the morning and said as much.

Everybody who showed was younger than me. As people get older, they seem to grow out of SEBS. They get more into family and their closest circle of friends. Me, I happen to be trying, working to regain my social muscles after two intense years online. I had individually met some of the people at various events and liked the conversations. Some people like Kedar and Bhupendra I have known a long time. I was their House Captain my Class 10 year. Bhupendra is now SEBS North America president. Most of SEBS business gets taken care of through conference calls, he said. Bhupendra drives a car. For someone living in the city, that felt exotic. The concept of driving a car.

One beer is enough for me for one evening. I don't get the concept of male bonding around beer. I get conversations. And at some level I fear the idea of a beer belly. But several of the others went for some hard liquor. Small glass vessels mean hard liquor. Alcohol is like cigarettes.

I hopped from one part of the joined tables to another. It was three different seats for me until we finally walked outside where there was no music and noise and so we could actually talk.

Sanjiv Shrestha was part of the second batch. He said he came from a momo party in Brooklyn. Well, that is two things I like, momo and Brooklyn. He went to Carlton. I met a Carlton graduate Asian American at the US embassy the summer before I came to the US who was on a year long world tour. Sanjiv said he almost went to Berea where I went. He now works at Goldman. Ends up he is a classmate and friend of my Janakpur neighbor and relative Sanjiv Shah, namesake. And then out on the pavement he told me my sister was also at the same momo party. And then he was into some matchmaking that involved me. I guess we two got very comfortable very fast.
If you are the same batch as your namesake Sanjiv, I must have seen you back at BNKS, I said.

It felt great. Then I left at two just when the rest of the people from the momo party also arrived. My sister was part of the crowd. I wish I had stayed for a few more hours. Shraddha Aryal was also part of the crowd. Sanjiv was trying to matchmake the two of us. I sent out an asking you out email the following day. That might have been a dead end. Since I have not heard anything back.

I have a lingering feeling this group should meet regularly, a few times a year. How about the first Saturday every other month at 8 PM at Rudy's near Times Square where the hot dogs are free, and beer is $3, pitcher $10. The place has a backyard, and it has a heated tent during winter.

Rabindra said he got married. Kedar I know is married although he came on his own. Bhupendra was there with his wife. Rahul was there with his wife who is from some place near Lahan. Kapila and Pratikshya are a couple, of course.

Rabindra and I talked at length about his industry. I have been following the news on the huge writedowns the banks are having to go through. It is a tough time for the big investment banks right now. A lot of big heads be rolling.

Samin is a medic. There was a Pratikshya relative, Girvan, like Girvan Yuddha Bir Bikram.

Kapil asked me about my startup. The music was so loud at that point, I was practically shouting.

He said Nepal having access to the Bay Of Bengal as a right was the best thing that could happen to the Nepali economy. I put forth the same view in my 1993 book: Sangram Morcha: A New Political Party (1993).

I talked about my startup. I said it has not been easy raising money. I said it is hard for other SEBSers, and other Nepalis to imagine that someone like me who looks like them could create a company that will get listed on Nasdaq. He said it was hard for anyone to create that kind of company.

Khaldo

Kapil Mishra: Diunso Consultant, Beluki Paparazzi

I believe he took all the pictures for the evening.

In The News

Maoists admit their cadres killed scribe Sah Kantipur
Maoists to snap ties with NC if it defies House directive
UML, Maoists at parting of ways
Mahato-led NSP gears up for armed movement in Terai The chairman of disgruntled faction of Nepal Sadbhavana Party Anandi-Devi (NSP-A), Rajendra Mahato, Monday said that his party was forming a joint front with the armed outfits in the Terai to launch the decisive movement in the region by mid-December. He claimed that the movement will enforce the article 33 of the interim constitution to ensure proportional representation of Madheshi people in all the organs of the state and will give rights to them through the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections. Unveiling his plans to launch the movement at a press conference at Nepalgunj Monday, Mahato said, “Now, we are conducting a Mechi-Mahakali programme to form the front and battalions to defend the Madhesh.” He said that the youths are being recruited in the battalions and deployed to avert the agitation from turning into violent and communal as in the past. Mahato further said that such battalions have been formed in 12 districts, and one hundred youths are associated with each district battalion and the number would be increased according to the need. Expressing hopes that the agitating armed groups in the Terai will participate in peaceful movement, Mahato expressed confidence that the front would materialize like the alliance of the seven parties. Mahato, who was also a former minister in the seven-party alliance, claimed that he was urging the armed agitating groups in Terai to join the peaceful movement as the CA elections would not be possible as long as the violence persists in the Terai. He also clarified that his party was not seeking a separate Madhesh state but autonomy for the entire Terai, and went on to denounce activities like burning national flag.
UML rules out political polarisation, change of guard in govt
Maoists call indefinite Rautahat banda
निणर्ायक मधेस आन्दोलनको तयारी' आनन्दीदेवी) को विभाजित समूहका अध्यक्ष राजेन्द्र महतोले सशस्त्र समूहसहितको संयुक्त मोर्चा बनाई मंसिरमा शान्तिपूर्ण निणर्ायक मधेस आन्दोलन गर्ने बताएका छन् । 'मोर्चा बनाउन सबै सशस्त्र समूहसँग वार्ता भइरहेको छ,' आन्दोलन तयारीमा विभिन्न जिल्लामा पुगेको उल्लेख गर्दै उनले सोमबार नेपालगन्जमा आयोजित पत्रकार सम्मेलनमा भने- 'उक्त मोर्चा जनआन्दोलन ०६२/६३ मा सात दल र माओवादी बीचको सहकार्यजस्तै हुनेछ ।' आन्दोलनले राज्यका हरेक निकायमा मधेसीको समानुपातिक सहभागिता सुनिश्चित गर्ने र संविधानसभा निर्वाचनमार्फत मधेसीलाई अधिकार दिलाउने उनले दाबी गरे । आन्दोलनलाई सफल पार्न सद्भावनाले 'मधेस रक्षा वाहिनी' गठन गरिरहेको जानकारी उनले दिए । गत माघको मधेस आन्दोलन अनियन्त्रित देखिएकाले नियन्त्रित गर्न र हिंसात्मक तथा साम्प्रदायिक हुनबाट जोगाउन वाहिनीमार्फत युवाहरू परिचालन गरिने उनले बताए । महतोका अुनसार अहिलेसम्म १२ जिल्लामा त्यस्ता वाहिनी गठन भइसकेको छ । प्रत्येकमा १६ देखि ३५ वर्षभित्रका एक सय युवा आबद्ध छन् । 'आवश्यकताअनुसार युवाशक्ति बढाउँदै लगिनेछ,' उनले भने- 'उनीहरू राजनीतिक शिक्षाबाट सुसज्जित र निशस्त्र हुनेछन् ।' तराईका सशस्त्र समूह मोर्चामार्फत शान्तिपूर्ण आन्दोलनमा सहभागी हुनेमा उनले आशा व्यक्त गरे । मधेसमा हत्याहिंसा जारी रहे निर्वाचन नहुने .. भएकाले सशस्त्र समूहहरूलाई शान्तिपूर्ण आन्दोलनमार्फत संविधानसभामा लैजान सद्भावनाले प्रयत्न गरिरहेको उनले बताए । 'हाम्रो पार्टी छुट्टै मधेस राज्यको नभई सिंगो मधेस प्रदेशको पक्षमा छ, राष्ट्रिय झन्डा जलाउने काम कुनै पनि हालतमा राम्रो होइन,' उनले भने । 'सद्भावना सशस्त्र विद्रोहमा विश्वास गर्दैन । त्यसैले शान्तिपूर्ण आन्दोलनको एजेन्डामा गोइत र ज्वालालाई ल्याउन खोज्दैछ । रगत नबगाई जनताले अधिकार पाउनुपर्छ,' उनले भने- 'शान्तिपूर्ण आन्दोलन असफल भयो भने मधेस उनीहरूको एजेन्डा -छुट्टै मधेस राज्य) मा जान्छ ।' महतोले अविलम्ब संविधानसभा मिति तोक्न गठबन्धन सरकारसँग मागसमेत गरे ।
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Left parties press for implementation of motions passed by House NepalNews nation will be clearly divided into pro-republic forces and "status-quoist forces led by the Nepali Congress" if the House directive on republic and fully proportional voting system are not implemented. ...... might break the ties of left parties with the Nepali Congress. ...... “The nation will see a serious political crisis if the government does not implement the motions passed the House,” senior UML leader Bam Dev Gautam said ..... Janamorcha Nepal chairman Amik Sherchan ..... the government has no alternative than to follow the parliament's order.
Cabinet decides to formulate strict law on abduction the cabinet also approved all the agreements reached with the ethnic groups in the past and decided to forward the drafts to concerned authorities for implementation. ...... the government was also going to give holidays to all ethnic and religious groups in their festivals considering the fact that Nepal is a secular nation.
Vote division feared to create rift within ruling alliance "The communist parties came together to pass meaningless proposals" ..... could trigger polarisation between leftists and democrats. ..... some reports say that communist parties are now talking about changing the government's leadership in order to implement the passed proposals.
Maoists, UML back each other’s proposals; House passes Maoist motion on PR system The House passed the UML’s amendment motion on republic and the Maoists’ motion for adopting proportional representation based voting system, by a simple majority. ....... The Maoists and the UML together make up majority in the parliament, but an amendment in the interim constitution, if the two issues are to be incorporated, will require 2/3 majority.
The passed proposals do not have constitutional meaning, say legal experts the RPP supported the proposal on PR only
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NAJA shocked by reports of Shah's murder The Nepal America Journalist Association (NAJA) has said it was shocked to read reports that journalist Birendra Shah was killed soon after the Maoists abducted him from Bara district a month ago.