Krishna Pahadi is one of the heroes of the April Revolution. So is Gagan Thapa. But both have failed the Madhesi Movement. Both have failed to see this as the second, essential chapter of the April Revolution. They are both Pahadis who buy into the Pahadi propaganda that the Madhesi Movement is somehow being steered by the royalists and the Hindu supremacits.
I have not heard one slogan for the king in this movement. There has not been one slogan for a Hindu state in this movement.
This movement wants a federal republic, and it wants it now. Instead of accusing the Madhesi Movement of being royalist, Girija should look in the mirror. Look who is talking.
A revolution does not hold dialogue. A revolution gets its basic demands fulfilled. That is what happened in April, that is what will happen now. And the so-called progressives among the Pahadis will have to start making sense soon.
There are many Janajatis who have come out saying the same thing as the prejudiced Bahun-Chhetris. A Madhesi-Janajati coalition is not going to be possible if the Janajatis do not learn how to choose sides. The Janajati are going to have to stop buying into the official Bahunbaadi propaganda that this Madhesi Movement is the work of the royalists and the Hindu supremacists.