Friday, December 29, 2006

One Communist Party, One Congress Party, Total Two Parties


Janata Dal Constitution (August 8, 2005)

If all communist parties are going to become one, as they should, I think all the other parties in the ring should unify and become one, namely the Nepali Congress. Unification is easy. All you have to do is hold a convention. You get to keep the party name, and get rid of the party constitution, and adopt this one: Janata Dal Constitution. The democratic process decides all leadership questions. You start from scratch.

Ha, a two party system in Nepal, Nepali Congress, Nepal Communist Party.

The Madhesis are going to have to get one person, one vote democracy for this to work. One parliamentary seat for every 100,000 people. One wada for every 1,000 person.

But I am all for it. For now it feels a little too conceptual, a little too imaginative. It is hard enough for the communists to get their act together. But if they manage to do it, the rest of the parties are going to come under immense pressure. And if they don't all become one party, that unified communist party is going to rule Nepal for at least a decade.

If Nepal were to end up with a two party system, that sure will make the idea of direct elections for president more appealing. One would end up a left of center party, another would end up a right of center party.

But there are many roadblocks. The UML might not be interested. The numerous warlords in the many small parties might not want to give up their little league fames. But even if this does not go through, the Maoists stand to benefit. This stand for unification will help them poach UML workers across the country. You really do have to admire the Maoists' tendency to take initiatives. They are more likely to act. Girija is more likely to react, and more often than not, the reaction is to create enormous resistance to new, progressive ideas.

But at this point this whole unification talk does feel like an academic exercise.

The Idea Of One Communist Party In Nepal
प्रस्तािवत संिवधान
Janata Dal Constitution

New Flag For Nepal: Blue For Peace, Red For Prosperity

Republic Of Nepal Flag




The communists should get rid of the hammer sickle red flag. They should redesign for the new century. They should become communists for the information age. Blue for peace, as in all your agitation and political work will be peaceful. Red is for vitality, prosperity, in that you are not opposed to wealth creation, on the other hand you think you can deliver double digit growth rates. And the fist is to suggest the less well to do, the workers need to stay united to strike a better bargain, to stay empowered. It also suggests adequate attention has to be paid to human capital.

The Congress flag would have a mashal instead of a fist. You are saying much of the above, but you are also saying don't make the mistake of thinking mindless shows of unity will do all the trick. You need knowledge, innovation, entrepreneurship. You need to light the lamp.

Of course the fist or the lamp would not look rectangular. I just did not any better with my Paint software.

Can't Have Cow For National Animal

Nepal became a secular country, remember Bahuns? Also national color simrik? Give me a break.

In The News


Government starts preparations for providing citizenship certificates to 3 million NepalNews
Oli raises strong objection against Bhutan PM's remarks
NRNs’ fail to get voting rights
Gurung and Yadav nominated for EC membership
Eight-party leaders visit Nepalgunj; normalcy returns

Nepal, China to study if Everest is still growing Times of India, India
NEPAL: Government steps in to stop Nepalganj violence Reuters AlertNet, UK
Nepal: A year when people buried the monarchy Telugu Portal, India Gyanendra undoubtedly dominated 2006, despite his ouster as head of government early this year. ..... grabbed the headlines worldwide in February 2005 by seizing power with an impeccably planned bloodless coup ..... ruled with the help of a coterie and an army of astrologers ignoring public opinion at home and abroad
Bhutan FM's Remark Draws Flak; Nepal Rejects Allegations Himalayan Times, Nepal
Oli raises strong objection against Bhutan PM's remarks Nepalnews.com
Shaking Up Bhutan Foreign Policy In Focus In December 2006, King Jigme Singye of Bhutan made headlines by suddenly abdicating and handing the throne to his Oxford-educated son, Jigme Geshar. He has also pledged to grant some measure of democracy to his subjects by holding democratic elections in 2008...... Bhutanese refugees living in camps in Nepal have not been impressed. ..... To Ratan Gajmer, one of their leaders, the king's announcement was "just pulling wool over the eyes of the international community about democratization and election propaganda." ..... Bhutanese citizens have been clamoring for democracy and freedom. .... The Bhutanese king appears to have wanted to grant his people limited democracy before they, like the Nepalis, actually take to the streets. His plan is to introduce a guided, two-party democracy under a new constitution that has long been in the making. ...... the king hasn't said anything about the resolution of the refugee problem, which belies Bhutan's promotion of itself as a tranquil and happy kingdom. ...... The dragon kingdom of Bhutan boasts of having a high "gross national happiness." Many Bhutanese do not share this opinion. They contend that a country with one-sixth of its population living abroad as refugees could not have a high level of happiness. .... Tek Nath Rijal was once King Jigme Singye’s advisor. ..... First the government in Thimpu restricted the Nepali community's rights to movement and property. Then it imposed the Tibetan ruling clan's language, dress, and culture on other communities, which constitute almost two-thirds of Bhutan’s population. ....... Protests broke out in the 1980s, and Thimpu cracked down hard. The government changed the citizenship law in 1988, stripped the protestors of their citizenship, and evicted them from the country. Since the majority of the evictees were of Nepali origin, they went to Nepal, and others followed suit under duress or out of fear. ........ 120,000 refugees--almost one-sixth of Bhutan's population--live in Nepal. ....... Many have lived there for 16 years. ...... Local Nepalis blame the refugees for depressing local wages, damaging the environment, and promoting social ills around the camps. The international community has begun to show donor fatigue over their maintenance. ........ more than 76% of refugees were eligible to return without further documents or investigation. Bhutan has evaded formal ministerial talks ever since. ......... The United States announced in October that it would accept 60,000 Bhutanese refugees from the UNHCR-administered camps over a 3-4 year period. Bhutanese refugees have appreciated this humanitarian gesture. .......... refugees who choose to settle in America might finance a robust anti-monarchy campaign in Bhutan ........ 21 million refugees around the world, most of them living in poor countries ...... some educated and skilled refugees are happy that they will be able to chase the American dream ...... the majority is worried that a selective relocation will dash their unmitigated hope to return home and build a democratic society in Bhutan
The Progress of Peace In Nepal OhmyNews International, South Korea


िफर से कह दो एक बार इन्िकलाब


िफर से कह दो एक बार इन्िकलाब
मधेशके िमट्टीकी कसम
तूफान खडी कर दो
ले लो कब्जे में
झापासे कञ्चनपुर
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

बगावत हो जाएगी
छयालीस सालकी बात थी
गजेन्द्र बाबुने कहा
पहाडी राजाने पहाडीयोको प्रजातन्त्र िदया
हमें क्या िदया
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

लोकतन्त्रकी बात करते ये पहाडी
लेिकन उनके लोकतन्त्रमें
एक व्यक्ित एक मत नहीं होता
नहीं तो बराबर जनसंख्या पर
संसदीय सीटे होती
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

सात सालमें मधेसीको बन्दूक थमाया कृष्ण प्रसादनें
क्रान्ित की मधेसीके कन्धे पर बन्दूक रखके
छयालीस सालमें प्रधानमन्त्री बना तो उसने कहा
मधेसी कायर होते हैं
इसी िलए नहीं भर्ती करते हम सेना में
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

दश साल पहले पहाडीयोनें अाँकरा बनाया
बयालीस लाख बगैर नागिरकता पत्रके हैं
अाज वो दश साल बाद तीस लाखको नागिरकता पत्र
देने जा रहे हैं
ऐसी बर्ताब रही तो टूट जाएगी देश
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

िकसी भी मानवको नागिरकता पत्रसे वञ्िचत करना
मानव अिधकारका हनन है
िलखा है मानव अिधकारके घोषणापत्रमें
लेिकन पहाडी मानव अिधकारवादी संगठनें
चूं नहीं बोल्ते
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

पृथ्वी शाहके राजा बननें से हजारो साल पहले
एक राजा जनक हुवा करते थे
अाज ये िमिथलावासीको भारतीय कहनेका
दुस्साहस करते हैं
ले लो वतन या दे दो वतन
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

जनसंख्या है हमारे पास
एक व्यक्ित एक मतका लोकतन्त्र अा जाए
तो राज्य पर होगा हमारा कब्जा
लेिकन वो कह रहे नहीं चािहए वैसा लोकतन्त्र
ले लो उसे िछनके
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

पत्ता साफ करो मोरङसे कोइराला खान्दानका
राणा गए, शाह गए, कोइराला भी जाएंगे
जमानत जफ्त करो माधव नेपालका
रौतहटमें, प्रचण्डको कहो काठमाण्डुमें ही रहे
िचतवन हमारा है
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

हेम बहादुर धनुषासे िजते
शरद िसंह महोत्तरीसे
ये क्या नौटंकी है
िजता है क्या कोइ यादव
काठमाण्डुसे
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

एमालेवाले चीनका हँसुवा हथौडावाला झण्डा
टाङ्ते है
कोइ अापत्ित नही िकसीको
सद्भावनाके झण्डाको कहते हैं
भारतका ितरङ्गा है
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

अपने अापको मधेसी क्यों बोल्ते हो
नेपाली बोलो कहते हैं
बोलो उनको, मानवताके उचाइको देखो
संकीर्ण िवचार छोडो, मानव बोलो,
नेपाली क्यों बोल्ते हो
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

िहन्दी ही तो है मधेशकी पहचान
नहीं तो मधेशी, भोजपुरी, अविध, उर्दुमें बँटे हैं
िहन्दी ही तो है पुरे मधेशको एक करती है
सम्पर्क भाषा है
िहन्दीको उसकी जायज जगह दो
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

अिधकार भीख की तरह नहीं माँगी जाती
अिधकार तो िछन्ना परता है
तमुनेे अप्िरलमें जैसे िछना
अप्िरल क्रान्ितका शंखघोष तुमने
जनवरी १२ को जनकपुरमें िकया
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

ललकारो उन मधेशीयोको
जो अात्मघृणाका भाषा बोल्ते हैं
गाँव गाँवमें जाअो
संगठन िवस्तार करो
उजाला फैलाअो
एक क्रान्ित िफर से कर दो

मधेशके िमट्टीकी कसम
िफर से कह दो एक बार इन्िकलाब


पहाडी मधेशी दंगा
सद्भावना रोडम्याप
नेपालमा दमजम अान्दोलनको अावश्यकता
नेपालमा संसारको नम्बर एक लोकतन्त्रको स्थापना हुन सक्छ
राजतन्त्र, बाहुनवाद र भर्ष्टाचार समाप्त पारौं
राजतन्त्र, बाहुनवाद र भर्ष्टाचार समाप्त पारौं
प्रस्तािवत संिवधान
वीपी र िगिरजाको कहानी
िगिरजा, माधव, प्रचण्ड सब एक जैसे हैं
Rajendra Mahto: नागरिकता विधेयक खोतल्दा
नेपालको अन्तरिम संविधान
नेपाली कांग्रेसको संविधान मस्यौदा
माओवादीको संविधान मस्यौदा
मधेशीसँग संख्या छ, शिक्त छैन
डा. कटक मल्ल: सुन्दर, शान्त र शिष्ट नेपालको निर्माणका लागि
ितमीले देखाइ िदयौ
कर्फ्यु तोड्न आह्वान गर्नेले
जाउलो खाएर क्रान्ित गर
जनआन्दोलनको कार्यक्रम
क्रान्ितलाई नबुझ्नु, बुझ पचाउनु
ये तो क्रान्ित है
यो सडक ितम्र्ो हो
हृदयेश त्रिपाठी: मधेसी समस्या र राज्यको पुनर्संरचना
संघीय गणतन्त्र
कांग्रेसले रोज्नुपर्ने बाटो
अहिंसाका प्रश्न
डा बाबुराम भट्टराईलाई शान्तिको सन्देश
डा बाबुराम भट्टराई: आन्दोलनको उत्कर्ष र त्रस्त सत्ता
मधेशी अधिकारको कुरामा पहाडीहरुको सहभागीता
प्रवासी नेपाली: "नैतिक समर्थन कायम राख्दै भौतिक समर्थन थप्ने।"
भूपि शेरचन, गोपालप्रसाद रिमाल, प्रवर जिसी
मधेशी पहचान
देशव्यापी पम्फलेटिङ
प्रहार गरिहालौं
अइ आन्दोलनमें मधेशी अधिकारके बात
लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नै किन?
चुनाव बहिष्कार बाहेक विकल्प छैन: सात दल


गामघर

देशिवदेश चइल् गेलन् लोक
बोिरयािवस्तर बाइन्हके
साँझअन्हार खोज्लोसे न भेटत्
केकरा केकरा अाँहा किथ कहबई

मन तइयो पिरते होतइ िक
दुरादरबज्जा, खेतखिरहानके
मालजालके अगर पोरा, घाँसफुस
कएने होतइ एक्को बेर
हाटबजार प जाके मछरी किहयो
अगर िकन्ने होतइ
से थोडे िबसिर जतइ

कतनो होतइ हवाइजहाज प चढल
त गरीबइल थोडे िबसिर पतइ
टाइसुट पहनइत समयमें
लुङगी अा गम्छाके जरूर याद
होतइ अबइत

कतनों ढउवा कमा लेतइ
त जनमधर्ती के याद कतः जाके खिरदतइ
वापस त फेनु अाबहीके हइ

चाहे दु िदनके लेल
घुमे अबउक
अा चाहे
सब िदन के लेल
चिल अबउक
अाबेके त हएबे टा करइ

गामघर

Thursday, December 28, 2006

The Idea Of One Communist Party In Nepal


Maoists to leave Prachandapath for communist unity NepalNews Ram Bahadur Thapa a.k.a. Badal has said that the party is ready to leave its political line of Prachandapath for unity among all communist parties. ...... there is no need of being separate communist parties as they are one in certain principles ..... “We have proposed a new ideological base for unity.” ..... there is a need of forming republican front with non communist parties and unity among all communist parties. ...... elections of the constituent assembly may not be held in mid-June 2007 due to delay in promulgating interim constitution and forming interim government. ...... they have agreed to re-establish police posts only after formation of interim government, adding, “If the government does not move as per the agreement it might invite confrontation.”
I think that the idea is fabulous. I hope it gets carried out. The only founding principle can be that of one person, one vote. Hold unity talks, then organize a convention, and elect new leadership at all levels. Do it all in a transparent, democratic way.

This might do more to usher permanent peace in the country than even a Truth And Reconciliaiton Commission. (Land Reform, Truth And Reconciliation) This will also bring the Bahunbaad inside the UML, and the Pahadibaad inside the Maoist Party to an end, hopefully.

There are not enough Madhesis and Janajatis among the top leadership of the Maoists either. Matrika Prasad Yadav looks like were a token Madhesi. The anti-Madhesi prejudice in Nepal is so strong, not even PrachandaPath seems to have cured it. By fair estimates, at least a third of the Maoist central committee ought to have been Madhesi. Why the gap?

I have tried selling my प्रस्तािवत संिवधान to my Sadbhavana former colleagues. So far I have not even been able to engage them in a conversation on it, let alone sell it. They refuse to even take a look at the document, let alone express their disagreements with the specifics. They get stuck with the idea that I have no provision for separate states of the Terai.

A unification convention will also help the Maoists get rid of their unscientific nine state map without losing face. They can claim they ditched both PrachandaPath and the nine state map for the sake of party unification.

I have never thought highly of Girija Koirala. He is a conservative. He is never the source of new ideas. Instead he will do all to oppose new ideas for no other reason than that those are new ideas. He exemplifies the intellectual defensiveness of someone of mediocre intelligence. He has engineered enormous delays to the drafting of the interim constitution. The weird part is there is not an iota of difference between the initial first draft and the recent final draft. So what was he opposing?

If the communists were to unify, they will easily emerge the largest party in the interim parliament. When that happens, I will bet you a hundred rupees Prachanda will stake claim for the post of interim Prime Minister for that unified communist party, and legitimately so. That unified communist party could seek an alliance with other parties and go ahead and declare Nepal a republic even before the constituent assembly elections are held. Heck, if such an alliance had the required two-thirds majority, it could go for an interim federal structure as well.

This is getting interesting.

My primary interest by now with the Maoists in Nepal is China. I envision a China that is a federal, multi-party democracy where the Chinese Communist Party is still by far the largest party. I want the Chinese Communist Party to teach all countries in the Global South as to how to engineer double digit economic growth rates for the next few decades. And I want the best by Tibet. I am a Buddhist. Nepal is my fatherland, India is my country of birth and motherland, Tibet is my spiritual homeland.

If all communist parties in Nepal were to unify and become one party, all communist parties in India, including the Maoists there, are going to come under similar pressure. And if that materializes, nothing stops that unified Communist Party of India from emerging the largest party in India. You are looking at Prakash Karat for Prime Minister.

These Nepali Maoists are really after something big. But they are going to have to first adopt the basic premise of state funded political parties.

Laloo Yadav: Future Prime Minister Of India

This is what I propose to them: Janata Dal Constitution (August 8, 2005).

This should push all the non-communist parties in Nepal to similarly become one, and the Janata Dal Constitution would apply to them as well. And you will be looking at Nepal as a two party state in the framework of this प्रस्तािवत संिवधान. The only obvious roadblock is Girija. And there are people who think he is some kind of a hero. The guy simply needs to retire.

Welcome to the Asian Century.

Barack Hussein Obama And The White Boys In The Media

In The News

Eight-party leaders visit Nepalgunj; normalcy returns NepalNews the communal tension that gripped the mid-western town for nearly 48 hours since Tuesday morning. ..... Nepali Congress vice-chairman Sushil Koirala, CPN (UML) acting general secretary Amrit Bohara, Maoist spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara, vice-chairman of the People’s Front Lilamani Pokhrel and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party leader Prem Suwal visited parts of Nepalgunj that saw the worst violence on Tuesday and Wednesday. ...... Agriculture minister Mahantha Thakur and commerce minister and Nepal Sadbhwana Party leader Hridayesh Tripathi were also in Nepalgunj to assess the situation. ...... Thousands of people of different communities and political parties participated in a “goodwill and peace rally” organised by the CPN (Maoist) in the afternoon. ..... At least one person was killed and dozens others injured and properties worth millions of rupees were damaged in the violent clashes. Unruly mobs ransacked shops, burned down vehicles and the attacked local residents ....... anti-democratic elements were behind the riots
Parliament passes bill on voters list People's Front Nepal (PFN) faction led by Chitra Bahadur KC has opposed the bill saying it lacks provision to allow Nepalis living overseas to cast their vote in the upcoming Constituent Assembly elections.
Doctors end strike
PM cautions against regressive forces The premier said the Nepalgunj incident was very unfortunate and that it proved the presence of regressive elements in the country. .... marked the Nepalgunj incident as an eye-opener
JTMM kills one in Saptari Twenty members of JTMM, who came with arms in Bhardaha area of the district this morning, shot dead Arjun Phyual accusing him of plying vehicles along the Mahendra Highway, radio reports say. The Morcha has called a strike along the highway till December end.
DAO lifts curfew in Nepalgunj
No talks with refugees: Bhutan minister
Two billion rupees of Army Welfare Fund at risk: NRB
Maoists to leave Prachandapath for communist unity
Nepal, China agree to continue to discuss incompatibilities in border data
Team formed to recruit ex-Gurkhas
Curfew still on, senior leaders of eight parties to visit Nepalgunj
Govt forms probe commission on Nepalgunj unrest
Govt to form high-level panel to probe Nepalgunj riots
Punish culprits of rights violation to end impunity: Sundh
Curfew re-imposed in Nepalgunj; thousands join in peace rally a prescheduled all-party goodwill and peace rally, which was to be carried out during off-curfew hours ..... The Madhesi Mukti Morcha of the CPN (Maoist) has been carrying out a peace rally in Nepalgunj at the moment (3:00 pm), which is participated by thousands of people of all communities, religions and the political parties. ...... “We had organised bandh on Monday only. We have no involvement in the incidents of Tuesday,” said Hridayesh Tripathy, general secretary of NSP-A. Likewise, the party’s vice president Bharat Bimal Yadav said that his party couldn’t even think of disrupting communal harmony. ...... their demands of fresh demarcation of electoral constituencies based on population, introduction of federal system and land reform.
Government releases Rs 36 million for cantonment infrastructures

NEPAL: Government steps in to stop Nepalganj violence Reuters AlertNet, UK
Western Nepal Returns to Normality After Communal Clashes OhmyNews International
ADB to provide 32 mln USD for Nepal's education programs
People's Daily Online, China
Nepali govt to introduce Chinese language in school curriculum People's Daily Online The Nepali government is making preparation to include the Chinese language in the curriculum of nine grade to 12 level in schools ..... the government would support those institutions that initiate to provide learning opportunities of the Chinese language. .... "Now, the Chinese language is being taught in more than 2,000 universities of 86 countries all over the world"
Curfew lifted in west Nepal town after deadly clashes Hindustan Times, India
Curfew reimposed, security stepped up in west Nepal town International Herald Tribune
Curfew imposed in west Nepal town following clashes International Herald Tribune
Nepal doctors strike in hospitals BBC News
Doctors end strike Nepalnews.com
Nepal doctors strike over violence
Haveeru Daily, Maldives
Infiltration from Bangladesh, Nepal being plugged: army vice chief
Telugu Portal, India
One killed by Maoist renegades in Nepal, Indian hurt
Telugu Portal, India
Nepal-China joint study to confirm Everest's height
Gorkhapatra, Nepal
Nepal Maoists Lead Peace Rally in Riot-hit Town
Nepal human Rights News, Nepal
Maoists to work closely with police to control Nepalgunj unrest Kantipur Online

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