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मेरो िबजनेस बारे

म अाजको ५-७ वर्ष िभत्रमा उपेन्द्र महतोभन्दा बढी पैसा हुने मान्छे हो। म मेरो टेक्नोलोजी कम्पनीलाई न्याज्ड्याकमा िलस्ट गराउँछु। राजनीित भनेको युद्ध गर्ने अर्को तिरका हो भन्छन्। मेरो यो टेक्नोलोजी कम्पनी भनेको फस्ट वर्लड थर्ड वर्लड बीचको खाडल पुर्ने उपाय हो। फस्ट वर्लड थर्ड वर्लड बीचको खाडलपुर्ने एक मात्र उपाय भनेको इन्टरनेट हो। हामीले ग्लोबल साउथका सकेसम्म बढी मािनसलाई अनलाइन ल्याउनुपर्छ। र त्यसको शुरूवात न्यु यर्कबाट गर्ने हो।

सकेसम्म बढी मािनसलाई अनलाइन ल्याउने दुइ तिरका छन्। एउटा हो फ्री वायरलेस ब्रोडब्यान्डको कन्सेप्ट। टीभी प्रसारण गरे जस्तै इन्टरनेट प्रसारण गर्ने र उपभोक्ताले िवग्यापन हेर्नपर्ने। दोस्रो हो सस्तो ल्यापटपको कन्सेप्ट। मेरो कम्पनी ज्योितकनेक्ट त्यहाँ अाउँछ। ३० वर्षसम्म पीसीको जमाना रह्यो। अब अाइसी (IC) को जमाना शुरू गर्नुपरेको छ। अाइसी भनेको इन्टरनेट कम्प्युटर। यो कम्प्युटर सस्तो यस कारणले हुन्छ िक यसमा इन्टरनेट ब्राउजर बाहेक कुनै सफ्टवेयर हुँदैन। अपरेिटङ िसस्टम पिन लाइनक्स हुन्छ। मेरो कम्पनीले त्यो अाइसी बनाउने र बेच्ने हो।

अिहले एक अरब मािनस अनलाइन छन्। त्यसलाई दुई र तीन अरब कसरी बनाउने? दुई र तीन अरब बनाउनमा धेरै पैसा छ।

एक लाख डलरको अावश्यकता

राउण्ड दुई र तीनकालािग भेन्चर क्यािपटिलस्टकोमा जानुपर्ने हुन्छ। र ती न्यु यर्कमा टन्न छन्। उनीहरूकोमा मेरो नेटवर्िकङ जारी छ। तर राउण्ड एक मैले न्यु यर्कका नेपालीहरू माझबाट नै उठाउनुपर्छ। ५०जनाले दुई दुई हजार डलर गरेर िदए भयो। अथवा १०० जनाले एक एक हजार डलर गरेर िदए भयो। अाज मेरो कम्पनीमा दुई हजार डलर इन्भेस्ट गर्ने नेपालीले अाजको पाँच वर्ष िभत्रमा त्यो पैसाबाट यहाँ घर िकन्न सक्नेछन्। मेरो त्यो दावा हो।


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A Conversation with Michael Dell UCTV: UC San Diego - 56 min - Jul 7, 2003

Democratizing Political Parties

It really boils down to one person, one vote democracy. We have to move towards becoming a federal, multiparty democracy of state-funded parties. That will make Nepal the number one democracy on the planet.

How to get there? Step one, the immediate step would be to make all political parties make their finances public. Step two would be to pass a law saying for the purposes of the constituent assembly elections, the richest party may not have more than 50% more money than the second richest. All the extra money should go to the state.

And after the elections, political parties may not engage in any kind of fundraising activities at all.

Another thing to do is to do with the distribution of tickets. For a party ticket for a political office, party members at the said level and below should be the only ones who get to decide who will get the ticket.

The third thing to do is to demarcate the various layers of government based on population. It has to be about one person, one vote democracy. Otherwise you end up with a Maoist party that has one Madhesi on its central committee, you end up with a UML that has one Madhesi on the central committee.

Key is to have all constituencies for the lower house based on equal population.

If we can do these three things, we end up with democratic parties. Otherwise right now Congress MPs are subservient to Girija because Girija is the one who decides if you will get a ticket or not. Girija is the one decides how much money he will give you during election time. So a Congress MP's career strategy ends up being subservient to Girija. That ends up being the gameplan.

How To Get There?

The goal is obvious. But no political party is gearing towards it. It is because the party leaders like it that power inside the parties is concentrated in their hands.

The people positioned to push for a democratization of parties are the civil society folks. They have been relentless on the issue of a republic, and that is great. To that list they should add the agenda of party democratization.

Have this simple three point plan. And stick to it.

Inclusive Democracy Comes From Parties With Internal Democracy

Lack of democracy inside parties is the reason Nepal has not been an inclusive democracy to date. A lot of ethnic disenchantment will go away if parties will become democratic.

In The News

Nepal celebrates first `Lokatantra Day` Zee News, India
India seals border with Nepal for state polls PeaceJournalism.com, Nepal
Nepal:Protesters burn down two Red Cross vehicles PeaceJournalism.com, Nepal
Yechury to be chief guest of Nepal Democracy Day celebrations Hindu, India
OHCHR-Nepal marks Jana Andolan achievements, challenges, one year on ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland
Nepal's former rebels struggle to enter the fold Jane's, UK
Edmund Hillary in New Zealand hospital after fall Pravda, Russia
Democracy brings no respite for Nepal's Gurkhas India eNews.com, India
Edmund Hillary hospitalized after falling during a visit in Nepal Mounteverest, NY

Maoists to Blame for CA Poll Delay: Bijukchhe Himalayan Times Bijukchhe said national and international forces exerted "moral" pressure on Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to defer the date of the CA polls, as the Maoists have devised a strategy for capturing booths. Bijukchhe said that the Maoists had held several councils of war to finalise a strategy for how to capture booths. ..... the Nepali Congress (NC) did not want the CA polls held until the unification of both the NC and NC (D) ...... "The CPN-UML wants to go to the CA polls after leading the government itself and the Maoists also have the same agenda." ...... Though there is a need for wider discussion with the people over the issue of a federal system the parties are not doing so ..... Bijukchhe said, "If all leftist forces work for the welfare of peasants and workers, unification is not impossible."

Police refuse to register case against MPRF Kantipur
Madheshi MPs again disrupt House, sitting deferred to Wednesday
माओवादीको विरोधमा बन्द
'जनआन्दोलन जारी छ'
दलभित्रको लोकतन्त्र जनआन्दोलन २०६२/६३ का प्रमुख दुई एजेन्डा थिए- शान्ति र लोकतन्त्रको स्थापना । लोकतन्त्रको एजेन्डाभित्र अर्को एउटा महत्त्वपूर्ण एजेन्डा थियो- राजनीतिक दलहरूको लोकतन्त्रीकरण । ..... राजनीतिक दलहरूको लोकतन्त्रीकरणको काम भने भएकै छैन । ...... नेताहरूले आफूलाई सच्याएर जाने भने पनि देखिने गरी दलहरूमा कुनै परिवर्तन हालका मितिसम्म आएको छैन । ....... जनतामा सार्वभौमसत्ता आइसकेपछि शक्तिशाली बनेका राजनीतिक दल र यसको नेतृत्वले भने मुलुकलाई राम्ररी हाँक्न नसकेको अनुभव यो एक वर्षमा भएको छ । ...... नारायणहिटी राजदरबारका राजा ज्ञानेन्द्र ढले पनि आठ दलभित्र एक-एक ज्ञानेन्द्र स्थापित छन् । ...... पार्टीभित्रको राजतन्त्रको अन्त्य अहिलेको आवश्यकता हो । ...... मुलुकमा शासन होइन कुशासन छ । ...... घुमाइफिराइ राजा नभई देश नचल्ने रहेछ भन्ने अवस्था सिर्जना गर्न दलहरू लागेका छन् ।
जनआन्दोलन र अहिलेको स्थिति
संविधानसभा फेरि धरापमा
पार्टीमा लागेपछि
लोकतन्त्रका लागि राष्ट्रिय जागरण

Prachanda feels seven parties agreed in haste NepalNews left forces should now make republic a basis for their unity. He urged his cadres to be ready for any eventuality while declaring the country republic.
Over 20 MJF activists held for defying prohibitory orders in Gaur The MJF had announced the bandh on Friday to protest what it calls government’s apathy towards its demands that include immediate halt in electoral constituency delineation process and investigation into the loss of lives and property in recent agitations in Terai region.
Yadav vows to take action against sandalwood smugglers

Red Storm Rising? NepalNews A week ago, on April 16, Maoist chairman Prachanda had dangled a carrot to entice the divided leftist lot. "If there is going to be a single Communist Party of Nepal, we will not let Prachandapath pose any obstruction. Let us do away with all kinds of soubriquets we have attached to the names of our parties. There is no use of attaching tail-names to our parties. Let us make one communist party," he had said referring to the existence of myriad communist parties that have attached tail-names such as Marxist, Marxist-Leninist, Unity Center, Masal and so on. ...... absolute red domination is manifested in the 329-member strong legislature parliament where leftist forces including the Maoists, UML, ULF, People's Front (PF), Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP) have 182 MPs among themselves while the centrist and liberal democrats have 147 MPs. ...... the communists have mulled forming a 'common front' if not 'single party' to defeat other parties
Yadav vows to take action against sandalwood smugglers Yadav said that Forest Ministry will need maximum cooperation from Finance and Home Ministries to control the smuggling. ..... demanded that a new Nepal be built where everyone can speak out. He said the trend where subordinates cannot speak with their officials has hurt the building of new Nepal. ...... "There is a situation where wardens cannot speak out at director general; where DG cannot speak out at minister; and where minister cannot speak out at Prime Minister," he said referring to his quarrel with the PM. ...... Minister Yadav said that Forestry was one of the most corrupt sectors.

UML, Maoist, NC (D) Alliance To Oust Girija Needed

Girija Koirala has to take responsibility for not being able to hold elections by June and he should resign. Between them, the UML, the Maoists, and the NC (D) have the numbers. The smaller parties can be expected to come along. The Koirala Congress must be isolated.

Girija Koirala has no intention whatsoever to unify the two Congress factions. But he talks like he wants to so as to prevent the Deuba Congress from doing serious organizational work on the ground.

Girija has routinely disrespected the UML since assuming power and before. He has not allowed the UML ministers to make appointments even in their own ministries. He has acted like he is the minister of all ministries. He has exhibited similar behavior towards the Maoist ministers.

Enough of waiting for Girija and his party to come around to the idea of a republic. If the army has not been acting rough, it is not because they fear Girija but because the mandate of the April Revolution is too obvious.

A UML, Maoist, NC (D) government will not hesitate to declare the country a republic right away. We do need that consolation prize for not having had our elections by June.

I am okay with both options on the republic question. I am okay with declaring the country a republic through the interim parliament and I am okay with going for a referendum. Both are fine options. But neither course will be taken as long as Girija is Prime Minister.

Koirala's party is old just like him. It is not a party that is offering new ideas, new programs, new vision.

Madhav Nepal

I think Madhav Nepal is the obvious candidate to succeed Girija as Prime Minister.

His party has the numbers.

The UML, of all parties in Nepal, is best positioned to judge if the Maoists have and are transforming or not. For those who fear the Maoists might still harbor the vision of a one party dictatorship, Madhav Nepal is the best person to have as Prime Minister of Nepal.

There are no doubts whatsoever that Madhav Nepal's UML is for multi-party democracy.

With Madhav as Prime Minister, we can be sure elections will be held in November. But if Girija continues I doubt we can have elections even in November. That guy lacks physical stamina, for one.

The UML, Maoist, NC (D) government would have a two point agenda.

• Declare Nepal a republic now.
• Hold free, fair, fearless elections in November.
  

The Madhav Nepal led government can still be an eight party government.

Prachanda, Madhav, Devendra
Madhav Nepal
Madhav Nepal Out In Open
Interim President: Madhav Nepal
Phone Talk With Madhav Nepal, Hridayesh Tripathy
Maoist, Moriarty, Madhav, Manmohan: Get Behind The 3 Point Program
Madhav Nepal, Commander Of The Movement
Email From Madhav Kumar Nepal

In The News

Reactionaries fear communist majority in CA: MK Nepal NepalNews The UML general secretary said this at an interaction organised by the CPN (Maoist) in the capital today to mark the establishment day of the Community Party of Nepal.
Dr Dhital conferred OBE serving his seventh term as the chairman of the Yeti Nepalese Association of UK, the oldest Nepali organisation in UK, established in 1960. ...... Dr Dhital is the second Nepali to obtain the OBE after Prof Dr Surya Prasad Subedi.
MJF bandh continues to trouble Terai region The bandh has thrown transport services out of gear in Morang, Sunsari, Bara, Parsa, Siraha, Sarhali, Saptari, Dhanusha, Rautahat and Mahottari districts. Reports say hundreds of passenger buses and trucks have been stranded at different places along the East-west Highway. .... Biratnagar, Inaruwa, Birgunj, Rajbiraj, Lahan, Kalaiya and Gaur are the worst affected towns where marketplaces, educational institutions and factories remain closed. However, there was no impact of bandh in Jhapa district.

An unfinished uprising Nepali Times In Kathmandu, the concerns are about the delayed constituent assembly elections and the shenanigans of the Young Communist League........ Here it is about Madhesi representation and the unfinished revolution. ....... Decades of discrimination, neglect, and oppression have alienated a large section of madhesis. Being moderate here these days earns you a ‘coward’ tag. In Mahottari it’s easy to see why, and to catch a revealing glimpse of the emotional distance between Kathmandu’s rulers and the tarai. ........ CDO Ratan Raj Pandey, a descendent of royal priests, Kathmandu’s top man here, the most powerful person in the district. ......... in a district where over four-fifths of population is madhesi, almost every office is staffed exclusively by pahadis. ...... the matter of how little noble pahadi settlers have been vested in the communities around them. In a district where the big landlords are Sharmas, Upadhyas, Ghimires and Pants, the first school here had to be built by a Marwari Murarka. The college had to wait for a Yadav donor. .......... In Janakpur, the town that Koiralas, Ranas, Sharmas, Singh Thakuris, and Ghimires claim as theirs there is no philanthropic effort bearing these names. The first few schools, the college, the hospital, and several temples were built by the Sah family, who were humble traders in comparison with the Ranas and Giris who made fortunes off the tarai’s resources. ........ Janakpur’s highways, roads, airport and water supply have been set up with Indian assistance. The most visible reminder of the government are security personnel, which reinforces the sense of living in occupied territory. ........ Most people here understand political complexities. “Protests in the tarai will diminish the day the government realises the folly of playing dirty power games in Kathmandu,” says a paan vendor near the vandalised statue of Bhanubhakta in Janakpur.
Madhes mess Bijaya Singh, chair of the Madhesi Student’s Union and Madhesi Intellectual’s Forum, and Rajendra Raya of the Madhesi Dalit Forum have publicly announced that their organisations have split from the MJF. Similarly Madhesi Youth Forum chair Jitendra Sen has said repeatedly that the MJF failed because of Upendra Yadav’s leadership. ........ At a recent MJF central committee meeting there was a heated discussion about the issue of Yadav’s allegiances. The central committee decided to keep Yadav on as chairman only because the 27 April deadline for the registration of parties [to contest the constituent assembly elections] made it complicated to appoint a new leadership in time. ...... even this point is contested, with general secretary Ram Kumar Sharma arguing that the organisation should not be registered as a political party, in order to avoid conflict with madhesi leaders in other parties. He believes the MJF should remain a pressure group. ........ The Maoists have warned Ram Chandra Poudel to not encourage the Forum. ....... The Madhesi Janamukti Morcha’s Satya Narayan Bhagat and Prabhu Sah have accused Matrika Yadav of providing Upendra Yadav with information about how their organisation was planning to launch an attack in Gaur using Young Communist League members and fighters from the Chitwan cantonment. ....... Yadav thus hired professional sharpshooters from Bihar. These criminals were the ones who hunted down YCL activists and fighters from the Chitwan cantonment in Gaur and killed them. The Forum says 11 fighters from Chitwan were killed, but neither the Maoists nor UNMIN have confirmed that.
An armless army In the cities, the YCL has now come to be known for its summary justice and intimidation and is dreaded for the practice of roughing up anyone who stands in the way. In the tarai, the YCL has been blamed for its militant tactics that have alienated madhesis......... in Kathmandu the YCL has been involved in high-profile street cleaning, demolition of illegal structures, crime control, and planting trees along Tundikhel. ...... the YCL has also been active in continued intimidation and extortion ...... The head of the league in Nepalganj is also its central committee member, Jhak Bahadur Malla who used to be Comrade Sudip, the commander of the 11th Battalion of the Maoist Pratap Smriti Brigade. ....... It is clear that a large proportion of the senior PLA leaders are not in camps at all but in the cities living as YCL cadre. They have been involved in organising security for Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s nationwide tour in March during which young Maoists were involved in several violent incidents against madhesi activists. Most of those killed in the massacre in Gaur on 21 March were YCL cadre. .......... In a speech during the memorial in Kathmandu for Maoists killed in Gaur, YCL general secretary warned: “If attacks against us continue, we will mobilise the 21 divisions of YCL and seven divisions inside the camps.” ........ the Maoists have sent their militia and trainees to the camps and kept hardcore fighters outside ...... As in Nepalganj, the YCL in Kathmandu is housed in private homes and factories in Balaju, Gongabu, and Bhaktapur. Although the league says the premises were given to them, owners say they were taken over by force. ...... was involved in intimidation against UML cadre attending a rally by Madhab Nepal in Kailali.

Experts call for review of 1950 Nepal-India Treaty Kantipur
Maoist victims' property will be returned soon, says PM
Babas in Gorakha Palace wash their hands of palace money
Five inured in scuffle with armed robbers in Mahottari
MPRF strike losing force in Terai
NC, CPN-M discuss repeated disruptions of house proceedings
Stock market gains 5.56 points
Gajurel’s Europe jaunt was ‘intriguing’ He was arrested at the Chennai international airport in India in August 2003 when he, posing as a British medical doctor working in a London hospital, was about to depart on a tour of Europe. ..... completed recently a month-long tour of Europe ..... a key speaker in 13 talk programs. ..... Gajurel had a chance to talk in detail with Simon Hughes, an MP and the president of the Liberal Democrats Party, the third largest in the British parliament. ....... "We also want them (the Naxalites) to enter the parliamentary mainstream, but it may not be possible," said Gajurel. "We don't want to influence them. Though we share common ideologies, all parties are independent to go about their actions." He said each party has its own "strategies and tactics". Though he said the strained relationship between his party and the Naxalites has improved, the CPN(M) is still holding a "wait and see" policy. Both the parties, according to Gajurel, are neither in physical contact nor plan to meet....... his party is in constant touch with the governments in India, China, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and other liberal European countries.
Druk polls a drama: Rizal
Maoist MPs taught to behave in House
Terai sees mixed reaction of banda, entrepreneurs defy
तथ्याङ्कको तस्वीर नेपालमा जातीय आधारमा सङ्घीय शासन कायम हुनसक्दैन - गौरीनाथ रिमाल राज्यका सामु उभिएका तीन एजेण्डाहरू, जसरी पनि संविधानसभाको निर्वाचन, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रको स्थापना र त्यसपछि राज्यको अग्रगामी पुनःगठन आदि कार्य सबैले मिलेर गर्न जरुरी छ ।
आठ दलको अन्तरसङ्र्घषसंविधानसभा निर्वाचन पर र्सने भएपछि आठ दलको एकता सङ् कटमा पर्न लागेको हो - दरबारनिकट स्रोतहरूका अनुसार राजाले अझै पनि आफू राष्ट्रप्रमुख नरहेको यथार्थ आत्मसात् गर्न सकिरहेका छैनन .... र्सार्क सम्मेलनमा भाग लिने क्रममा भारतको राजधानी नया“ दिल्लीमा कोइरालाले अझ आक्रामक शैलीमा पत्रकारहरूस“ग भने, "राजा ज्ञानेन्द्र नभन्नूस्, ज्ञानेन्द्र भन्नूस् ।" ...... नेपाली राजनीतिमा सतहमा देखिने दृश्य र गुप्त कोठामा गरनिे चलखेलबीच आकाश-जमीनको अन्तर हुन्छ । ..... शासनबाट राजाको भूमिका समाप्त भइसकेकाले उनी निर्मल निवास र्सर्नुपर्ने मधुरो आवाज नागरकि समाजका तर्फाट सुनिए पनि ....... सत्ता साझेदार दलहरूले अघि सारेको जनमतसङ् ग्रह वा संसद्बाट गणतन्त्र घोषणाको प्रस्तावप्रति पनि प्रधानमन्त्री मौन छन् । ...... लोकतन्त्रलाई संस्थागत गर्ने महत्त्वपर्ूण्ा प्रक्रियामा विलम्ब गर्ने प्रधानमन्त्री कोइरालाको व्यवहारबाट सत्ता साझेदार दलहरू दिक्क मान्न थालेका छन् । ...... आफ्नो एकमना सरकारको पालाको कुरा छाडौ“, आठ दलको सहमतिमा बनेको सरकारमा समेत कोइरालाको कार्यशैली अस्वाभाविक देखिन्छ । ...... शिक्षा तथा परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालयमा अनावश्यक हस्तक्ष्ँेप गरेर राजदूत र उपकुलपति नियुक्ति प्रक्रिया अवरुद्ध गराइरहेका प्रधानमन्त्रीले वैशाख ५ गतेको मन्त्रिमण्डल बैठकमा मन्त्री यादवलाई बैठककक्ष्ँबाटै बाहिर जान दबाब दिए । ......... सेनाको 'डिफेन्स' गर्ने नाममा निरङ्कुश शैलीले आफ्नै मन्त्रीलाई 'जहा“बाट आएको हो, त्यही“ जानूस्' भनेर प्रधानमन्त्रीले आफ्नै उचाइ घटाएका छन् । ....... प्रधानमन्त्रीकै हेपाहा प्रवृत्तिका कारण बस्न नसकेको ...... "प्रधानमन्त्री माथिल्लो तलाको कोठामा थिए, हामी तल कुररिहेका थियौ“ । तर, तीन घण्टासम्म पनि प्रधानमन्त्रीले मुख देखाएनन्," एमाले नेता अमृत बोहरा भन्छन्, "त्यसपछि अपमानित महसुस गर्दै सबै बाहिरयिौ“ ।" ...... एउटा सामन्ती प्रवृत्तिस“गको लडाइ“ नसकि“दै पुनः त्यस्तै प्रवृत्तिस“ग सामना गर्नुपर्ने अवस्था देखा परेको बताउ“दै बोहराले भने, "प्रधानमन्त्री विभिन्न कार्यक्रममा गइरहेका छन् तर महत्त्वपर्ूण्ा बैठकमा आउ“दैनन् । संविधानसभाको मिति अन्योलमा परेको छ । तर, विवाद छ भन्दैमा वार्ता नै नगरी निकास निस्कन्छ र -" स्वास्थ्यको हवाला दिएर आठ दलको बैठकमा सहभागी नभए पनि कोइराला दक्षिण कोरयिाका विवादास्पद व्यक्तिको हातबाट पुरस्कार थाप्दा, सेनाको चियापान समारोहमा सहभागी ह“ुदा अनि राजदूतबाट ओहोदाको प्रमाणपत्र बुझ्दा भने तन्दुरुस्त नै देखिएका थिए । ............. नेपाली काङ्ग्रेस, माओवादी र एमालेको त्रिपक्षीय शक्तिसङ्र्घष्ा ...... शक्तिसङ्र्घष्ाको यस खेलमा प्रधानमन्त्री कोइरालाबाट निकै 'झेल' हुन थालेको महसुस भएपछि माओवादी र एमालेको घनिष्ठता बढेको छ । ....... प्रधानमन्त्री कोइराला अहिले पनि कुटिल रणनीति अपनाइरहेका छन् । क्रान्तिकारी नाराका साथ अगाडि आएको माओवादी एवम् सङ्गठित कार्यकर्ता अझै बचाएर राखेको एमालेलाई कुनै पनि हालतमा सत्तामा वर्चस्व कायम गर्न नदिने रणनीति अपनाइरहेका कोइराला संविधानसभापछि पनि नेपाली काङ्ग्रेसकै वर्चस्व स्थापित गर्न चाहन्छन् । तर, अहिलेको विभाजित काङ् ग्रेसबाट सो सम्भव नहुने भएकाले काङ् ग्रेसको सुदृढीकरणका लागि पनि सङ्क्रमणकाल नलम्ब्याई भएको छैन, उनलाई । ......... नेपाली काङ्ग्रेसको सुदृढीकरणका लागि दुवै काङ्ग्रेसलाई मिलाउने, शासन सञ्चालनमा दरबार र सेनाको सहयोग हासिल गर्ने, सङ्क्रमणकाल लम्ब्याउने, सत्तामा गएको माओवादीको क्रान्तिकारी धार भुत्ते पारििदने, एमाले र माओवादीबीच कार्यगत एकताको वातावरण बन्न नदिने आदि दाउ कोइरालाको हुनसक्छ । केन्द्रमा काङ्ग्रेस एकता भए पनि स्थानीय तहसम्म एकीकृत हुन कम्तीमा तीन महिना समय लाग्ने काङ्ग्रेसजनको आकलन छ । ......... कोइरालाले तीनवटा सूत्र प्रयोग गर्दै आएका छन् । ती हुन्, ढिलाइ गर्ने, माओवादी र एमालेलाई थकित पार्ने र अन्ततः आफ्नो मध्यमार्गी एजेण्डामा सहमत हुन बाध्य पार्ने । ....... यही सूत्र प्रयोग गरेर कोइरालाले अन्तरमि सरकारमा महत्त्वपर्ूण्ा मन्त्रालय हात पारे । ........ सत्ता, सडक र सदनको उपयोगको नीति लिएको माओवादीले यही मौकामा आफूलाई नै नया“, क्रान्तिकारी र भरपर्दो राजनीतिक शक्ति दाबी गर्दै सम्पर्ूण्ा सत्ता हात पार्ने अनि मुलुकलाई गणतन्त्रतर्फअग्रसर गराउने रणनीति तय गरेको ........... प्रधानमन्त्री कोइरालाको स्वास्थ्य, उनको ढिलासुस्ती, कमजोरी र सङ्क्रमणकाल लम्बिनुलाई आधार बनाएर सरकारको नेतृत्व फर्ेन सके ....... कोइरालाको विकल्प खोज्नैपर्ने अवस्था उत्पन्न भएमा सकेसम्म आफ“ै अग्रसर हुने, नसके देउवालाई र्समर्थन गर्ने पक्ष्ँमा छन्, महासचिव नेपाल । ........ संविधानसभासम्म पुग्ने साझा लक्ष्य भए पनि कोइराला, प्रचण्ड र माधवबीच सत्ता र राष्ट्रिय राजनीतिमा आफ्नो वर्चस्व कायम गर्ने दौड शुरू भएको छ । वर्चस्व हासिल गर्ने शैली तीन जना नेताकै फरकफरक छन् । कोइराला परिस्थितिको बाध्यतास्वरूप यतिबेला वर्चस्  वमा छन् । माधव अरूको कमजोरीलाई भर्‍याङ बनाएर वर्चस् व हासिल गर्ने कोसिसमा छन् । अनि, प्रचण्ड भने क्रान्तिकारी नारा, व्यक्तिगत 'क्रेज' र हूलदङ् गा मच्चाउन सक्ने लडाकू कार्यकर्ताको सहारामा वर्चस्व कायम गर्ने तयारीमा छन् । ........ एमाले महासचिव माधवकुमार नेपालले भने, "चुनाव गराउन नसकेपछि त्यसको जिम्मेवारी कार्यकारी प्रमुखले लिनर्ुपर्छ ।" त्यति मात्र होइन, उनले नेतृत्वको मूल्याङ्कन हुनर्ुपर्ने बताउ“दै घुमाउरो शैलीमा सरकारको नेतृत्व असफल भएको दाबी गरे । ...... प्रचण्डले 'यसमा सबैको कमीकमजोरी भए पनि प्रमुख जिम्मेवारीचाहि“ प्रधानमन्त्रीको नै भएको' जिकीर गरे । नेपाली काङ् ग्रेस -प्रजातान्त्रिक) र सद् भावना पार्टर्ीी आनन्दीदेवी) ले चाहि“ प्रधानमन्त्रीको खासै आलोचना गरेनन् । ....... "तत्काल गणतन्त्र घोषणा गर्न सकिने स्थिति छैन," नेपाल सद्भावना पार्टर्ीीानन्दीदेवीको स्थापनाको १७ औ“ वाषिर्कोत्सवमा आयोजित चियापान समारोहमा प्रधानमन्त्री कोइरालाले भने ........ माओवादीका नेताहरूले सम्हालेको मन्त्रालयमा नियुक्तिलगायत अन्य विषयमा समेत प्रधानमन्त्रीले आवश्यकताभन्दा बढी नै हस्तक्षेप गरेकाले पनि तनाव बढ्दै जाने सम्भावना छ । माओवादी अध्यक्ष प्रचण्डले प्रधानमन्त्री कोइरालास“गको भेटघाटमा आफ्नो भागमा परेका मन्त्रालय अर्न्तर्गतका संस् थानहरूको राजनीतिक नियुक्तिमा हस्तक्षेप नगर्न आग्रह नै गरेका थिए । ........... बालुवाटारमा पुगेर पनि प्रधानमन्त्रीलाई भेट्न नपाउनुको पीडाले अन्य दलका नेताहरूको चित्त दुखाएको छ । उनीहरू प्रधानमन्त्रीमाथि हैकमवादी भएको आरोप लगाउन थालेका छन् । एमाले स्थायी समिति सदस्य झलनाथ खनालका शब्दमा, "नारायणहिटी दरबार अहिले बालुवाटार सरेको छ ।" ....... चैत २६ मा पोखरामा आयोजित क्षेत्रीय आमसभालाई सम्बोधन गर्दै कोइरालाले भने, "कसैले पनि दम्भ नगरौ“ र अहङ्कार नगरोस् कि गिरजिाप्रसादलाई झुकाउन सक्छु भन्ने । यस्तो दम्भ कसैले नगरे हुन्छ, कुनै शक्तिले नगरे हुन्छ ।" तर, उनी आफ“ैले भने दम्भ छाडेका छैनन् । परण्िााम वैशाख ५ गतेको मन्त्रिपरष्िाद् बैठकमा उनी र वनमन्त्री मातृका यादवबीच भनाभन नै भयो । र, मन्त्रिपरष्िाद्को बैठक अवरुद्ध हुन पुग्यो । ........ यसअघि त्यति साह्रो निकट सम्बन्ध नदेखिएको एमाले र माओवादीबीच एजेण्डाका आधारमा निकटता बढ्दै गएको देखिन्छ । ..... संसद्बाटै गणतन्त्रको घोषणा गर्ने माओवादी प्रस्तावलाई एमालेले र्समर्थन गरेको छ भने जनमतसङ्ग्रहमार्फ छिनोफानो गर्ने एमालेको प्रस्ताव पनि आफूहरूलाई मान्य हुने माओवादी अध्यक्ष प्रचण्डले बताइसकेका छन् । ....... जब विवाद बढ्न थाल्थ्यो, प्रधानमन्त्री कोइराला 'अक्सिजन लिन' भनी माथिल्लो तलामा लाग्थे । त्यसमा छलछामको गन्ध आएको काङ् ग्रेसइतर नेताहरूको आशङ्का छ ।

Over 20 MJF activists held for defying prohibitory orders in Gaur NepalNews
US officials in Kathmandu to accelerate refugee resettlement
Dozens of protesting ‘Maoist victims’ arrested, released
YCL starts campaign to seize royal properties The cadres of YCL declared to have 'nationalised' 99 ropanis of royal land in Sallaghari of Bhaktapur on Saturday.
Investigation reports make Gaur carnage further complicated On Friday, a report made public by the OHCHR said the women killed in the incident were not raped and that there was no evidence that their breasts chopped off. "The incident at Rice Mill field was sparked when about a dozen young men destroyed the CPN-M stage. After initially fleeing, MJF supporters turned on the largely outnumbered CPN-M cadres. In the evening attacks, 27 individuals-including four women and a 17-year-old girl were killed, all but one with blows from bhaatas and lathis," the report said. ........ Media had quoted chairman of the Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) Subodh Pyakurel, who was a member of the preliminary investigation team of human rights activists, that three of the deceased women were raped before being killed. ....... Nine activists associated with Shanti Malika including Sharada Pokharel, Shobha Gautam, Kalyani Shah and some female journalists had conducted field investigations. ...... They informed that three women, who were trying to cross the Bagmati River in Pataiya of Hajmaniya village, were attacked by criminals who raped and murdered them. "They were chased, raped and killed in the most barbaric manner. Their blood was spilled in the local village temple also," Sharada Pokharel was quoted as saying. ..... Another team of rights activists including Padma Ratna Tuladhar had also concluded that the attackers had raped and cut off the breasts of the deceased women before killing them. Several other reports by national human rights organisations had also supported this claim.
A White Paper: Some Perspectives of North American Nepali Diaspora on Terai Conflicts

Home Minister Situala hospitalised

Police arrest seven YCL cadres

Yadav complains non-cooperation from Finance and Home Ministry NepalNews
Poudel hints govt's readiness to cast aside ECDC counsel
Madhesi lawmakers disrupt House proceedings
Maoists, UML acting as opponents: Poudel
MJF reiterates old demands, asks govt to stop constituency delineation process
A White Paper: Some Perspectives of North American Nepali Diaspora on Terai Conflicts

Maoist Money: Number One Threat To Free, Fair, Fearless Elections

A guy used to cross the Nepal India border on a regular basis. On the back rack of his bicycle would be a huge pile of hay. The custom officials would search frantically inside the hay thinking he might be smuggling goods to avoid custom taxes. He would ride into Nepal day after day. Each time nothing was found inside the hay so he was let go. Finally it occurred to the customs officials that what he was actually smuggling was brand new bicycles.

I think we are so focused on the Maoist gun and muscle, that we are missing the point. The number one threat is not the Maoist gun or muscle, it is the Maoist money.

The Maoists have not stopped their extortions across the country. They have already taken Rs 550 million from the government. That is a lot of money. And now they are demanding 500 million more. 100 crores to the Maoists. For what? The Deuba Congress recently released its annual budget. It was less than 10 crores. How will 10 crores compete against 100 crores come election time? And that is just money the Maoists have taken from the government. What about money from nationwide extortions? What about their 400 jeeps? During election time you could blanket the country with that many jeeps.

Weak-kneed Sitaula and Koirala have given the Maoists everything they have wanted. All that is waiting to happen is the Maoists capture booths all across the country and take over power in Nepal. Their first order of business would be to transform the security agencies to make them their own. After the Maoists have taken over power, you will no longer recognize the Nepal Army, the Nepal Police.

The Maoists are flush with cash, and this is a big, big problem.

It is time we took a stand. No more money to the Maoists, not even to feed their legitimate soldiers if they do not end the abductions and extortions. If they will not hold to their end of the bargain, why should we hold on to ours?

Maoist minors should be sent home without any pay. No money, nothing. Just go home. Go start attending school. To send 17,000 of them home with Rs 5000 a month for six months is to give Maoists full time paid workers to work on their behalf all the way to elections. Why should the Maoists get that special treatment? And if so, why not do the same for the other parties?

And it is very important the interim parliament passed a law that would require all political parties to make their finances transparent immediately. The richest party should not have more than 50% more money than the second richest party. Any extra money should go back to the state. Otherwise if the Maoists are going to be 20 times richer than the second richest party, we are not going to have elections, we are going to have a circus. The Maoists will engineer a sweep of the elections. Then our options to oppose them will be much less. What will we do? Try and organize street protests? They will claim they won the election.

Girija Has To Go

He failed. He has to go.

That sick, old man is everybody's problem. Look at his foul play on the Congress unification issue. All along he knew he did not want unification. But he did not say so. His strategy all along has been to talk unfication so as to prevent the Deuba Congress from doing serious organizational work.

He did not conduct elections within the stipulated time. So he has to resign. If he continues, this guy will be the reason the Maoists will take over Nepal.

I don't care if it is Ram Chandra Poudel or Sher Bahadur Deuba or Madhav Nepal who succeed. Anyone who is physically not incapacitated will do just fine.

In The News

Chaudhary’s son to marry Mittal's daughter Kantipur
Cabinet meeting cancelled after Maoist ministers walk out
13,000 cantoned PLA fighters to be sent home the Maoists have pressed the government to register and issue number plates for some 400 vehicles, which they say were brought illegally from India. .... The Maoists have been using the vehicles that bear their self-issued registration plates in the villages across the country.
Maoist MPs continue to flex muscles, disrupt house proceedings
Maoist victims hold sit-in at PM's residence
Maoist-affiliate transport workers halt traffic in Biratnagar
PM Koirala, Mukherjee discuss Terai
Tough industrial security policy in pipeline
Maoists demand Rs 500m for PLA The CPN-Maoist has demanded Rs 500 million for its People's Liberation Army (PLA) combatants. Maoist Central member Ananta said, "We have demanded Rs 3,000 per month as pocket money for our PLA combatants, besides the regular monthly Rs 1,800 for food." ..... The government has been providing Rs 1,800 per month to each PLA combatant for food. ..... the government has been asking Maoists to submit expenditure details of the previously released amount for the PLA ..... The government had released some Rs 550 million to the Maoists for the management of food and shelter of the PLA. The Maoists haven' t yet submitted expenditure details to the government.
Police seize Prachanda’s vehicle
Airport tax being siphoned off
‘US won't punish people for sins of Maoists’

Prachanda meets Koirala after cabinet row NepalNews after the Prime Minister dismissed the remarks of Matrika Yadav, the Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation, who claimed that army officials were involved in tree felling and poaching of endangered animals.
Maoist ministers walk out; cabinet meeting suspended
Election Fallout: Clueless After the Crashing Announcement the lack of seriousness and dexterity of leadership ....... The first open central committee meeting of the party, concluded just before the planned eight party meet, reached to a conclusion that they might have to launch third phase of Jana Andolan for establishing democratic republic. ....... During the meeting of the top brass of the eight parties with the EC two weeks back, Deuba had raised questions on credibility of elections that will be held without first improving the security situation in the country....... Nepali Congress remains the final pillar of hope for the monarchy. Splinter NC-D is much ahead in support for a republic ........ Madhav Kumar Nepal said his party also supports the idea of outright announcement of republic by the parliament ...... Interestingly, in a recent interview with BBC Nepali Service, astrologers said the time would turn in favour of King Gyanendra after July. The astrologers said monarchy would not be removed from Nepal at any cost after July. One can even suspect if this has been one of the factors prompting the Maoists to hurry to declare republic Nepal. ....... Jana Morcha lawmaker Lilamani Pokharel during the Sunday's session of the parliament said deferral of the CA polls means failure of Koirala. Koirala, while taking oath at the parliament on April 1, had expressed commitment to hold the elections on time and promised to resign if he could not do so. Recalling the statement made by Koirala, Pokharel said he now remains with no option than to resign ........ The final punch from the EC came at a time when Koirala had become active in CA polls preparation: from seeking Indian support to addressing mass meetings as part of the NC's election campaigns nationwide.
Maoist lawmakers disrupt House proceeding
Madhesi MPs demand fresh census ahead of CA polls Twenty-six Madhesi MPs ..... "If the CA election is not going to be held in June, there will be ample time to hold fresh census based on which the constituencies should be re-delineated," said MP and vice president of Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP-Anandidevi) Bharat Bimal Yadav. ..... They have asked the government to stop implementing the ECDC recommendations if it wants to save the country from disintegration. ...... Kailash Nath Kasaudhan, Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, Surendra Prasad Chaudhary, Birendra Kumar, Amaresh Kumar Singh and Nagendra Kumar Raya of Nepali Congress; Chitra Lekha Yadav, Hari Narayan Chaudhary, Laxman Prasad Mehta, Mangal Prasad, Ram Jeevan Singh, Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar, Umakanta Chaudhary, Ram Janam Chaudhary and Mahendra Yadav of Nepali Congress (Democratic); Mahendra Prasad Yadav, Dr. Bansidhar Mishra, Dan Bahadur Chaudhary and Jagadish Prasad Shah of UML; Hridayash Tripathy, Bharat Bimal Yadav and Gobinda Tharu of NSP-Anandidevi; and Ajaya Pratap Shah of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). MPs Jaya Prakash Gupta, Ram Chandra Raya and Renu Yadav have not stated the name of their party in the statement
Police take into control Prachanda’s vehicle after businessman Raju Shrestha claimed that the vehicle belonged to him. ..... The Nissan jeep with plate number Ba 5 Pa 1718 was in the parking area of Hotel Ashoka at Bagbazaar when Shrestha, a resident of Budhanilkantha, claimed that the jeep belonged to him and it was stolen. He then got into it and started the vehicle using the spare key he still retained. ....... the jeep is normally used to ferry top Maoist leaders, including Prachanda.
Nepali Diaspora calls for attention to Terai problem demanded for formation of an impartial commission to probe various incidents that took place in the Terai over the last few months. ..... Stating that the administration failed to responsibly handle the Madheshi movement, they also demanded resignation of Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula. ....... The CPN (M) should immediately stop all acts of extortion, intimidation and violence and should adhere to the commitments made in the Comprehensive Peace Treaty, they said and urged Maoists not to interfere with peaceful programmes and activities of other political parties and organisations and added that Maoists should allow the government to take charge of any law and order problems.
Hollywood actor Gere in Kathmandu "to meet with Tibetan activists" ...... Gere, 57, is a Buddhist and has been a supporter of the Tibetan cause for 25 years and is "very much a hands-on chairman of the International Campaign for Tibet" ..... Over 2,500 Tibetan refugees enter Nepal after adventurous trips across the Himalayas every year. Majority of them later leave Nepal for the Indian town of Dharmashala

Nepali students at Virginia Tech shocked but safe NepalNews
CIAA summons Tulsi Giri, 10 others
Over 2 million citizenships distributed in four months 1,055,869 citizenship certificates have been issued in Terai, 1,022,286 in the hilly region and 173,421 in the mountainous region
Army Chief briefs PM about security situation
No CA elections if snail's pace continues, says Nepal if the government works on present "snail's pace," Constituent Assembly elections might never be held. ..... we must change our pace and working style ..... Nepal also said that parties should forge a common understanding and go for referendum to decide the fate of monarchy.
Madhesi MPs seek consensus on key issues The Madhesi MPs of the Nepali Congress, Nepali Congress (Democratic), CPN (UML), Nepal Sadbhawana Party (Anandi Devi) and others also had held a meeting on Monday in an attempt to reach a common understanding ..... Though the Maoist Madhesi MPs did not attend the meeting Monday, they are expected to join the discussion today. ...... the Madhesi MPs had decided to oppose the ECDC recommendation saying that it does not encompass the commitments of the eight parties expressed through prime minister's address to the nation weeks earlier.
JTMM kills one in Bara, attacks police post in Rautahat Around four dozen armed members of the JTMM Jwala Singh attacked the police post at Chet Nagar.
Prachanda, Sitaula discuss latest political developments

YCL pickets DAOs to protest police raid

Sujata accuses YCL of training on 'booth capturing' accused that each YCL cadre possessed a weapon and were preparing to capture booths during elections by using those weapons ..... she obtained the information after touring villages of Sunsari district. "The reason why elections could not be held on June is the Maoists" ....... Koirala further charged that despite bagging plum cabinet portfolios and enjoying government allowances, the Maoists were yet to stop collecting 'donations.' ..... She said the Maoists were still running parallel government and refusing to return seized properties. She added that before improving the security situation and resolving Terai problem, elections cannot be held.
Sadbhavana Parties prepare to unite The NSP factions – one led by Anandidevi Singh and another led by Laxman Lal Karna – have claimed that unity process has come to final phase. The NSP leaders have claimed that the unity was being forged in order to bring together all pro-Madhesi forces....... the unity would come to fruition before the deadline for registering party at the Election Commission scheduled for April 27. Rajendra Mahato, general secretary of NSP (Anandidevi) and Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, also informed that the unity would materialise in a few days. Karna even added that they were urging Upendra Yadav also to join the united Sadbhavana instead of running the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF).

Janjatis withdraw valley blockade NepalNews
Prime Minister proved incompetent: Lawmaker
Police raid YCL offices The Metropolitan Police has simultaneously raided the offices of Maoists' Young Communist League (YCL) in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts on Sunday afternoon. At the instruction of Home Ministry, teams of police raided the offices in Balaju, Gathhaghar and Balkumari in search of "unauthorised weapons" and "abducted persons", according to Metropolitan Police commissioner AIG Deepak Thangden.
Maoists reactivate parallel local governments, issue life threat to IDP According to local cadres, their party has directed the to launch a nationwide campaign for opening such council offices. ..... the party’s central committee has directed them to open parallel offices at par with government offices at district, municipality and village levels. ..... “We will be opening ward, municipality and district level offices much the same as the government. We plan to open our offices adjoining government offices.” .... the offices are meant to solve problems unsolved by the state. ..... in Bardia, Maoists have threatened to kill Mukti Bahadur Swar of Gola village of Bardiya district if he ventures to return home. ...... According to Swar, who has been living at the district headquarters for five years, the Maoist cadres had threatened to chop him into pieces if he attempted to return home.
NC asks MJF to withdraw bandh
DEO says his abduction a warning against CA polls

PM Must Take Lion's Share of Blame: Sahana Himalayan Times Pradhan said Koirala and his party (that holds major portfolios, including the home, defense and finance ministries), must take the responsibility for not being able to hold the elections. .... Pradhan hit out at what she called "lack of coordination and lack of seriousness" on the part of the eight parties, the government and the legislature-parliament. ...... Vice president of Janamorcha Nepal, Leela Mani Pokhrel, however, suggested formal announcement of an "end of monarchy" and the start of a republic from the parliament to "compensate" the poll postponement. Pokhrel also blamed Koirala and the NC for failing to hold the polls. ...... NC leader Narahari Acharya, however, ruled out any possibility of holding the elections if the "current situation continues," while human rights defender Daman Nath Dhungana expressed the hope that political parties would show the guts to declare a republic from the legislature-parliament.

Deuba goes with EC, welcomes polls deferral decision Kantipur
CPN-UML holds PM responsible for polls delay criticized the PM for "incessantly parroting" assurances to hold timely polls without an objective analysis of the current situation and "lying to the public".
EC announcement razed basis of eight party unity: Prachanda "Now, a new foundation for unity can be laid only if the House itself proclaims the country a republic," Prachanda opined.
We are ready for talks if govt creates favourable climate: MPRF
Maoists smell rat in CA polls deferral
जुम्लामा मोटर
दलहरू अन्योलमा तोकिएको मितिमा चुनाव नहुने निष्कर्षा आठै दल पुगे पनि त्यसको जिम्मेवारी क-कसले लिने भन्ने आरोप-प्रत्यारोप चलेको छ । प्रधानमन्त्री निवास बालुवाटारमा मध्याह्न बसेको बैठकमा प्रधानमन्त्री गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइरालाले आयोगको पत्र पढेर सुनाएका थिए । ..... घोषित समयमा निवर्ँचन गराउन नसक्नु कार्यकारी प्रमुखको अक्ष्ँमता भएको आरोप अन्य दलले लगाएका थिए । ..... 'अहिले चुनाव हुन सक्दैन भन्ने आयोगको बहाना मात्र हो । कुनै तयारी गर्न नलगाउने यो सबै कांग्रेसको षड्यन्त्र हो,' माओवादी वरिष्ठ नेता डा. बाबुराम भट्टर्राईले भने । ...... डा. भट्टर्राईले भने- 'यो सात साल दोहोर्‍याउने षड्यन्त्र हो । त्यसलाई रोक्न गणतन्त्र घोषणा गरेर जानर्ुपर्छ भन्ने हाम्रो प्रस्ताव हो ।' ...... डा. भट्टर्राईले भने- 'तीनवटै मोर्चा -सरकार, सदन, सडक) बाट संर्घष्ा गर्ने कि बाहिर रहेर गर्ने भन्नेबारे हामी तयारी गर्दैछौं ।'
चुनावलाई समय पुगेन

CA date debacle fallout: Deuba welcomes; UML blames govt; Maoists want republic NepalNews The Standing Committee meeting of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), however, has concluded that the inefficiency of the government, particularly the Prime Minister as the chief executive, is to blame for the delay in the polls. ..... majority of Maoist leaders have advised that the parliament should now declare republic if there is no possibility of holding the CA polls on time.
King says he appreciates peace process
MJF sets two conditions for dialogue with govt The Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) has said it is ready for talks if the government suspends the process to delimit electoral constituencies for the forthcoming constituent assembly polls and guarantees security in Terai region.
PLA men leave camps to protest EC announcement
50 locals injured in Maoists attack Even after they joined the interim government, Maoist’s excesses remained unchecked. At least 50 persons were injured, four of them critically — when Maoists and locals clashed at Betali VDC-6 of Ramechhap district on Friday afternoon. According to locals 50 Young Communist League cadres led by Maoist area in-charge Madan attacked the locals at Betali bazaar with pistols, khukuris, sticks and iron bars. ..... Maoists from adjoining villages also joined their colleagues in attacking villagers. They also looted a CDMA phone set from Ram Chandra Basnet, locals said. ..... Some houses also sustained minor damage in the attack and treatment of the injured was hampered as health worker at the village health centre Arjun Karki was also injured in the incident.
DEO Joshi freed by police A joint team of Nepal Police and Armed Police Force (APF) have freed the abducted District Education Officer (DEO) Nibharaj Joshi. ..... DEO of Saptari district, Joshi, who had been kidnapped by activists of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (Goit faction) a week ago, was freed from a house of one Yug Narayan Yadav at Bathnaha VDC-2 of Saptari district. .... there was no clash during the search and rescue operation.

Nepal: India to build postal-roads Telegraphnepal.com, Nepal Ambassador Mukherjee is learnt to have asked Koirala as to what were being done by the government to assuage the Madhesi movement. The Indian envoy also expressed his government’s desire to build “postal roads in the villages” in Nepal. The ambassador is also learnt to have met UML chief Madhav Nepal, Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan, Supply Minister Rajendra Mahato, Wednesday.
Nepal: Election Impossible says Pokharel Telegraphnepal.com, Nepal the government is yet to prepare good atmosphere for the CA elections. .... He point blank told the reporters under the existing security situation the election was impossible. Until and unless the people feel that it is safe and secure to participate in the elections, the CA polls cannot be held.
Election Chief In Nepal Says CA Polls Can Be Held On Time All Headline News Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokhrel on Wednesday said the interim government can hold elections as scheduled. .... the elections can be held even under "unfavorable" circumstances. ... Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Tsutomu Hiraoka handed over 60,000 semi-transparent ballot boxes to the EC amidst a program on Wednesday.

Chiran Thapa: Emulating A Singaporean Model, Overhauling The Leadership

Almost every political leader in Nepal has referenced Singapore's success story during his/her political career. The political leaders have constantly boasted of an ability to tow Nepal out of the political and economic abyss and transform it into a prosperous nation like Singapore. However, as the adage goes it's easier said than done. A simple observation would affirm that Nepal is very far from replicating the Singaporean success. A progressive overhaul of the political leadership is the most exigent need of the nation and it is the first step towards emulating the Singaporean success model.

What makes Singapore such an appealing example for reference amongst Nepali leadership is the country's speedy road to success. In merely three decades, the world witnessed a tiny forsaken island transform itself from a languid laid-back British colonial outpost to a vibrant economic powerhouse. Given the outstanding pace at which economic growth and development progressed in Singapore, it became a preferable exemplar.

Ironically, when Nepali leaders conveniently reference the Singaporean benchmark, simply to sway the constituents, a majority of them have very little understanding or knowledge of the formulas and processes that contributed to Singapore's success. Rather than just fixating on its speedy progress, it is prescribable to concentrate on the host of salient contributors to the country's success - amongst which, the astute political leadership stands pre-eminent. Its geographical location, meticulously crafted policies, a highly educated and ethical populace have all blended together to effectuate a brilliant recipe of success. But above all, the main credit must go to the political leadership. It was the visionary and robust leadership of Lee Kwan Yew and his associates that propelled Singapore from a small impoverished island to a prosperous paragon among nations. The leadership's dedication to develop the nation, their incorruptible demeanour, and their knack for crafting meticulously effective public policies are unprecedented. It was Lee and his associates in the government that formulated all the policies--from international trade to trash collection--thus controlling and regulating all aspects of the society.

Albeit critics find the heavy regulation and control strikingly similar to the communist societies, the Singaporean government is at variance because it persevered by very effectively delivering services to their populace. Unlike the communist regimes that crumbled on their own weights, the Singaporean leadership was able to fortify its legitimacy and strength by adequately delivering basic amenities like housing, employment, healthcare, education and physical security. Additionally, under the stewardship of the leadership, the country was able to cultivate a highly educated and disciplined workforce, enhance social cohesion and ensure physical security. Also, it was able to attract substantial foreign investment by providing political stability and ultimately developed a model society.

Another aspect of the Singaporean model noteworthy of mentioning is the educational level attained by the leadership. Almost every top leader holds a high academic degree from a renowned academic institution. It is not just the degree they hold but also the spectacular academic achievements they have made in their academic careers. Most of the leaders were academic prodigies with distinction grades. Negligible exceptions aside, for a majority of them, their ascendancy to the top was based on merits rather than familial linkages.

However, antithetical to the Singaporean Model, the Nepali political leadership is widely accepted to be the supreme inhibitor of growth and success of the country. Although the history of parliamentary democracy is very brief, the stint has adequately exposed the true colours of the Nepali leadership. In bitter contrast to the Singaporean leadership's commitment and dedication that propelled Singapore towards prosperity, the Nepali leadership's ineptness and indifference has plunged the nation into despair and disarray. While Singaporean leaders receive global veneration for their impressive leadership, the Nepali ones are critically loathed even by their own constituents. Furthermore, what succinctly reflects the status of a leader in Nepal is a synonymous term used to characterize it--a crook. Unlike the Singaporean leaders who are garlanded with accolades of morality, integrity, and competence, their Nepali counterparts are labelled with inescapable tags of malfeasance, corruption, nepotism and incompetence.

The incompetence is further compounded by the Nepali leaders' low levels of education. Others aside, there is no better example to reflect this reality than the example of the current supreme leader, the Prime minister. Few might doubt his decades of involvement in politics but many are highly sceptical about his academic credentials. There are claims that he never even completed his high school. But what gives more weight to this scepticism is the fact that there has never been any mention of his academic degrees anywhere. Even in his biography on the government's webpage, there is no mention of any academic career. Regardless, Nepal's leadership has never been gauged by the academic credentials or leadership abilities but more by particular affiliations and involvement in political activities. Furthermore, the system of meritocracy is almost inexistent. And it is the political leadership that is alleged of establishing and entrenching a culture where credentials are superseded by nepotism.

So what quality of deliverance can be expected from the leadership whose credentials are gauged either by the number of participation in political protests or by the decibels of their shrieks during those rallies? How is Nepal supposed to move forward when those who are entrusted with the steering wheel of the nation are directionless and are incessantly wrangling for control? More so, what kind of progress can a nation anticipate from those who were in the past heavily involved in plundering and destroying the nation's assets and have now thrust themselves into the leadership platform?

Quintessentially, leaders are role models for a society. Their values, ethics and public responsibility are supposed to set a precedent for the society. Since they are bestowed with power to influence, their every action has great impact. It is an accepted truth that not everyone is a born leader; most acquire and develop the trait. Nonetheless, a leader must possess the ability to lead and motivate, should have a guiding vision and a passion for public service but above all must hold high integrity. Additionally, the globalized era has not only necessitated a global interaction but has also made the process of policy-making even more complex. Given this reality, proper education plays a cardinal role. However, despite holding the reins of power for more than a decade, Nepali leaders have clearly failed to acquire and develop these virtues. On the contrary, their portfolios are tainted by decadence and empty promises.

Hence, given the prevalent deficiency in the current leadership's abilities, the prospects of emulating a Singaporean model under this leadership are highly suspect. As long as there is an impotent authority presiding over country's decision making process, the possibility of the country gearing forward towards prosperity is slim.

Today, given those bleak prospects, there is a growing demand for an overhaul in the leadership. For the sake of the country's progress, it has become imperative to replace the old faces with new ones. Clearly the old-guards have been unsuccessful in meeting the aspirations of the Nepali people. Therefore a fresh, energetic, dedicated and educated group of leaders should be allowed to step in for the task. Inevitably, this emerging generation of young leaders that have so far been sidelined and compelled to operate under the shadows of the old-timers will emerge and take charge. The old leadership can still make good of their promise to transform Nepal into Singapore. Step down with honour, make way for the new generation of leaders, and let them engineer their "Singaporean model."