माअोवादीको गणतन्त्रको माग जस्तै हो मधेस राज्यको माग

एक मधेस, एक प्रदेशको नारा मधेसी अान्दोलनको मुल नारा हो। त्यो माग पुरा नभएसम्म मधेसी अान्दोलन जारी रहन्छ। यो त िसद्धान्तको कुरा हो। िसद्धान्तमा न छलफल हुन्छ, न कुनै िकिसमको compromise हुन्छ।

अप्िरल क्रान्ितले लोकतन्त्रको मुद्दामा compromise गरेन। मधेसी अान्दोलनले एक मधेस, एक प्रदेशको मुद्दामा compromise गर्नेवाला छैन। माअोवादीले गणतन्त्रको मुद्दामा compromise गरेन। त्यो अडान सही िथयो।

नेपालमा ४०% जनसंख्या रहेको मधेसी समुदाय नेपालिभत्र बस्न सक्छ भने भोिलको मधेस राज्यमा त्यहाँ ४०% जनसंख्या रहेको पहाडी समुदाय त्यस राज्यमा िकन बस्न सक्दैन?

मधेस राज्यको अवधारणाप्रित सत्तामा रहेका सात वटै पार्टी सहमित देखाउने गरी अगािड अाउनुपर्यो। त्यो कदम निलने हो भने िगिरजाको चुनवाको पिन त्यही हाल हुन्छ जुन िक राजाको नगर िनर्वाचनको भएथ्यो। िगिरजाले गर्न लागेको िनर्वाचन होइन नौटंकी हो।

िनर्वाचन ६०० सीटकालािग पिन हुन्छ कहीं नेपाल जस्तो सानोे देशमा? ३०० सीटकालािग दलीय पुर्णसमानुपाितक िनर्वाचनमा जाने।


मधेसी जनजाित अान्दोलनकालािग दलीय पुर्ण समानुपाितक िनर्वाचनको अावश्यकता
चार राज्य: कोशी, गण्डकी, कर्णाली, मधेस
नेपालमा ४०% मधेशी, मधेशमा ४०% पहाडी

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Indefinite Terai strikes enters day two United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) and Federal Republican National Front (FRNF) called the indefinite strike ...... The strike across the Terai has hit the capital hard, as the Terai is the only route to bring in petrol, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene to the country from sole supplier India. ...... the three major Madhesi parties called the indefinite strike aimed at blocking roads to Kathmandu and other hilly areas of landlocked Nepal. ....... The agitating FRNF comprises of Madhesi Peoples Rights Forum Bhagyanath Gupta faction, Khumbuwan, Limbuwan, Tamsaling, Madhes Dalit Indigenous Party, Joint Tharu National Front, among others, called the indefinite strike putting forth its 3-point demands.
YCL to be mobilised to avert “Bihari style” elections
People’s faith in police eroding: Report
Black marketeers, profiteers make merry while consumers panic
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मधेस आन्दोलनका र्सत

Govt formally invites UMDF for talks NepalNews
NC starts homework on election candidacies February 20, the date set by the Election Commission for submitting the closed list of candidates to be elected under the proportional representation system. ..... The EC has said each political party will have to submit at least 10 percent of 335 PR seats.
Second day of indefinite bandh cripples life in Terai the East-West Mahendra Highway that traverses a number of eastern and central Terai districts has been virtually deserted while educational institutions and industries have stopped operation since yesterday. ....... Birgunj, Biratnagar, Rajbiraj, Itahari, Lahan, Kalaiya and Gaur remain closed ..... The bandh has partially affected districts like Jhapa, Rupendhi, Kapilvastu, Nawalparasi and Banke.
Mahara urges agitating groups to participate in polls The Maoist party has announced that at least 200 YCL cadres will be mobilised in each polling booth.

Yadav warns of Madhes capture Upendra Yadav, chief of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), has warned of Madhes capture as a counter to Maoist strategy of capturing central state power. Reacting to Maoist chairman Prachanda's statement of capturing state, Yadav said his party will capture Madhes if that happens. .... an autonomous Madhes with right to self determination
Strike hits terai and eastern hills The organisers termed this strike as their 'final battle' to get their demands met before the constituent assembly election scheduled for April 10.
Thapa doubts timely polls Thapa warned that seed of disintegration would be sown in the country if the government ignored the demands raised by the agitating groups across the country.

RJP lawmaker quits parliament NepalNews Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) lawmaker Renu Kumari Yadav quit the interim parliament on Sunday, pledging her support to the ongoing agitation in Terai. She also resigned from her position in the RJP. In the past weeks, a number of MPs from different parties including the Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) had resigned from the parliament as well as their respective parties and have been waging a protest movement in Terai.
Gachhadar warns of disintegration if Madhes issues not resolved the country will head to disintegration if anyone tries to push the election through without resolving issues raised by Madhes first ..... it would be a folly to try to hold the election in Terai at this juncture without addressing various demands raised by Madhesis.
CEC asks govt to settle political and security issues within three days
Cabinet decides to ensure reservation for marginalised communities

Madhesis want a guarantee of autonomous province, says Mahato NepalNews decisive agitation from February 11.
Three Madhesi parties form new alliance; announce stir six demands, which include guarantee of an autonomous Terai state with right to self-determination, and proportional representation of Madhesis, Janajatis, Dalits and other marginalised groups in state organs including the Nepal Army. ...... protest rallies across Terai on February 11 and 12 while an indefinite strike will be imposed from February 13 throughout the country followed by a shutdown strike in government offices on February 16 and blockade and non-cooperation protest from the next day.
RJP chief asks govt to resolve Terai problem within a week to make election possible the people would not accept the results of the CA election if it is conducted with the backing of security forces and without the bringing armed Terai groups to the negotiating table. .... deployment of army there would bring terrible results .... Thapa warned that conducting election in the hills and Terai in two different phases would practically thrust the nation into the path of disintegration.
UML divided over electoral alliance with the Maoists

Madhesi Front forces administrative offices in Terai to close down NepalNews padlocked more than a dozen District Administration Offices including Dhanusha, Siraha and Saptari ..... the Front and Mahantha-Thakur led Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (TMLP) have forged a working alliance to push the Madhes agitation. The decision was taken at a meeting held recently between the two parties in Kathmandu after the Front agreed to the 11-ponit demand put forth by TMLP
Ethnic groups warn of protests from mid-February United Republican Front (URF), the alliance of seven ethno-political groups ..... After a meeting in Birgunj Friday, leaders of the agitating ethno-political groups forwarded their four-point demands to be fulfilled before the constituent assembly polls. ..... The Front has called for a political conference involving all the agitating groups in Terai and the hills, amendment of the interim constitution, formation of an interim government before going to the CA election. It said the fourth amendment in the interim constitution should guarantee “right to self-determination” for ethnic groups in federal Nepal and adopt fully proportional election system for the upcoming polls. ....... The Front includes Limbuwan, Khumbuwan, Tharuwan, Tamsaling, Bhagyanath Gupta-led Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, Karnali Mukti Morcha, among others.
Govt preparing to come up with toothless TRC since responsible political leaders, high-level officials, and army officials could be implicated for war crimes and crimes related with forced disappearances, the Ministry has inserted provisions to provide them with amnesty.
Limbuwan strike hits eastern hills Public transport in Ilam, Pachthar and Fidim has come to halt.
Silence is also (an) action: King Gyanendra

Dark forces rising Nepali Times
Another window Sushil Koirala said that if he only knew how to get in touch with Goit and Jwala Singh, he would talk. ..... Sujata Koirala establishing separate contact with some madhesi groups through an aide. ...... no one trusts Sujata after she ruined Upendra Yadav by encouraging him to go for a second phase of the movement so she could get at arch-foe, Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula. ....... The government’s failure to implement the Upendra Yadav deal scares madhesi groups about going into negotiations. ...... Madhesi politicians do not see any point in talking to Poudel, whose ability to deliver has only diminished with Sujata’s ascendance. ...... Lainchaur also told Mahant Thakur to override objections within his party, especially from Hridayesh Tripathi, to ally with other madhesi groups. ...... Some editorials in the capital have called for deployment of the army to quell tarai troubles. Do that, and madhesi extremists will be thrilled. After that, not even Pashupatinath can save this country from the rise of an armed separatist movement.
Holiday in Kenya’s tarai the Kikuyus’ political and economic domination. ..... Strident demands for equality between Kenya’s 42 tribes ...... Coast Province is the local tarai, with a long list of grievances against highland domination.
Sitaula the survivor

Violence spurts after new poll date Kantipur Killings, abductions and other criminal activity by politically motivated armed groups in the tarai and other parts of the country have risen markedly since the announcement of a fresh poll date.
Janakpur tense on eve of SPA rally
Indefinite Terai banda cripples life on 2nd day Normal life in Terai has been crippled on Friday, the second consecutive day of the indefinite transport strike in Terai called by several Madhesi parties since Thursday. .... The traffic movement in Janakpur has come to a grinding halt. ..... 11-point demands including proportional representation in the upcoming Constituent Assembly polls slated for April 10. ...... The TMDP and UMF had called separate two-week long protest programmes in Terai from Sunday demanding right to self-determinism and autonomy in Terai.
Supposed talks between govt-TMDP put off
मधेसका सशस्त्र-निःशस्त्र समूहबीच सहमति
आमसभा बिथोल्न बन्द आह्वान
सेना परिचालन हुन सक्छ’

Security tightened ahead of Janakpur mass meeting NepalNews Parties like Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP) led by Rajendra Mahato, and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) led by Upendra Yadav have imposed bandh in several districts of the region – which have also been supported by armed outfits.
Armed and unarmed Terai outfits reach their own pact of cooperation the groups, on Friday, reached a 23-point agreement at an undisclosed location. ..... Manoj Mukti, Dhanusha district chief of the Madhes Raksha Bahini – a militant youth wing of Rajendra Mahato-led Nepal Sadbhavana Party – revealed that they have agreed to jointly resist the joint meetings of seven parties. .... they also agreed not to abduct, or demand extortion from people of Madhesi origin. They have also agreed to carry out their agitations jointly. ...... The agreement is said to have been reached among the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum led by Upendra Yadav, Raksha Bahini as well as armed groups such as Jwala Singh’s Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha, Terai Mukti Morcha and Madhesi Mukti Tigers. ...... concluded the deployment of police in Terai as non-political and unconstitutional move
Seven-party taskforce still undecided over formation of local bodies the Maoists want all-party mechanism that would also involve political parties not represented in the parliament

Nidhi says some Madhesi parties are trying to subvert democracy NepalNews
Terai tense as strike continues in several districts
Row erupts again in NSP-A

Three Madhesi parties join forces NepalNews In a joint meeting in Janakpur, Upendra Yadav-led Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), Mahantha Thakur’s newly formed Terai-Madhesh Loktantrik Party (TMLP) and Sadbhawana Party (SP) led by Rajendra Mahato agreed to tie up. The meeting attended by the heads of the three parties formed a taskforce to devise the strategies and the structure of the new alliance. MJF leader Jaya Prakash Gupta said the alliance would be formally announced within a week. ....... saying that elections are not possible without first addressing the demands of Madhesi people

Civil war might erupt if election forced on Madhesi people: MJF chief NepalNews would also not let the election take place. Madhesi groups announce protests Samyukta Madhesi Morcha and Madhesh Terai Loktantrik Party have announced protest programmes in the Terai .... beginning January 23 to press for the right to self-determination and an autonomous region. ...... constituent assembly polls are impossible to be held in the scheduled date without first addressing the demands of the Madhesi people. ...... all education offices in Terai districts would be closed for a day on January 23, protest rallies would be held in Bara and Kapilvastu districts on January 24, vehicular strike will be held in headquarters of Terai districts on January 25 and protest rallies will be held in Rangeli of Morang district and Gulariya of Bardiya district on January 26. On January 27, the front will organise strike throughout the Terai. ..... Mahanta Thakur-led Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party announced its protest programmes effective from Sunday. Announcing the agitation programmes in Janakpur, Thakur said the seven parties in government had ignored Madhesi issues and there was no choice before his party but to launch a Madhes agitation. .... The agitation will be intensified from February 5 if the government continues to ignore the demands put forward by his party.
Stubborn Koirala and NC’s Impending Downfall the desire of the leadership to not listen to the voice from Tarai.
Thakur steps up tirade against election; to start Madhes agitation from Saturday there cannot be any election without resolving Madhesi issues first. ..... Thakur asked the government to hold talks with armed Madhesi outfits to create environment for election. ..... He also asked the government to stop what he called as ‘suppression of Madhesi people through the deployment of armed police.’

अान्दोलन िक िनर्वाचन: मधेसी र जनजाित पार्टीहरूको एकीकरणको सवाल

मधेसी जनजाित अान्दोलनकालािग दलीय पुर्ण समानुपाितक िनर्वाचनको अावश्यकता

दलीय पु्रण समानुपाितक िनर्वाचन र बन्दुकधारी मधेसी समुहहरूसँग अादरपु्रवक शान्ित वार्ता नगरे अप्िरलमा िनर्वाचन नै हुन निदने अडान महन्थ ठाकुरले िलनुभएको छ। त्यसको समर्थनमा मैले दुई शब्द बोलें पिन: मधेसी जनजाित अान्दोलनकालािग दलीय पुर्ण समानुपाितक िनर्वाचनको अावश्यकता । तर त्यसपिछ मैले िवचार गरें र मलाई लाग्यो मधेसी जनजाित अान्दोलनकालािग त्यो सबैभन्दा राम्रो बाटो नहुन सक्छ।

अिहलेको व्यवस्थामा थुप्रै कमी कमजोरी छन्। ६०१ जनाको पिन कहीं संसद हुन्छ नेपाल जस्तो सानो देशमा? समानुपाितकको फर्मुला बुझी नसक्नु छ। िनर्वाचन क््षेत्र िनर्धारण गर्दा बखेडा हुन्छ। तर मधेसी र जनजाित अान्दोलन हुनुभन्दा अगािड अप्िरल क्रान्ित हुनुपर्यो। त्यसको कारण के त? भन्दा खेरी शक्ित भनेको लोकतन्त्रमा मतदाताकोमा हुन्छ। अब जाने भनेको जनतामा हो।

भने पिछ गर्ने के?

नेपालमा तीन करोड जनसंख्या छ। त्यसमध्ये डेढ करोड मतदाता होलान्। त्यस मध्ये एक करोडभन्दा बढी मधेसी र जनजाित छन्। लक्ष्य भनेको ती एक करोड मतदातालाई मधेसी र जनजाित अान्दोलनको पक्षमा मत खसाल्न लगाउनु हो।

तराई मधेस लोकतान्त्िरक पार्टी, सद्भावना, अानन्दी, फोरम, फोरम िवश्वास गरी पाँच प्रमुख पार्टी छन्। िकशोर िवश्वासको नेतृत्वमा रहेका िविभन्न दिलत त पहाडका जनजाित पार्टी छन्। यी सबै पार्टीका केन्द्रीय स्तरका नेताहरूको संख्या मुश्िकलले ५०० होला। त्यो पिन नहोला। यी ५०० व्यक्ितले ती एक करोड मधेसीको व्यवहार बदल्न खोिजरहेका छन्।

हजार िबघा जग्गा जोत्न चाहनेले पिहला एक िबघा जग्गा जोतेर देखाउनुपर्छ। एक करोडको व्यवहार बदल्न चाहनेले पिहला ५०० को व्यवहार बदल्न सक्नुपर्छ।

गर्नुपर्ने के त? गर्नुपर्ने भनेको यी सम्पुर्ण पार्टीहरूको एकीकरण हो।

नाम चािहयो। सबैभन्दा उपयुक्त हुन्छ राजेन्द्र महतोको पार्टीको नाम, दुई शब्द: सद्भावना पार्टी। मधेसी जनजाित अान्दोलनको अगुवा नाम त्यही हो। नाम सद्भावना भएपिछ राजेन्द्र महतोले नाम पाए। उनले पार्टी अध्यक्ष र उपाध्यक्ष पद पाउने कुरा अाउँदैन।

अानन्दी देवीलाई सर्वमान्य नेता बनाउने। पद हुन्छ, पावर केही पिन हुँदैन। मिहला पिन हो। मधेसी जनजाित मिहलालाई राम्रो सन्देश पिन पुग्छ।

पार्टी अध्यक्षमा महन्थ ठाकुर। नेपाली काँग्रेसको सहायक महामन्त्री रिहसकेका पिरपक्व व्यक्ित। चुनावपिछ प्रधानमन्त्री पदको दावेदार।

उपाध्यक्ष पदमा िकशोर िवश्वास। अाफ्नो नेतृत्वमा रहेका सबै पार्टीहरूलाई ल्याउने शर्तमा। तराईको सबैभन्दा ठुलो समुह थारू नै हो। त्यस कारण पिन।

महामन्त्री पदमा उपेन्द्र यादव। सुजाताले दुई चार पटक ठगेको मान्छे भए पिन मधेसी क्रान्ितले पैदा गरेको व्यक्ित हुन् यादव। थारू पिछ तराईमा यादवकै बाहुल्य छ।

प्रवक्तामा सिरता िगिर। मिहलालाई अगािड ल्याउनै पर्छ। नत्र अप्िरल क्रान्ितपिछ मधेसी क्रान्ित भए जस्तै मधेसी क्रान्ितपिछ मिहला क्रान्ित हुन्छ।

दोस्रो उपाध्यक्षमा िकशोर िवश्वासको रेकमेन्डेशनमा एक जना पहाडको जनजाितलाई ल्याउनुपर्ने हुन्छ।

तेस्रो उपाध्यक्षमा एक जना दिलतलाई ल्याउनुपर्ने हुन्छ। िवश्वास समुहमा एउटा दिलत पार्टी छ क्या रे। त्यसै पार्टीको अध्यक्षलाई ल्याउँदामा हुन्छ।

यी भए सात जना। त्यसमा चार जना थप्ने अिन त्यो भयो पोिलट्ब्युरो। ती ११ जनामा २२ जना थप्ने, ती ३३ जना भए केन्द्रीय सिमित सदस्य। ती ३३ पदमा नअटाएका तर अिहले एकीकरण हुनु अगािड िविभन्न पार्टीका केन्द्रीय सिमितमा रहेका सबै जना तत्काललाई एकीकृत पार्टीको महासिमित सदस्य हुने भए।

त्यसपिछ िजल्ला स्तरमा एकीकरण हुनुपर्यो। ३३ जनाभन्दा बढी िजल्ला सिमितमा पिन हुँदैन। मधेसी क्रान्ितमा शहीदहरूले ज्यानको अाहुित िदए। जाबो पद त कुन ठुलो कुरा हो र?

गाउँ र नगर स्तरमा पिन एकीकरण गर्नुपर्ने हुन्छ त्यसपिछ।

अिन चुनाव अगािड एउटा महािधवेशन गर्नुपर्ने हुन्छ। बस्। त्यित। बाँकी काम जनताले अाफ्सेअाफ गर्ने छन्।

बन्दुकधारी मधेसी समुहहरूसँग खुसुक्क शान्ित वार्ता गर्नुपर्ने हुन्छ। गोइतजीले अलग देशको कुरा छाड्नैपर्ने हुन्छ नत्र भने वहाँलाई माइनस गरेर अगािड बढ्नुपर्ने हुन्छ। अलग देशको नारा त बीसौं शताब्दीको नारा हो। एक्काइसौं शताब्दीमा त्यो लागु हुँदैन। जनकपुरबाट काठमाण्डु प्लेनमा जान सिकन्छ। होइन म त िहंडेरै जान्छु भनेर भन्नुको के तुक छ? नेपालमा संघीय गणतन्त्रको स्थापना हुन्छ, मधेस राज्यको स्थापना हुन्छ, अिन त्यसपिछ हुने भनेको दक्िषण एिसयाको अार्िथक एकीकरण हो, युरोपमा जस्तो। भारत र चीनले दुई देशबीच free trade area स्थापना गर्ने िनर्णय गिरसके। नेपाललाई त्यसमा समािहत गर्नुपर्ने हुन्छ।

बन्दुकधारी मधेसी समुहहरूले चुनावसम्मकालािग सीजफायर गर्ने, एक मधेस एक प्रदेशको नारामा अाउने, र सद्भावना पार्टीलाई चुनावमा नैितक समर्थन गर्ने। चुनावपिछ सद्भावना सत्तामा जान्छ। अिन ती सबै समुहहरूसँग अादरपुर्वक शान्ित वार्ता गर्छ।

चुनावमा जाँदा सद्भावनाले एउटा पुर्ण संिवधान नै िलएर जानुपर्ने हुन्छ। त्यो पिन मैले लेिखिदया छु। मैले लेखेको संिवधानले नेपाललाई दुिनयाको नम्बर एक लोकतन्त्रको रूपमा स्थािपत गर्ने छ।

म व्यक्ितगत त चुनाव ताका अाउन सक्िदनँ तर मेरा भाषणहरू िभिडयो भएर अाउने छन्। म यहाँ न्यु यर्कमा बसेेर बराकलाई पिन मद्दत गर्नुपर्ने छ। अमेिरकामा पिन म मधेसी नै हो। यहाँ पिन अान्दोलन जारी छ।

चार राज्य: कोशी, गण्डकी, कर्णाली, मधेस
Proposed Constitution

मधेसी जनजाित अान्दोलनकालािग दलीय पुर्ण समानुपाितक िनर्वाचनको अावश्यकता

मधेसी जनजाित अान्दोलनकालािग दलीय पुर्ण समानुपाितक िनर्वाचनको अावश्यकता

सबैभन्दा राम्रो उपाय हो दलीय पुर्ण समानुपाितक चुनाव। दलीय पुर्ण समानुपाितक िनर्वाचन र मधेसी बन्दुकधारी समुहहरूसँग अादरपुर्वक शान्ित वार्ता। सबै मधेसी र जनजाित पार्टीहरूले यी दुई मागकासाथ एउटा िनर्णायक अान्दोलन छेड्नुपर्यो। अन्तिरम संिवधानको चौथो संशोधनकालािग। यी दुई माग पुरा नगरे अप्िरलको घोिषत िनर्वाचन हुन निदने। राजाको नगर िनर्वाचनलाई जसरी परास्त गिरयो त्यसरी नै परास्त गर्ने।

जम्मा ३०० सीटकालािग दलीय पुर्ण समानुपाितक िनर्वाचन। पार्टीको िलस्टमा कमसेकम प्रत्येक तेस्रो नाम मिहला हुन पर्ने, त्यस बाहेक कुनै िनयम नहुने।

ज्वाला, गोइत अािद इत्यािदका सैिनकलाई क्यान्टोनमेन्टमा पुर्याउनुपर्यो, नत्र भने चुनाव कसरी हुन्छ? राजनीितक इमान्दारी देखाउने हो भने शान्ित वार्ता युँ हुन्छ।

दलीय पु्रण समानुपाितक िनर्वाचनमा नजाने हो भने, शान्ित वार्ता नगर्ने हो भने चुनाव अगािड मारकाट हुन्छ, चुनावका दौरान मारकाट हुन्छ र चुनावपिछ पिन मारकाट भइ रहन्छ।

शायद िगिरजाले त्यही चाहेको हो, तर मैले चाहेको त्यो होइन। मैले चाहेको शान्ित र प्रगित हो। िगिरजाले िहंसा र status quo चाहेको छ। पहाडी बाहुनले मधेसी, जनजाित, दिलत र मिहलाका अाँखामा छारो हाल्ने िदन गए।

चार राज्य: कोशी, गण्डकी, कर्णाली, मधेस
बन्दुकधारी मधेसी पार्टीहरूसँग गफ गर्न १० मिहना िढला भइसक्यो
एक मधेस एक प्रदेशकालािग चािहने मोर्चा
पहाडी नेताहरूले मधेशी अान्दोलनबारे बुझ पचाउन खोज्ने दुष्प्रयास
मधेशी अान्दोलनमा अझै पिन अिनश्चय
िनर्वाचन प्रक्िरया बारे बखेडा
नेपालमा ४०% मधेशी, मधेशमा ४०% पहाडी
राजेन्द्र महतोसँग बेइमानी भएको छ
माधव नेपालको तालु, प्रचण्डको तालु, िगिरजाको तालु
मधेशी अान्दोलनले छलाङ मारेको छ
माअोवादीले मधेशी अान्दोलनसँग फेिर िनहुँ खोज्न थालेको छ
पुर्ण समानुपाितक िनर्वाचन िवरूद्धका कुतर्कहरु
पुर्ण समानुपाितक िनर्वाचनकालािग िगिरजालाई कसरी घुँडा टेकाउने?
पुर्ण समानुपाितक िनर्वाचनकालािग मधेशी, जनजाित, दिलतले अान्दोलन गर्नुपर्छ
पहाडी पार्टी काँग्रेसने मधेशीयो के साथ बेइमानी करनेका िनर्णय कर िलया है
पुर्ण समानुपाितक िनर्वाचन अौर एक मधेश एक प्रदेशका नारा पर्याप्त है
एक मात्र िमलनिवन्दु: पुर्ण समानुपाितक िनर्वाचन
समानुपाितक िनर्वाचनको बाहुन फर्मुला मधेशी िवरूद्धको षडयन्त्र हो
तराईमा िहंसाको राजनीितक समाधान छ
जनजाित र दिलतले पार्टी नखोल्नु मानिसक दासता हो
ज्वाला, गोइत, टाइगर और कोबराको चुनाव क्यों लडना चािहए

In The News

EC unveils election programme NepalNews the parties contesting the CA election will have to submit their closed list of candidates for proportional representation system on February 22 while registration of candidature for direct voting will be open from February 22 to 25. ..... the candidates would be given election symbols on March 2.
NSP-A on the verge of yet another split and a faction led by vice-chairman and industry minister Shyam Sundar Gupta. ..... Party chairperson Anandi Devi Singh expelled Gupta from the post of vice-chairman as well as the general membership of the party on Sunday, accusing him of “breaching party’s principles and democratic norms”. ...... Amid rising differences, Gupta recently went on to declare himself as the senior vice-chairman and had been representing the party in the meetings of the top leaders of the seven-party alliance. ...... the party is all set to Gupta him back from the government and nominate another leader
Army chief reiterates his position on non-politicisation of NA
Terai-Madhes party applies for registration at EC Thakur had, on Saturday, said that his party would not take part in election before rights of Madhesis are ensured and proportional representation based election system adopted.

STF arrests Bisfot Singh

Thakur’s party won’t take part in polls before Madhesi rights are ensured Addressing a mass meeting in Birgunj, on Saturday, Thakur said that though he is not against an election, in principle, the Madhesis won’t enjoy ‘rightful representation’ in the current context. ...... He said he will take part in polls only if fully proportional system is adopted. He asked the government to hold talks with armed Terai outfits. ..... “The Special Task Force is engaged in suppressing and creating terror. They must be withdrawn. Otherwise, we will seize their weapons and fight back,” he said. ...... Thakur also urged the government to withdraw government officials of hilly origin from Madhes. ....... some Madhesi leaders are planning to travel to India to hold talks with Jai Krishna Goit, the chief of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM), which is launching violent activities in Terai. Leaders like Upendra Yadav and Jaya Prakash Gupta of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) and Rajendra Mahato of Nepal Sadbhavana Party are preparing to sneak into Indian border from Janakpur area on Saturday night
Sujata backs constitutional monarchy
Maoists fully committed to election, says Gajurel
EC ready for April 10 election
RPP still not confident about CA polls

Over dozen arrested in Rautahat for waving black flags to UML chief NepalNews
Women stage rally demanding 33 pc representation
NC remained indifferent to Madhesis: Thakur
Thakur’s party not to boycott polls
RPP and RJP begin efforts to unite
PM nominates three NC MPs Nagendra Jha, Laxman Raya Yadav and Rishikesh Tiwari as MPs to represent Sarlahi, Saptari and Parbat districts
EC sets registration deadline for new parties January 14 deadline for new political parties to register .... The EC had earlier registered 125 political parties
RPP nominates MPs to fill vacant positions Ras Narayan Yadav (Sarlahi), Abhishek Pratap Shaha (Kapilvastu) and Narendra Chaudhary (Salyan) .... In place of Netra Prasad Shrestha, who has settled abroad, the party has chosen Chaudhary.

Tarai frontline Madhesi militant groups are preparing for a showdown Prashant Jha in Nepali Times Chandrashekhar, the newly appointed head of Jwala Singh’s intellectual front, Tarai Buddhijivi Mukti Morcha, and Arjun Singh, head of the student front, look thrilled. ....... and believe that tit-for-tat attacks on madhesis or aggressive state security deployment would benefit them. ...... Jwala has emerged as the most powerful armed group in the tarai, claiming a strength of 25,000 ..... they do have about 500 people each in several of the sensitive districts ..... “But the pahadi is the symbol of the state. We want madhesi self-rule.” ...... “Kathmandu thinks these are rag tag groups of 20-25 people,”complains a Janakpur police official, “but several villages are dominated by them.” ....... Besides Jwala’s JTMM, the other militant groups are Goit’s JTMM, the Samyukta Janatantrik Mukti Morcha (SJMM) headed by Pawan aka Prahlad Giri, and the Madhesi Mukti Tigers of Praful Yadav. Bisfot Singh’s group has merged with SJMM. ....... increasing collaboration between all of the armed groups ...... Jwala’s activists say they want an autonomous single Madhes, and an election without such a commitment is meaningless. ..... “It is their CDO, their SP, their election system. Only pahadis will win. Kathmandu doesn’t want polls but if they go ahead, we will unleash a killing spree. It will be like Kashmir or Iraq.” ...... Jwala himself travels around the Indian towns of Darbanga, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur, Samastipur, Madhubani, and more recently, Gorakhpur. ....... JTMM activists say they are careful not to carry arms in India and face little problems here. “The local people and leaders are with us, and the SSB is neutral,” said one. Local support for the JTMM is visible. A passenger on a bus tells us: “We are fully with madhesi groups. We are the same and this is their fight against slavery.” ...... They all belonged to mainstream groups and now appear to have found a cause that gives them a sense of purpose, solidarity, and adventure. The caste mix of Jwala’s JTMM is largely Dalit and non-Yadav upper and intermediate castes. ....... At a recent meeting of his district chiefs, Jwala Singh asked them not to harass madhesis anymore, reportedly saying: “Madhesi people will slap us if we don’t change.” ...... the command structure is hollow, leadership is inexperienced and the organisation needs money. There is no ideological program or a clear work plan and activists have gotten used to the easy route. ...... “Wait for the violence in the next two months. We are preparing for a decisive movement.”
Running out of time The three madhesi groups (led by Upendra Yadav, Rajendra Mahato and Mahant Thakur) are preparing for agitation. Armed groups have sounded out a warning ....... all it will take is the killing of a few candidates, localised riots and blasts to derail polls. There is no administration, people are terrified, and alienation from the state is intense. ........ people just don’t trust the seven parties in Kathmandu and are sure they will put off polls again, using the madhes as an excuse. ...... the Mahato-Yadav front is talking to Mahant Thakur to set up a broader alliance. ..... None of the madhesi groups have a strong organisation. ...... they have begun coordinating with armed groups. ...... At the first mass meeting of the Yadav-Mahato front in Biratnagar, a host of speakers defined the agenda in different ways: full proportional representation, dissolution of the interim house, a caretaker government, a fresh census, implementation of promises, a commitment to autonomy. But leaders know they will need to come up with minimum reasonable demands. ..... The Maoists know they will lose out if there are more delays. Koirala has told aides the NC will be in real crisis if polls fail. ....... there will have to be a fourth amendement of the interim constitution with a change in the electoral system. Madhesi leaders complain that if they put up more than 20 percent candidates in the proportional system, they will need to give representation to other communities. ...... “If we get 100 seats, based only on madhesi votes, we can only send 33 madhesis. This should be applicable to national parties, not regional groups. We should be allowed to put up 33 percent candidates, our population ratio, while being allowed to skip the obligation to be proportional,” explains Mahato. ..... Unless the government is pro-active in the next fortnight, expect an increase in violence, an agitation, and no situation for elections in the madhes.