Nepal under Jungle Rule

Quote, “Maoist central member and former minister for land reforms and management Matrika Yadav on Wednesday asked landless people to grab the land of landlords and settle there. Speaking at a programme in Simara on Wednesday he thanked the landless people for their courage to seize the land belonging to Shanti Singh. Yadav said he would retaliate if anybody tried to protest the seizure.” Quote, “Nepali Congress CA members on Wednesday vented ire at the government and the CPN-Maoist for allowing Maoist cadres to roam around the CA venue with arms. Speaking at on Wednesday's legislative session of the CA, NC member Shobhakar Parajuli said Maoist cadres were openly moving on the CA premises with AK-47 and other modern weapons. Quote, “Another NC CA member Arjun Prasad Joshi demanded explanation from the Home Minister and asked "Who is responsible for the security of the parliament?" Quote, “Constituent Assembly (CA) members of Nepali Congress sought response from the government for allowing Maoist CA members to bring their armed bodyguards inside the premises of the International Convention Center.”

Quote, “DSP Ram Chandra Bhandari, who was alleged to have facilitated the escape of notorious criminal Hitlal Sahani aka Rudal from police custody in Birgunj in April 2007, has landed the position of personal security officer to PM Puspa Kamal Dahal. A senior official at police headquarters informed that HQ can only decide on the police team responsible for the PM's security. The PM's personal security officers are hand-picked by the PM's office. He also claimed that both in terms of character and competence, DSP Bhandari does not qualify to be security officer for a VIP.

The above mentioned are just a few examples of the jungle rule in Nepal. In every aspect of life in Nepal there are incidents just like these happening every single moment and there is absolutely no Law and Order to check and correct such activities. The ones involved in such activities are the heads of government, party leaders, party members and the law makers themselves. If the lawmakers are going to be involved in breaking the law then who is responsible for maintaining the law and order. No-one, and that’s why Nepal in under the Jungle Rule where it is the survival of the fittest. People walk around with firearms in public places, loot and seize property belonging to others and engage in all kinds of illegal activities prohibited by the law and there is no action taken against them and they just rule.

Now would you believe that the Prime Minister of Nepal Mr. Puspa Kamal Dahal aks Prachanda is not aware of the fact about what is happening in Nepal, He knows it all cause all of these unacceptable activities are being performed by his party members, supporters and followers or as a matter of fact his own people. So why is Mr. Dahal going places talking about New Nepal, prosperity, security, stability and issues that Him and his party do not intend to even come close to. What kind of propaganda is this, where you are still acting as a terrorist institution terrorizing your countrymen on one hand and trying to blind the rest of the world by making false statements and trying to gain popularity among the world community. If you really want us to believe you then start cleaning up the dirty acts from within your party and show the world that all illegal activities that your party is involved in has completely stopped. Mr. Prime Minister, you can fool some people sometimes, but you can’t fool all the people all the time. So please start implementing as a nationalist with acts and deeds of patriotism or else, you were, you are and will always be incapable of doing anything good for the nation.

Did Prachanda meet President Bush ??

The news about the Prime Minister of Nepal, Puspa Kamal Dahal meeting with President Bush which has been all over the Nepalese media is really not true. Why would President Bush, who is fighting a war against the world terrorism, meet with someone whose party or institution as you may say is still on a watch list. Mr. Dahal seeing Mr. Bush is only a coincidence, where Mr. Bush and the First Lady hosted a dinner for all the visiting Head of States to the UN Assembly and Mr. Dahal happened to be one. Rather than the mentioned coincidence there has not been any official meeting between the two leaders, (one fighting against terrorism and one a head of a terrorist organization the Maoists)

paid family vacation for Prachanda

Nepal’s Revolutionary Prime Minister who is currently on a trip to the US wherein he is set to address the 63 rd session of the UN General Assembly-UNGA- is accompanied not only by his better half Mrs. Sita Poudel, heir apparent Prakash Dahal, Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav, some Foreign Ministry Officials and his personal secretary but reports say that his daughter and daughter-in-law too have joined the Nepali delegation to the US. Keeping the media in dark revolutionary Prime Minister’s daughter Mrs. Renu Dahal and Daughter in law Mrs. Srijana Tripathi-Dahal were told to take another flight on the same day to the US for fear of being grabbed by the media, add reports. This was a life time opportunity Mr. Dahal the terrorist turned Prime Minister had to give his entire family, a vacation to the US, which he made the best use of shamelessly on the tax payers money. One has to understand that the rebel leader comes from a average middle-class family and would have never been able to do so for his family with his hard earned money. Secondly, having lived a life of a terrorist for almost a decade has caused him and his family a lot of suffering and pain. Now, he is trying to be a good family man by treating them with a paid vacation to the land of dreams. Keep it up Mr. Prime Minister, this is exactly what was expected of you and you have proved that you are no different than the previous ones.

Breach of agreement and betrayal to people

Contributor: DIRGHA RAJ PRASAI The Nepalese people are suffering because India, America and the United Nations are acting only for their own interests, which are different. India does not want the presence of UNMIN in Nepal because until UNMIN is here there would be international pressure against its nefarious intention of breaking up Nepal and it will not be able to conspire openly. On the other side, UNMIN has its own interest for not wanting to leave Nepal. The interest of UNMIN and America is similar and their concern is to destroy China by instigating civil war in Nepal. It might be mentioned here that the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, who is a former South Korean Foreign Minister is an American ally. But Nepal has more fear from India than from America because the infamous Indian intelligence agency RAW is working and implementing its grand design to make Nepal and the Nepalese suffer more. But if Nepal becomes unstable and a troubled land it might even affect the unity of India. Anarchy, if rages, go uncontrolled and beyond one single country's border. Monarchy in Nepal is a factor for the stability of Nepal and understanding between India and China. Therefore, if there is no monarchy in Nepal, it might pose danger to both India and China. This country was formed by the joint effort of the people and the king and no leader or political party has the right to destroy and break up this country by removing king. It is a matter of regret that two years ago that India had laden the Maoist rebellion along with Nepali Congress, UML and others with the 12-point agreement for so-called full democracy. That movement that ensued after the 12-point agreement was not for a republic state. The movement had stopped only with an agreement between the king and the political parties with the internal consent of the Maoists. In the agreement, it was agreed that the sovereignty of the country would be handed over to the people with the king as the ceremonial monarch. After the movement stopped the country failed to take the agreed path with the parties involved in the movement in the name of people's movement breached the agreement and overstepped the constitution. The South Bloc and the Indian intelligence agency used the Maoists, congress and UML to breach the agreement and to eliminate monarchy. This was a great betrayal to the country. Within a month of the restoration of the parliament by the king, the parties in the name of the parliamentary declaration, severely curtailed the power and prerogatives of the king enshrined in the constitution and they also declared the country as secular. Before the ink of the parliamentary declaration dried up, the parties out of their free will declared and forced upon the country the highly debatable interim constitution. The United Nations' Mission to Nepal (UNMIN) too failed to play an impartial role and at the sign of India started coddle and pamper the Maoists and showing down the national army and the monarchy. It was most regrettable that the parties have not even formally informed the king about the interim constitution. That constitution which has been maligned by repeated and irrational amendments has lost it validity. Therefore, there is no compulsion for the king to abide by the debatable and anti-national constitution. Again, the parties forced upon the country the constituent assembly election. However, the election, which was postponed several times under the whim of the parties, was full of rigging and misappropriations. There were robbers and murderers and those wanted by the law were elected to the constituent assembly. How an election forced upon the country and done on the behest of foreigners can gain validity? As the party leaders and politicians do whatever the South Bloc and the RAW tell them. What every Nepalese want is there must be the rule of Quislings and criminals in the country. Nepal respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, including India. We also respect the UN and its Charter. What we cannot tolerate is the way India, America and UNMIN made the naked aggression in Nepal. So, we want to request India, America and the United Nations not to play with the sentiments of the Nepalese and not to endanger our unity, independence and monarchy, the symbols of Nepal's sovereignty and independence. If the agreement of april 24th 2006 is not implemented and the Congress, UML continue following the path of betrayal and deception then King Gyanendra should before the Nepalese people, Nepalese and foreign guests, diplomats and other stakeholders make public the agreement. The parties have no right to establish an anarchic and authoritarian rule by misusing and misinterpreting the people's movement. The only way to save this country is to form a new constitution in the presence and the participation of all parties and the king.

Maoist Raj in Nepal

The Maoists though leading the government, their cadres and even the high ranking leadership continue to act in an undemocratic and inhumane manner and continue to terrorize the entire population. Recently, in the nation’s largest vegetable market-Kalimati in the heart of Kathmandu, the YCL (Young Communist League) - cadres thrashed the UML cadres leaving a dozen injured. The issue was obviously which group the YCL or the Youth Force- the UML’s newly born erratic baby, would take control over the area. The innocent vegetable vendors believe that the fight between the two Militant outfits is unnecessarily creating havoc in their tender minds and in the process disrupting their business activities. The district of Dhankuta was terrorized by the YCL cadres following a clash with the UML’s Youth Force. The local administration clamped an indefinite period curfew to avert further clashes between the youth offshoots of two ruling communist parties. Exams were postponed, schools were closed and scarcity of food items troubled the general public who had no stake in the growing party-led violence. The issue was illegal collection of levy from the general public by the YCL, the Youth Force had only exhibited their objection to it and were thus thrashed. Well understood that the alien forces thrash Nepali citizens along the southern border on a regular basis. But what about Nepali citizens thrashing their own brethren in the country? The YCL beating has no limit. After Dhankuta, the YCL cadres thrashed again the Youth Force in Manthali. The fault of the UML cadres was only that they wanted to form a local Youth Force. Indefinite curfew was imposed by the local administration following the violent clash. Luckily the YCL spares the Youth Force in Siraha. This time the MJF (Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum) cadres and the Maoist cadres are involved in an intense fight-to-finish over the illegally captured lands by the Maoists. Continued thirteen days of road blockade in the Mirchaiya section of the East-West Highway. People are in trouble. Our PM is in Delhi. Minister Matrika at the moment is backing his erratic boys. Defending all the charges against the Maoists’ youth wing Young Communist League (YCL), Nepal’s revolutionary Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said at the CA meeting on September 14, 2008, Sunday, "As a prime leader of the decade long insurgency, I still have doubts whether the peace process would come this long if the YCL had not been there." With all of these incidents taking place when the Maoists themselves are in power with their supreme leader as the PM, the question for security definitely rises and one is bound to question. Where is the security? Will the people ever get to live in peace?

Nepali Prime Minister's India visit

Nepal’s First Maoist Prime Minister who lived eight years of a total decade long so-called hibernation in New Delhi, on his five-day visit to India after assuming the post of the Prime Minister has sought the need to “inject new dynamism and vision in the relationship between the two countries (India and Nepal) that are consistent with the new realities and wider hopes and aspirations of people of both the nations”. Amid much expectation, there was nothing new in the speech of the revolutionary Prime Minister of New Nepal. “PM Dahal’s remarks made at a dinner hosted by the Pakistan born Indian PM Dr. Manmohan Singh to welcome the Nepali Delegation currently in New Delhi was just the continuation of the past nothing more nothing less than that”, say Nepal’s India experts. “Due to our specific historical, cultural and geographical relations and due to our whole tradition of economic interdependence, the relation with India is crucial and vital," said the prime minister---his speech was in line with Nepal’s past rulers who in essence wanted Indian blessings to continue ruling Nepal. In the comity of friendly nations PM Dahal’s special thanks to India is rather obvious for its support from his days of Delhi hibernation to the signing of the 2005 November Deal with Nepal’s political parties and to his becoming prime minister of Nepal. Analysts say that a cursory look at what the Nepali Prime Minister said of India reveal that he will not mind if India continued to act as a big brother in Nepali affairs. In his first meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh since he became prime minister of Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal told him that Nepal's ties with New Delhi was unique and could not be compared with any other country. The two leaders held separate meeting before they led the bilateral talks between the officials of two countries. The Indian side has agreed to provide relief package to Kosi flood victims. A joint statement regarding the discussions and agreements reached during the talks is likely to be issued on Tuesday. The bilateral talks with Indian PM Singh were held, Monday evening, at Hyderabad House, the office of the Indian PM. PM Dahal who reached New Delhi, Sunday, called on Indian president Pratibha Patil and met with Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani apart from addressing a gathering of Indian business community, on Sunday. During his meeting with Advani – whose party BJP had been skeptical about Nepal's transition from Hindu monarchy to secular republic – the Indian opposition leader assured about continued support to Nepal in the coming days. Prime Minister of Nepal, chose Beijing as his first port of call after assuming office. There has been muted disquiet in India over this departure from ‘tradition’. However, if he had a glimpse of the scantily-clad Chinese cheer leaders, then he might persuade his comrades back home not to be so uptight about the beauty pageants in Nepal. On its part, India will have to take solace from the fact that the new prime minister has promised to be equidistant from both his giant neighbours although New Delhi has always expected preferential treatment because of historical factors, including the open border. Though wary of Indian sensitivities, there have been elements in Nepal, of which the now defunct monarchy was one, which tried occasionally to play the China card to annoy India. The Left has been more vocal in this respect, which is why there has been talk from the Prachanda camp of a relook at all aspects of mutual relations. Power brings new responsibilities and India will hope that a stint in office will persuade the Maoists to curb some of their earlier rhetoric, which may have sprung from a desire to show Big Brother his place. The two countries are far too closely aligned in terms of history, culture (both popular and traditional), ethnicity, economy and now the political structure as well to act as anything other than close friends.

from infrastructure to the Army

Nepal Army formally known as the Royal Nepalese Army is the only non political institution standing for the integrity, sovereignty and the national security of the country. Nepal Army has always remained loyal to the Government at all times without being affiliated to any political parties, groups or beliefs. For almost 240 years they were loyal to the Kings of Nepal and it did not take them long to digest the abolition of the Monarchy and accept the Federal Democratic Republic Government. They are now equally loyal to the new Government as they were to the Monarchy. Some pundits even said that the Nepalese Army could play a role and be a hurdle for the seven party alliance in the transition of power where the Monarchy was being abolished and the country was in the process of being declared a Republic. The reason being, “loyal for generations”. Generation after generation of the army have served the Kings of Nepal . Despite the long standing loyalty towards the Shah dynasty, the entire institution, without any hesitation accepted the peoples verdict and moved forward towards the change to wish the King good-bye and immediately transformed all their loyalty towards the new Government. This was a very positive move by the Army and the credit goes to all the men and women in uniform who have so much love and respect for their country. In return, the Government of Republic Nepal, lead by the Maoists slapped the institution on the face by displaying lack of trust and doubting their loyalty. Months after the CA election was over, non of the political parties were able to form a Government and had to go for an election within the CA where after portraying some real dirty politics, the terrorist leader Puspa Kamal Dahal aks Prachanda was elected Prime Minister. The newly elected Prime Minister dishonored the Nepal Army by keeping his first line of security from within his own rebellion army and the Nepal Army as the second. Everywhere in the world, the head of states are always provided security by the army of the country and no one has any kind of personal security of their own and there was no reason what so ever as to why the communist leader also once listed as a terrorist who was also on the Interpol red alert list needed extra personal security. The only reason this was done was to insult, humiliate, dishonor and doubt the capability of the army personals of the most prestigious institution of Nepal. Even the Rite Honorable President Ram Baran Yadav who holds the highest ranking office in Nepal is provided the necessary security from within the Nepal Army. The rebel Prime Minister comes second to the President in rank. Why did he have problems with the security provided to him by the Nepal Army, which is provided to all dignitaries of the country. Does that not display acts of distrust against the only institution whose sole motto is to safeguard the country against all foreign and domestic enemies and is fully committed to protect the integrity and sovereignty of the nation. Yet again, the Maoist’s have the intention and are working on humiliating and destroying the Army mechanism by saying that they want to merge their self-formed, rebellion, indoctrinated pack of terrorist fighters with the prestigious Nepal Army. The Nepal Army has never been inclined towards any political power and have always maintained a fair and balanced relation with all powers in Government. Now having people who have already been politically motivated in the Nepal Army will definitely create a vacuum within the institution, between the unbiased and the ones who carry a political doctrine. This is a very sensitive issue, which consists of the National security of the nation and the Maoist’s to begin with, are already addressing it wrongfully. During their tenure of so called peoples war against the Government, they destroyed the infrastructure of the country and now when in power are headed towards destroying the pride of the nation, THE NEPAL ARMY.

Reason for downfall of Nepali powers

It has always been dissatisfaction, distrust and a struggle within for the downfall of all the ruling powers in Nepal that we have witnessed. Because of the mentioned elements within the Shah dynasty, came the Rana regime. The same elements came into effect for the downfall of the Ranas where we got to see the Panchas. The Panchas were no exceptions and they too got caught by the same elements and finally were replaced by democratic multi party system. Then came the so called democratic parties who ruled the country in turns for very short terms. In fact, most of the times the government did not even last it’s full term. The mentioned elements within the parties were at the highest level when the King took over the power and started to rule. The King also could not get away from the effects of the mentioned elements and was dethroned and was replaced by the Maoists as the rulers of the country new Nepal as they call it. Now the same elements are taking effect within the Maoists. The second man in the Maoist party showed dissatisfaction and threatened to resign cause the party gave away the post of deputy Prime Minister to a person who actually lost the CA elections. To keep the second man happy the party awarded his wife with a ministry. Sources say the second man is still not happy and has made a couple of more demands. Another communist wing a sister concern decided not to join the Government cause it did not get the ministry it asked for. For the Nepalese politicians it is all about the Ministry, portfolio, position and the chair. They do not care about the country or the countrymen. It has been almost six months since the elections and they are still fighting for chairs, when are they going to think about the education, health and security of the people. After the downfall of all the previous powers with the effects of the same elements it is interesting to watch and see how long the Maoists would last. Specially with their alliance with other two parties which consists of opportunists of all kinds.

Indian citizen, Nepali Minister

Yet another controversy in Nepal, this time, of a very high magnitude and a very serious issue if true. It is about a ministerial member of New Nepal’s revolutionary cabinet and, unfortunately, his nationality has been found to be as an Indian. The Minister is none other than Ram Chandra Jha, the new UML minister for Local Development. It’s been heard that Mr. Jha is in possession of the Indian Residency Permit from Harlakhi area of Madhubani District, State of Bihar, India, issued on July 12, 2008, House Number 143. According to the residency permit, Mr. Jha is an Indian national. Mr. Jha has his name registered in the Indian voter list (1983) of Harlakhi area with serial number 476 followed by his wife Sushmadevi’s with 477. To the surprise, Mr. Jha has a copy of the original Nepali citizenship certificate (no.56142205) issued on March 26, 2007 wherein it is also mentioned that his father is Pulkit Jha who also is an Indian citizen. It is also said that Mr. Jha first acquired his Nepali Citizenship certificate on Saturday 18th March 1989. On Saturday all government offices in Nepal are supposed to be closed and thus how Mr. Jha could have been awarded Nepali citizenship on this very day is something unusual. Mr. Jha has five brothers, who are currently living in India and are legal Indian citizens. However, Madanchandra Jha- a brother of Minister Jha who illegally obtained his Nepali Citizenship certificate later returned it to the Nepal Government with the fear of being nabbed by Nepal authorities. Mr. Ramchandra Jha is a central committee member of the Nepal Communist Party-United Marxist Leninist for the last ten years. If for some reason the above is true than not only Minister Jha, but the entire party that he represents along with the Maoist led Government is in deep trouble.

Still a rebel

It had been noticed and witnessed that the rebel Maoist leader Prachanda still has that rebellion instinct of his intact. Be it good or bad, but he has been breaking long standing rituals one after another because of this rebellion nature of his. Him visiting China before India is not an issue cause as the head of the state of a country it’s his choice to visit any country that he thinks the need to. The issue is that, in the past all dignitaries leaving or arriving the country were seen off and received by “pancha-kanyas” but in the case of the rebel leader Prachanda there were no pancha-kanyas seen when he was leaving or arriving from China. The leaders, in the past, when on a state visit always wore the traditional Nepalese dress (daura surwal) but the rebel leader is mostly seen wearing a business suite. These issues are not of much importance, but at the same time they carry sentimental values. Being a Nepali one should be proud to wear the Nepali dress. Regardless of what these leaders feel about themselves but they should not forget that they are still a Nepali and should abide by the Nepali sentiments.

UN concerned about the underaged rebel fighters

The United Nations says that nearly 3,000 underage combatants, who belonged to Maoist guerrilla forces, are still confined to U.N. monitored camps in Nepal. These minors were recruited by the Maoists while they waged a guerilla war to overthrow Nepal's monarchy. In 2006, under a peace deal, about 19,000 rebel fighters - including the underage ones - were housed in various camps. Since then, much has changed in the country. The Maoists have swept to power, and their leader, Prachanda is now the country's Prime Minister. The Coordinator at the United Nations Mission for Nepal, Macarena Aguilar, says the new government should formally release all fighters under the age of 18. "Their rights to reintegration should be respected and it should of course be fully supported," Aguilar said. "We are concerned of course that the longer the minors remain away from their families, away from their communities, the more difficult the reintegration process is likely to be." So far the Maoists have not responded to calls for release of underage fighters, and have said they have still to decide what to do with them. Some human rights activists have expressed concern that these youngsters will be mobilized for political campaigns. Gauri Pradhan is a spokesperson for the National Human Rights Commission, which has also been pushing for the release of the young fighters. He hopes the recent political changes that have put the Maoists in power, will spell changes for the underage fighters. "There is opportunity as well as challenges now," he said. "The Prime Minister has responsibility as head of government to rescue them [minors] and help them for their reintegration to their respective family." The issue of what will happen to the thousands of guerrilla fighters staying in camps has still to be resolved. The former rebels want them to be recruited into the army, but the army is reluctant to have soldiers who have been politically indoctrinated.