Comrades Close Down Kathmandu
A scene from todya’s Kathmandu Valley Band by Maoists. In Gongabu Both pics by Suresh Nath Neupane
As if the city was their small shop and they were the shopkeepers, Maoists comrades have pulled down the shutter of Kathmandu. Vehicles that were on road until an hour ago (10 AM) have now suddenly disappeared. All of a sudden, Maoist cadres have taken over the “control” of the road even as Nepal police are showing their presence. People are now forced to walk on the streets. Thousands are stranded in the bus stations. Maoists said that they called the instant banda (closure) of the Kathmandu Valley to protest Nepal government’s decision to nominate 14 ambassadors for different countries including the US, India, China and Russia. It seems that the list has only the names associated with ruling parties Nepali Congress, CPN UML and Nepali Congress (Democratic). A few are from civil service. Maoists are set to join the interim government to be formed within weeks if everything goes as planned and it is obvious that they are angry with this childish decision of the current SPA government. Maoists must be accepted as crucial element of the governing structure in Nepal. There is no way Nepal can move ahead sidelining Maoists. The government has nominated staunch royalist like Sailaja Acharya and kept Maoists in dark about the nominations. And general public has to suffer because of the government’s foolishness. Yes, Maoists could have become more responsible and voiced their protest in other ways. Why can’t they hold bhok hadtal (fasting) or sit in protest? Bandas are bad. They hurt people. But we see the government more responsible in creating this situation here. Why on earth Maosits were sidelined in those crucial nominations? The government must backtrack from these nominations and move forward taking Maoists into confidence.
In Gongabu.
The ambassadorial nominees are:
1. USA–Dr Suresh Chalise (PM’s foreign affairs advisor)
2. UK–Bhagirath Basnet (Acting Foreign Secretary)
3. India–Shailaja Acharya (NC Leader)
4. Belgium–Pramesh Hamal (CPN-UML leader)
5. Russia–Surya Kiran Gurung (Parliament General Secretary)
6. Japan–Dr Ganesh Yonjan (Conservationist)
7. Thailand–Navin Prajkash Jung Shah (Former VC of TU)
8. China–Tanka Karki (CPN-UML leader)
9. Pakistan–Bal Bahadur Kunwar (Former MP, NC-D leader)
10. Bangladesh–Pradip Khatiwada (MOFA Joint-Secy)
11. Saudi Arabia–Hamid Ansari (Associated with TU)
12. Qatar—Dr Surya Kant Mishra (University Teacher)
13. Myanmar–Guna Laxmi Sharma (BK) (Health Ministry official close to CPN-UML)
14. UN Mission in Geneva–Dinesh Bhattarai (MOFA Joint-Secy)
Related Blogs:
1. Nepali Ambassador: What is the Attraction?
2. Maoists’ Nepal Banda: Day 1 of 7 (Feb 6, 2006)
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I thought the days of Banda were over with the success of April Revolution. What is this? Again, I had to walk for 35 minutes to arrive in office becasue the bus I was coming in was stopped in the middle of nowhere by some people. Now I am tired and don’t think I can work. I am already worried about walking back to home. It will take 1 and half hours to reach.
Last month, ‘I told you so..’
“At the best Nepalese Maoists would be disbanded into Russian style Mafia making a living by extortion/kidnapping etc. Or at the worst, Nepal will be turned into a communist republic similar to Khamer Rouge’s Combodia, where 20 Lakh Cambodians were put to death by those red flag waving group of murderers. We will see what they would do if they don’t get what they think they will get. Don’t hang on too much hope from these killers masqurading as a political party”
Here is one more example of Maoist Mafia..
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Can’t imagine how come these muderers can fool so many Nepalese and their party leaders so many times?
This is just a beginning…
It is really funny that the article suggests “the government should backtrack” on the nominations. We always knew that to expect the SPA to be responsible, we are asking for the impossible. However, in this case, these names had been discussed for ages and apprarently everyone else but the we-know-all terrorists seem to seemed to be privy to this development. And now, the terrorists are back to their old ways– making the people suffer to further their cause. All they want to prove is that they are a power to reckon with and the people, willingly or unwillingly, have to forego their urgent matters, a day’s wage, a day’s earning and emergency situations, to “support their mobocracy cause. They have not “ordered” a bandh, they have only called for it. And in the “competitive democracy” that Pushma Kamal so highly talks about, people have the CHOICE to participate. If they don’t want to, they should be allow to carry on with their normal routine and not be party to this silly bandh idea. If the Maoists’ were truly running the people’s movement and if the April Revolution was truly a people’s revolution and if the new constitution is truly to fulfil people’s aspirations, then shouldn’t the SPA and the Maoists stop taking hostage the entire country just to get extra mileage for themselves? But no, they have just turned back a number of motor cyclists who were pleading that they had to attend to emergencies, manhandled taxi drivers and threatened to destroy private vehicles when they were trying to go about doing their business that is so central to their livelihood.
NoPolitics,
Beginning of what? Maoist takeover?
Good Comrades, Good !!! Carry on
Nasty violence is in your blood.
Carry on the protests !!
Carry on the killings and the torture and the extortions !!!
Carry on till each of the Nepalese foreign embassies are occupied by killers among you.
Never let peace to reign….
And for you (political) party people
Recruit as many dears and nears of yours, in the vacant posts.
After all, you have spent all your life getting an upper hand. So why back up?
You need not bother about the country and the countrymen.
You social parasites… coninue sucking.
All the best to you too !!!
This is the just the casting…
The politics starts again. I know we aren’t going to see a better nepal for a number of years to come, i.e. unless we get rid of these bast***s.
May our soul save us all.
Peace
What the maoists have done is totally wrong. But, what the government has done it is also not so good. Why and how sailaja acharya is given the post of Ambassador in present govenment which is formed by the Janandolan -2 and she is always in the against of this andolan ? Should the government have to discuss with the maoists, which is going to be a part of the government in recent future or not before deciding on such crucial matters ?
However, i support maoists they are playing the important roles in nepal now….this government can do nothing without Mr.Gyanendra or India.
Long live Democratic moists.
What does this long live democratic maoists means…
Is it democratic maoist like of China or Lennism of Russia…
Anyway parties are also to be blamed for this bandh for recruiting their only candidates and supporters not waiting for even few days..
Should we expect anything else from both the maoist and Girija? They are both going back to their roots. It is Nepal’s misfortune that we have Gyane as King, Girija as PM and Maoist as revolutionaries. What a joke???
U are right sagarmatha.
Its JUST AN UGLY BEGINNING.
All the dirty hell is yet to follow…
he rashtra dev Pasupatunath…
yo rashtra basu haru lai birodh garne aaru pani upaye haru sikaidina paryo..
eutai tarikale birodh garda garda sabai lai wakka dikka lagi sakyo..
Yo ladi bhayeko Nepali buddi ma gidi (alikati bhaye ni) misaidinparyo prabhu..
Though shutting down the country cannot be said wise, the reaction by the Maoists was obvious.
The government in a sense took decision in haste–though it was too late– neglecting the rebels-about-to-join the mainstream.
Aba maobadi lai pani nihu chahieko thyo, paye!
Now that the peace agreement is signed, of course the government should consult the Maoists for any major decisions. The appointment of the ambassadors has already been a controversy.
But the Maoists leadership should also realize that they should stop frequent bandhs and strikes that paralyze the whole country. During their civil war, this was very normal, but should be stopped now. They are already in the mainstream politics, and things will be resolved soon as per their demands. Everything takes time and healthy discussion.
The new constitution should also include ban of demonstrations, bandhs, chakka jams, and other forms of protests lead by all the political or non-political organizations. These rallies should be allowed but in designated areas only that would not hamper the daily life of civilians.
It is just insane how an ambulance was attacked in Eastern Nepal few days back. Let us now work towards re building Nepal, few major bold steps have to be taken for that. The leaders should have realized this by now - its pity if they have not.
Ursula.
Beginning of an end…
The double face of the Maoist is clear as water!!!!
They talking nice and make peacefull statements but still they are doing constantly oposite of what they are saying.
What is this protes by a bandha? They have no the right to protest to any decision what will made by this government until they are really in the government and when they are stopping there abductions and other actions against a democratic way of life. The Government and the people has to call bandha to protest against their way of behavior.
Remove police posts. Is that democratric and peaceful?
Abducting students for indoctrination. Is that democratic and peaceful?
Criple again the life of so many people of Nepal. Is that democratic and peaceful?
I can make this list very long but everybody will understand what I like to say.
The Government in the other hand has to wait with decisions like they did with the ambassadors until the Maoist are in the Government. This was not very clever what the government did.
The Maoist know that they will lose the elections with no any vote and thats they are going giving fear to the people. Who thinks that the people will vote for Maoist who are going on with their criminal actions is a foolish person.
Fear was always the big weapon of that red idiots who are thinking that they can win the hearts of the people in the way they are doing now.
Dear Maoist,
Show finally your democratic face and help the people to live without fear and in a fait manner. Only then we will and can we respect your intention to follow the way of political mainstream.
Th Maoist are going every week more in violence and I suspect that we are going to war again if this is going on and we cannot blame de SPA who was giving so much favours to them. Soon the SPA like to make tenselves strong in some points they going again in violence.
What kind of peace we have?
Would the Maoists prefer that we leave the crown appointed ambassadors in place until the CA gives them their proportional place in the government? Of course not! Are they going to force their way into leadership and decision making in the government without the people’s vote? They will try to be sure. Will we let them? If so, we deserve whatever comes next.
At present they have no legitimate say in who is appointed to diplomatic posts.
Friends, may be this is also one of a conspiracy from the king? Ha.. ha.. ha…
After all, we can always hide the incapacity and weaknesses of the SPAM by blaming the king for this and that. It is an easy and readymade excuse for all the evils and can be used freely by anybody
But to whom shall we blame for all the evils once monarchy will be gone altoghther? What a pity!
monk -maybe that’s one of the reasons to get rid of monarchy! so that the so called democractic leaders can stop making false excuses and we can focus on their actual performances. just kidding!
Well kirat,
I found your statement quite serious. Actually, that could also be one of those many reasons to get rid of monarchy. Honestly.
This is the problem we Nepali people face, we have no good leaders-the SPA are at fault for greedily placing there chosen people as ambassadors without consulting their now ‘partners in peace’ -the Maoists. The Maoists calling for a bandh are just hurting the poor man on the street-another insensible over the top reaction-which shows that they care nothing for the same people they claim to represent.
That vulture Koirala with already one toe in the grave, even at this hour instead of trying to act like a statesman is acting like the petty selfish politician he really is.
The Maoists-the army should have finished them when they could have (around 1999)- the idiot kings paid put to that.
ursula-not a bad idea huh? especially since they keep on creating unnecessary distractions!
Kirat,
I am just mentioning about our mentality. May be one pretext for inefficiency of our leaders would be finished after the abolition of monarchy but I am sure they will immediately invent another. So, we should try to change our culture of blaming others and should focus to improve ourselves. Even by doing self-criticism, if necessary.
We should not put on blame solely to Jungali. Afterall Jungle behaviour is in their blood and it is their identity. We all are equally responsible for this. Go over the news, features, photos, videos etc of the past few couples of weeks and analyse. Why we are giving attention and respect to the cold murderer? Why Peoples are putting garland to those hells neck? From what deed they came from? What they have done to poor folks? What we got from the so called Peoples ( shame to write this word) war? It is obivious that we are encouraging them. We are welcoming those hells!
So, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DEEDS??
They are the murderer and in fact cold murderer who actually deserve shoot on sight! Thats the real justice!
Prachande, taele kas kas ko hatya gareenas?? seekshak, bedharthee, kta kt, aaemae……..
To some extent, its good that they came back from the jungle but they should be punished in par or higher degree than gynendra!
Also what prachande told last month? He will take Nepal in European standard. This is the greatest joke ever made!! Keep it up killer! Do extortion, do bandha, do big rallies by gathereing school childrens, do the way you are doing……
The day is not far that we will definitely exceed european standard or EURO III. Keep it up you beast of burden! Dhartee ko bhoj!
we musy stop these murders.these are the real terroist and thy wiil not do good for nepal
Tyres were burnt. Those Gases are poisonous.
Maoist are an ARMY, not different that the Nepali Army, only difference being one is in Uniform and the other is not. How do u expect an ARMY to be democratic?
these damn Maoists sons of bitches should be shot in the head.
so when they think the government is violating an agreement they put up this show. What about all the agreements they have dishonored??? Bastards.
It’s pretty clear they are after…. ambassadorial positions, pajeros etc. they are no different they the slim we have. if udaya hussain were still alive i would love to send the SPA, Maoist leaders and the Gyanendra to his torture chambers!!!
screw you Wagle and your moderation. You can change the moderation feature on wordpress you idiot.
Maoists have become an inconvenience, but I don’t think the bandh led to deaths. Lets look at matters with a little less emotion. The fact is that the seven parties accepted the Maoists as their negotiating partner. Now that the negotiation is through, they can’t just ditch the Maoists and expect them to stay shut.
The SPA, in the interests of time, came to an agreement with the Maoists. And that was, and still is, the best possible scenario. If time was not a factor, we could have gone on negotiating forever, until they could extract as much from the Maoists as possible and leave them a weak force. That would be ideal, but most Nepalis didn’t want an endless series of negotiations. Most Nepalis also didn’t want to wage and endless war. So the only option was the understanding.
Yes, its unhealthy that the Maoists are going around breaking things, but breaking things is a lot better than resorting to armed violence. You can be sure that if we didn’t come to an understanding, the Maoists would be wreaking real violence in the villages. ( And so would the military ).
So people, come to your senses. You can’t expect the Maoists to become saints overnight. The only reason that the Maoists are going on a strike is to show that they are still a force
This bloody maoist , they don’t know the peace way to protest against the government they can talk with the government rather than doing all nonsense, giving nepalese people suffer. Do they really realize how much this bandh effect in the society. Basically these people are uncivilzed jungelle and they can not do better than this after all they have taken lives of 14000 thousands people ,lord pasupatinath bless our nation and and I would like to pray the god that please give these jungalees some knowledge to do betterment for the society.
This is exactly the complacent crap that has given Maoists the leverage they so unabashedly enjoy in Nepal today. I had never read such ill-prepared comment in any Nepali blogs as the one I am about to comment on.
“Maoists have become an inconvenience, but I don’t think the bandh led to deaths…they can’t just ditch the Maoists and expect them to stay shut. “
Unbelievable! The inherently flawed perspective of these APOLOGISTS’ reasoning leads to this:
So the SPA – in their effort to concentrate power, which they basically acquired on FALSE premise of people’s revolutionary movement anyway, are now facing their challenge accordingly – not from the King, oh no, but from their own damn ‘eighth’ party. Not in some ‘political’ manner as expected in democratic setting, but rather in the spirit of same discipline and conduct that Maoists are renowned for – threats, violence, fear, agitation, chaos, anarchy etc.
These are exactly the kinds of reasoning that provide legitimacy to Maoists, give them more political capital to change events in their favor without taking any personal liability for their past action. King is tainted, parties are tainted, but the Maoists are scotch-free. Hot damn!
“The SPA, in the interests of time, came to an agreement with the Maoists. And that was, and still is, the best possible scenario…the only option was the understanding.”
Holy macaroni superman! Am I reading this right? Listen: time is always the factor. Where do you come up with crap like that? Has ANYTHING happened independent of time? How can YOU look any socio-political, heck any human events without necessary addressing the opportunity cost – in reference to time – involved in carrying vs. not carrying such projects?
“…the only option was the understanding.”
Again, logical fallacy abound. What is negotiation if not an understanding on some principle points of contention? Yet you say people wanted ‘understanding’ and not negotiation. How can one obtain understanding without attending to the details of demands between two forces, and a negotiation that eventually leads to an agreement between counter parties to abide by the principle of such agreement? Perhaps you mean ‘Nepali people’ are too important to bothered by the details of negotiation, or that they are simply too lazy to go through the inundated and cumbersome process of negotiating. Or that a rather vague principle of ‘understanding’ somehow gives them HOPE that they are right in choosing to overlook the rational process in favor of erratic and absurd one.
Please, mister, enlighten us as you seem to have dug yourself pretty deep into etymological conundrum here.
“Yes, its unhealthy that the Maoists are going around breaking things, … Maoists would be wreaking real violence in the villages.”
Do you really underplay and understate events in your personal life also, or is it that you do so only when Maoists are concerned? Unhealthy as in lethal or unhealthy as in you will gather some fat around you cerebral cortex? Which one is it? Are you so sensitized by Maoists killing, extorting and torturing people that you are willing to overlook anything less as ‘unhealthy’? My goodness, looks like these thugs really have you apologists by your balls.
“You can be sure that if we didn’t come to an understanding, the Maoists would be wreaking real violence in the villages.”
Again, what understanding? That they now have open access to carry our strikes in cities and extort from people and businesses? That they can now legitimately call themselves one of the eight parties and garner political legitimacy without having to undergo any change in behavior – neither in thought, words or action? That they can still act like rebels and terrorists whenever they want and still be taken for a potential political, social and economic rallying force in Nepal? That they falsely claim to represent people while causing unnecessary hardship for those exact same populations who suffer and has been suffering continuously since their war, with over 13000 deaths and 200000 displaced? What understand??? ELABORATE!!!
“So people, come to your senses. You can’t expect the Maoists to become saints overnight. The only reason that the Maoists are going on a strike is to show that they are still a force “
People are only reacting rationally to what has happened; people are only voicing their frustration against hapless and corrupt parties and their homicidal and terrorizing partner. With King and the parties, it is the people that got swindled; between parties and Maoists it is the people that got crushed; with parties and Maoists it is the people again that is paying the brunt of carrying Nepal on their shoulder.
Maoists are not saints? Certainly it is taking you a long time to process facts. Old habits die hard they say, and while parties’ corruption and nepotism becomes a hallmark of Nepali politics, Maoist’s ritual of ‘show-of-force’ will continue even during various democratic processes like CA elections and such. After all, these are the entities that have got people by their balls now; these are the parties that people have resorted to ‘understanding’.
Feri Nepal banda re 17 and 18 gatey.
This is what a bunch of nepalese wanted and this what we are getting. nothing wrong with that. peace pact with freking armed thugs and you expect good to come….. two wrongs dont make a right.
yeah now i finally support that anarchy in nepal. this is what nepal wants and needs.. a total chaos and anarchy. the 19-20 days of hell that we went through because of so called april revolution was right in the mind of every freking so called politically knowledgable crowd and now this is wrong…. fk no. this is right…… hell with whatever the goal is of any given andolan anarchy is what it creates and what is right. more anarchy to the nepalese…that is nepal begged big time for and now that is what nepal gets.
I am a tax payer of a country that provides millions of dollars in Aid to Nepal, this money from my government is sent to Nepal for a purpose whether it is building communication lines, or TV towers, or roads and infrastructure of your country. This money can be utilized well in my country too as there is still poverty there, but my government decides to send it to you considering the poor standards of living and considering how low in the world GDP scale Nepal is in. Yet, everytime there is difference of opinion the first thing that gets done is Vandalism of public or your property. The property such as telephone boxes, or railings, or the donated electric buses, or the donated blue buses.
Someone please give me one good reason why we should continuously provide aid in a country where nothing reaches the people who need it and when it does like the buses, it is destroyed becasue a few people disagree with what the government did. Next, please also provide reasons why the government is now funding an ARMY of Maoists with millions of rupees ? Why should my hard earned money be spent on providing to those people who are destructive and have killed millions. You will be quick and point the fingers at the Monarchy, but our government gave the aid money to your prime ministers not to your King. These are the same ministers that promised you for the past 15 years a better life. They had the opportunity and also the money to do better, what has there been of recent development over the past 15 years, anything? Basic necessities are not being met even now with electricity, water and education.
In a country where half of the population sleeps hungry not much is needed to win over hearts of the people, a bowl of rice and lentil soup is enough for the Maoist to do what they have been successful at doing. With a literacy rate of your country, do you think the voters know what is right and wrong for them or for the future for the country and children ? No, they will vote who feeds them, becasue that even that your government has not been able to provide for the last 15 years while ministers have been busy driving around in expensive motorcades.
The pictures say it all. Holy cow…we are back to the street fighting again.
I think the next best thing the parliament can pass after the constitution is a law prohibiting forced closure of businesses. Such protests are banned in most of the developed world. Thats why they are developed.
We suck a big time because of these unnecessary and uncalled financial burdens…
Well, about 7,000 people were killed with the weapons, amunition and money that the U.S. gave King Gyanendra to keep an absolute monarchy in power. So if I were a Nepali, I would tell you to take your money and stick it somewhere safe.
As for Wagle: Nice, responsible reporting.
I sympathise with the blogger above. Millions and even billions of dollars over the decades have been given in donations to this country, and where do people think this money comes from (the sky?), it comes from the taxes of hard working citizens of the donor nations - shopkeepers, coalminers, drivers, teachers, businesses,nurses, doctors, garbage collectors etc. People here should respect that. I really don’t care whether the governement was right or wrong or stupid in such decisions, but this sort of destructive activities have got to stop once and for all. There are many ways of protesting, besides, don’t tell me that this Prachanda does not have enough clout to pressure the government by making a simple phone call, what was the need for all this show of brut force? Again, it is time our country respect the hard work that has gone in to building whatever little we have with not only our taxpayers money but the tax money of everyday common citizens like us from all over the world.
I’m afraid for certain things excuses have run out.
A “kabab mey haddi” came in between the honest commentator I was referring to and myself. I think this Horning fellow is just trying to divert from the present situation. Again, I repeat we have tolerated this sort of behaviour for one and a half decades, and as we stand now excuses for such behaviour have run out. No use ranting on about the guns this and that government gave, how about the billions that was given by the amaericans over the decades for good purposes? And what about all the other nations? Besides if we did not accept the guns from the Americans we may well have been under a totalitarian Khmer Rouge regime by now. Since they did we have a greatly moderated version of the maoists today.
Any idea Neil, how many were killed by the Maoist, and how many would have died if the US or for that matter a country did not provide any aid to you. India had to provide aid to remove the garbage from the city streets, How many lives were saved and are being saved as we speak in the Teaching Hospital was built by Japan, where Nepalese doctors are being trained ? If the road were not built in Nepal with the help of INdia, what would have happened. IF we did stick our money where we wanted, many would have died and perished.
One cannont destabilize a country without understanding the nature of the people. Give them education and the basic necessities first so that they can survive at least up until the age of 10, before they carry guns for the Maoist. Considering infant mortality in this country, how many can actually survive before the King kills them, and how many are killed when they are recruited into the Maosit army 10 years ago when Gyanendra was not even in Power.
Talking about taxpayers money and donors. I will just focus on the taxes I pay, and as a taxpayer of this country, I agree that the time is now for such activities to end. They should have put this in the interim constitution - no more Nepal bandhs! Protest peacefully if you must but stop hampering the daily lives and livelihoods of the people of this nation. If you ask anybody, they will say no to bandhs. Why has’nt the interim constitution then made it unconstitutional to have bandhs? Is this nation for the eight parties only? Or do the other 90% have a say as well?
Horning,
“Well, about 7,000 people were killed with the weapons, amunition and money that the U.S. gave King Gyanendra to keep an absolute monarchy in power. ”
Besides the really obvious argument asking what would have happened without a resistence to the maoists, let us talk of bandhs and it’s effect.
Over the past decade or so I wonder how much direct and indirect damage bandhs have done? Has anyone made an assessment? The economy must have suffered enourmously, and therefore people suffered. How many did not get to hospitals, schools, work? I doubt 7000 lives can compare to the damage caused by these bandhs. And I doubt that people had the choice to be affected by these bandhs? Bandhs are not the peoples choice, and this includes all bandhs called by all parties. No one is innocent. It has got to stop now.
Hey guys I don’t understand why the people who could defy the curfew imposed by the Gynendra rule(last april), can not come to the streets defying band’s posed by the Maoist, what happened to the people who could face the guns of 90,000 Gyanendra’s army can’t face mere 30,000 armed Maoist. Is it because they know Maoist will send them to fight INDRA’s or YAMARAJ’s autocratic rule.
Tourist, give us trade not aid. 90% of aid does reach the intended objective.
Tell that to the taxpayers of the donor nations. Another reason to stop aid due to corruption on our part as well.
Here is what our “napungshak” PM had to say this morning:
“Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Wednesday said that the recent Maoists activities will have no effect on the ongoing peace process.”
So, no matter what sort of persssure tatics the terrorists use- be it bandhs, walking out of the barracks, coerce people to pay donations, abductions, recruitment of children, show of arms in public, mobilization of student body to create anarchy - our corruption icon is hell bent of taking the peace process forward. In the process, he is holding the nation hostage to the maoists atrocities and is being heavily dictated to play by their terms. No, wonder, Pushpa Kamal is all smiles. He sees Nepal turning into small federal states under the umbrella of a Peope’s Repulic set up in the near future. It has always been the inability of the state to mobilize its machinery in a timely manner to eastablish law and order to provide a sense of safety that has allowed the elements like the terrorists to have a free run.
About 4000 people were killed by the Maoists and about 8000 people were killed by the government over the course of the conflict. Most of those deaths took place after the first round of peace negotiations (and after the U.S. gave the arms), in which the Maoists presented 3 non-negotiable demands.
Which were (you guessed it)
Abolition of the Monarchy.
Interim Constitution.
Election to a constituent assembly to draft a new Constitution.
In other words, If the U.S. didn’t give the arms we would be EXACTLY where we were 5 years ago. Albeit without 7,000 or so deaths.
Not to mention that the U.S. consistently told the SPA to compromise with the king and even to accept his ridiculous offer to name a prime minister during the Janaandolan II.
But never mind, America has done nothing but good for the Nepalese people and the little shits just waste it and can’t show gratitude.
Oh yeah, and be sure to listen carefully to all the opinions of the recidivists on this board, because they are the true representation of the wants and aspirations of the Nepalese people.
We are already in debt of Rs.15000 per person when it was only around Rs. 1000 before 1990. There are changes also occured compared to 1990 but not even near to the minimum desired, and which changes can be considered as usual. So people found no difference in terms of economic and development sector except few enterpreneurs and rich peoples. Some constructions and economic changes occured just because of the economic wind-blow from two neighbours and huge inflow money of donor communities and organizations, nothing more than that. The bad thing about this country is many poorest people residing in rural areas till not yet seen Rs.1000 in their hand and enjoy it from the government activities in their entire life and now they have burden of Rs. 15000 in their head. Lets forget about the grants and donation which might have reached to Rs. 100,000 per person till now. People had already seen the responsibility and accountability of the Congress and CPN (UML) and then now Maoist. India is in its own mood of getting the advantage in water sector and their products’ market, so their help and support is only for their vested interest. Whereas China is least burdered with Nepal. Other countries just helping in humanitarian basis only, not for Nepal’s economic development.
Neil Hornings,
Your logic is too stupid…
This Neil Horning is so wraped up in his who killed how many that he has become diorentated. What he needs is a round of canning by a singaporean cop.
To that clown who was giving a speel about foregin aid:
Foregin aid is a load of horse crap! You might come from a country that gives foregin aid but I know very well how the foregin aid business works. And its just the biggest load of bull sh*t…. out of the $10 million or whatever amount your government gives 80% of that will be spent on salaries of staff (expatriates), salaries of workers at the head office etc. basically about 5% of that money actually goes where it is suppose to go… even 5% might be pushing it. The whole foregin aid business is just a way create employment for your people so can come to a third world country and live like a King.
Your country on the other hand looks like a savior and when they impose trade barriers to protect your farmers and local industies no one says sh*t. So if you are sipping on your $3 latte and listening to your ipod and thinking how your tax dollars are saving the world .. think again buddy!
Violence of any sort cannot be welcomed. Shutting down the valley and other cities is but a form of violence.
will the terrorists who have so much been used to use of force ever entertain any form of bandhs that may be called to vent discontentment of the people during the time the terrorist may be holding power in Nepal(if that day ever comes) or will they use their usual violent means to smother any voice that will be raised agaisnt them? Will the aspiring-president-to-be Pushpa Kamal ever allow tyres to be burnt on the streets to protest against any myopic decisions that he might take? Remember what happened in Kupondole not so long ago? Locals had come out to proterst against the terrorists atrocities and they were chased away by the maoist militia hooligans. It may have been People’s revolution, but what has hasn’t subsequently is not at all for the People. It is only for those who have power. And temporarily, it is the terrorist who seem to be pwoerful enough to be calling all the shots. But, for how long?
here is what Pushpa Kamal so predictably said:
“If someone takes our flexibility for the peace process as our weakness … we are ready to take strong action at any time. If the government continues to break agreements from the higher level, we are not only compelled to practice patience from our side,”
what he is forgetting is that both SPA and his terrorist group are forgetting that the silence of the Nepalese people also can’t be taken as intimidated or flexibility– if either SPA or the terrorists or SPAM together, go against the aspirations of the people, then we will all be forced to come out to the streets and ensure that the likes of Pushpa Kamal, Baburam, Girija, Mahara, Ram Kumar, MKN, Oli, Amik and other corrupt fatsos will join the ranks of Gyanendra in oblivion. So, don’t think the people will just bow to every draconic doctrine that either SPA or the terrorists will coem up with. If we need another name-the-month revolution to get rid of all of these dishonest people, then let there be it.
Bhudai I’m not sure why you think I need a caning when you fundamentally agree with me. The tourist is out to lunch. I would say the only thing from America that may have done any good in Nepal is the Peace Corps. That was pulled out for no particularly good reason.
Whats the point you big a**hole prachande? Shame on you bastard! Thuekka Goru!
To guyfromktm:
I AGREE WITH YOU!
I agree with u thapa kancha Pushpee kamalee dahaale alias Prachade is real bastard
“That was pulled out for no particularly good reason. ” Mr. Neil, the Maoists murdered two American Embassy staffers in cold blood in Katmandu. Do you think that Peace Corp volunteers in the rural areas would have been any safer from the terrorists? Your preposterous allegations are laughable. What planet are you from?
“Remember what happened in Kupondole not so long ago? Locals had come out to proterst against the terrorists atrocities and they were chased away by the maoist militia hooligans. ”
My how the times have changed. In the days of Madhur Rana ,”Maharaja of Kupondole”, the hooligans would have been severely dealt with and never threatened society again. Today the Police and Army are hiding behind walls in fear of the criminal gangs of terrorist thugs. It is like in the last days of Rome with the barbarians at the gate and the corrupt senators and generals facing their miserable ends. The dark age of barbarism that followed the fall of Rome and civilization lasted a thousand years. Nepal is now facing a dark age worse than anything known under the Ranas or Shahs.
Neil: I am sure I do, I just sort of over reacted on that post - wasn’t really thinking.
I don’t blame foregin aid for ruining Nepal or anything… I just get a little peeved when some people put up this attitidu that their country is like the savior and we Nepalese should feel really grateful because he/her tax dollar is used to provide aid to Nepal.
I don’t understand why you think they were pulled out for no reason. Given the security circumstances what do you expect?
GuyfromKTM: I sure you are right man. These damn Maoists come out of the jungles and now these fcuking junglis want amabssadorial positions in important countries? So now we are going to send communist murderers as our ambasssadors? I have seen the SPA nominations and some of those nominees are incompenant nincompoops however, they are still better than any dman Maoists!!
Shaileja’s men are all with arms in this blog. What the heck is going on here? Don’s you see the bigger consiperacy here? “Rajdu” Niyukti is just a tip of an Iceburg you stupid bootlickers
Bunch of idiots here with no brains. Cursing maosits for no reason whatsoever. These are the people who sent hoologans to the otherwise peace-full rallies. The Kingg and his hench men were involved in tyre burning and igniting the people. People like Bhudai Pundit be feeling pain as their says are over and millions of rural people will prevail. Kamal Thapa’s brother thapa kancha will be put in trial for his deeds and people like Bideshi should better remain in Bidesh…you are no good for Nepal and Nepal do not need rascals like you. Like Neil said US has always remained problem for Nepal
The royal regime was much much better than this hell. Really, it is a shame on the SPA-M alliance.
Neil Horning: Your mind is crooked. The Maoists are the ones to start this war. before 1996, the army was inside barracks playng volleyball. They were not killing anyone. Were they? So, the 13,000 people that were killed in the decade long war were ALL killed by the Maoists.
bhag:
I am sorry for my mistake, you are the ones with all the brains. The Maoists are doing a wonderful job! I don’t know why I am cursing the Maoists “for no reason” - just a temporary moment of insanity I apologize. I should thank the Maoists for their struggle, hard work and dedication. They have helped rural Nepalis. After the Maoist movement started the lives of rural Nepalis have improved thousand fold. They are the true heros uplifting the ‘people.’ All that stuff about the displaced, tortured people, the destruction of insfrustuture, abduction of school children etc. are just lies created by the King’s henchmen to dicredit the Maoists. I don’t know why I believed those lies.
We should have people like you running things in Nepal. Nepal would be like Singapore in no time.
asha:
I tend to agree with you but the way in which the RNA conducted itself was not correct either. The RNA is rigged with many problems and some major reforms are needed. While they didn’t start the war, they abused their powers in the villages. For the villagers the Moaist and the army were euqally brutal. Being an agent of the state this is unacceptable from the RNA.
“like Bideshi should better remain in Bidesh…”
I’m so sorry Bhag Bai, it’s too late. I’m already legal Nepali now and you’re stuck with me.
To reform the (R)NA everyone above the rank of major should be retired asa first step.
Bedeshi:
That is a little too drastic. The army is a very sensitive institution and any reform that is made has to be done very carefully and sensibly.
What needs to be done here on out is that promotions for ranks above Major needs to be based solely on merit and nothing else. Reforming the NA needs to be done over time.
So typical of Mr. Pundit. When none of the institution in Nepal works, he wants NA to be reformed. Do we have a functioning Judicial System? A functioning democracy? A funcitioning education system? A functioning police department? a functioning road department? a functioning health system? And you want the NA to be reformed? Look, NA is not going to work properly as long as we are going to act like complete failures in other departments. NA is as Nepali as we are and if we can not uphold other institutions, i do not think NA will be able to reform their institution. After all, how can the NA be competent when the rest of the country is celebrating incompetency as our heritage, culture and religion. Nepalis are good at making the worst decision ever possible and it is going to remain that way for a while now.
Hey guys, why not even change the name of the country? Who named us nepali anyway? Nepal was not created by the people so why not have a new name as well?
B:
Here we go again. But I have to agree with you on this one for the most part. However, I do think that some refrom can be made to the NA… at least some good steps can be taken. I think appointing Kutuwal was not a bad decesion.
I can’t understand why we keep talking about reforming (whatever that means) the Nepal Army. If the likes of Octogenerarian Girija et all. can still be active in politics, why should anyone above major resign from the army? I don’t see the logic behind it? Is it because they are more likely to eb pro-royalist? Well, you have trained them to be pro-royalist for so many years so what do you expect. But the answer doesn’t lie in getting rid of them– that is none of their fault– teh fault lied in the system and they were jsut part of it. In the same note as someone ahs already pointed out earlier we need to reform just about everything in the country including the parliament and how it is run, the judiciary, how corruptiion is tackled, collcetions made by the parties including the Maoists, how people protest, responsibility of the political parties while they are ruling and while in the opposition, use of arms to show discontentment, how rights of the individual mean nothing until they form a violent crowd of protesters, how the college students are misused for politicla purposes, how the government spends tax peys money to dish it out to terrorists and for forgeign trips… the list can go on and on. Just by blaming everything on the army doesn’t absolve the corrupt and the terrorists from all the misgivings and unlawful acts. They need to take responsibility for teh pwoer they exercise and need to be brought to book for non-performance. And what about people’s rights? When will be able to live a life without fear and our children live a life full of opportunities. I am sorry, but reforming the army will have nothing to do with it unless we have committed leaders who are not at the helm because of the power of the guns or from monies paid out from corruption they have indulged in. We need people who mean business and aer committed to change Nepal– not break it into pieces. SO, the likes of Girija, Amik, Pushpa Kamal, Baburam, Hisila, Sujata, MKN, Oli and teh gang certainly don’t fit the bill. They all, too, need to take (early) retirement from politics, reform teh politcal system and let other insitutions to also go trhough the reform process.
Guyfromktm:
Good points but I think you are taking this a little too far.
No one is blaming the army for everything and I certainly am not saying that just because the army comitted human rights abuses it absolves the Maoists - heavens no!
The suggestion made by Bedeshi was an exaggeration… But let’s not also lose sight of the fact that the army is a very important institution given Nepal’s current socio-political situation. And contrary to what Mr. B believes the army is far more important then the deaprtment of transportation - especially now.
Let’s also call a spade a spade and agree that the army was UNSUCCESSFUL in fighting the Maoist insurgency. They simply could not fight the Maoists effectively and they killed, abducted, tortured, raped many innocent people in the process. In a war where intelligence is crucial, the villagers simply did not trust the army to give them information by risking their lives.
Now, personally I think this peace process is very unstable and any moment fighting could resume. If we want to the army to more effective in fighting the Maoists, the NA does indeed need to make some major changes.
“… Is it because they are more likely to eb pro-royalist? Well, you have trained them to be pro-royalist for so many years so what do you expect.”
It’s not just because they are pro-royalist. It’s also because many of these officers have been promoted becaused of their relation/connection to the Palace. Which was fine before but now when the army actually has to fight an insurgency and you have leaders who don’t have the field experience and tactical competancy then there is going to be problems.
Bideshi,
GO to hell, moron. Your gra’ma is waiting for you
Budhai;; you are missing a very important point here about the contributions of teh then Royasl nepal Army– they weer able to contain teh insurgency to a great extent- true that they have been hoowinked in several battles, but they were definitely winning the war– there were times when almost all of the Maoists attacks were being foiled… even the Maoists had come out with statements that said that it had become very difficult for them to even stay (let alone strategize) in Kathmandu for more than a week at one go. The Maoists had several times called to move the war from rural area to urban areas and we heard many times Pushpa Kamal talking about ‘nirnayak dhakka” or antim dhakka” but that never really materialized. However, the Maoists were fighting the battle on two fronts– political and military while the royal nepal army was ony fighting it on the military front. On the political front it was the democratically elected government, the pro-royal government and later the governmetn headed by the King that failed to perform. There came a point in time when the Maoists thought that they can never get what tehy want if they continued on with their Military battle because it wasn’t a battle tehy were going to win. That’s why they used the shortcomings of the SPA to make them succumb to their inherent greedy behavior and manipulated it to take the political battle as their main agenda. The weakness in both the government headed by the King and the corrupt nature of the Political parties helped them gain ground very quickly. Even Pushpa Kamal has accepted this in public interviews. Now, to say that the royal nepal army didn’t win the war will be injustice to all the bravery they showed during those years. True that they also ndulged in many human rights violations, but they were the only thing standing between a Nepal as we know it now and a complete take over by the terrorists. Please, give credit where its due.
“Do we have a functioning Judicial System? A functioning democracy? A funcitioning education system? A functioning police department? a functioning road department? a functioning health system? And you want the NA to be reformed? ”
Can any of these defeat the Maoist gangs except the army? That is why reform must begin there.
“GO to hell, moron. Your gra’ma is waiting for you ”
And the best part is that since I am a well educated moron you may end up having me as your beloved Hakim…
guy:
I will give the army some credit sure. However, I do not entirely agree with your assessment of the RNA’s performance. The Maoists controled much of rural Nepal (especially Western region) with Rolpa as being the center and the army was not able to contain the Maoist’s influence in these areas. Western Nepal was/is Mao-land… But they army was also not able to capture their leaders and we didn’t hear of any major successful operation against the Maoists in all those years - actually I can think of one but you know what I mean. The RNA was just aerial bombing entire villages …
I don’t think you can just say that because the Maoists were unable to attack KTM the army was successful.
Hey Bhudai-so now you finally agree with the reform of the NA! Well better late than never. A professional NA would have blasted the Maoists to peace long time ago.
This country is screwed and its future is bleak. Good Luck.
Kirat I have heard there are many ayervedic medicines for memory loss.
I have ALWAYS ALWAYS advocated the reform of the NA.
Thank you for that comment tourist… what a great help. Thanks for letting us know - we were under the impression that things are just dandy.
Bhag, I have nothing to comment on your absurdity! I hail from some remote part of country. I undersatnd and gone through the ordeals that you moron idiot can never feel! They are terroists and you a**hole look the movie OSAMA! Thier degree is different but are on the same path! You do not understand the pain of we the PEOPLE due to those terroists! You are the asshole and mule! Look your face in the broken mirror!
Bideshi and Bhudai,
“Can any of these defeat the Maoist gangs except the army? That is why reform must begin there. ”
I have never said that the NA does not need any reforms and indeed they do. The only thing is, it is impossible to reform the NA unless we start reforming the entire nation. Unless the politicians start showing their sincerity toward this nation the NA can not be reformed. It is impossible. Yes, education system, health system and many more departments can play a vital role in defeating the maoists but you guys would just need to open your eyes to see the bigger picture. The problem with the NA is no different than any other NEpali problems. We, Nepalis, are bad managers and that is the major problem whether you talk about GPK managing the country or COAS managing the army. My point simply was, NA can not be reformed when the country is being run by corrupt politicians or when other national institutions do not show any committment towards the nation.
I know people like pundit would say that the americans have already lost their war in Iraq which i am sure americans would not agree with. Yet, the americans continue to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent iraqi people (including other abuses like rape and torture). And they started the war in 2001, i think. The worlds most powerful country in coalition with other powerful countries and yet the atrocities and abuses are horendous (and of course only 10% of these atrocities are exposed thru media) and yet these most powerful countries in the world are yet very distant from victory that Mr. Pundit has envisioned for our beloved NA. And yet the NA only got what 2 years of war with no amount of internal or external support.
But try to reform PLA first then R(NA). I think that will bring peace in Nepal. Maoist are threatening to the people and SPA by showing their strength. Even today aroud 11 O’Clock, maoist militant groups walking in que from Tripureswor to Tundikhel in civil dress to show the strength. The message was they are still in Kathmandu. Mentally people are not secured with this peace accord with thinking that it might be just agreement in piece of paper.
A young guys motorbike (pulsar) was burn on this particular bandh. He had just bought the bike. He said ” i went out of my home with my bike and i came back with just the keys” and he was crying when he said this. The government has money to give the maoists that they once considered terrorists but they would not compensate people whose vehicles are burnt by them. Maybe the government should announce bandhs like curfews on all media and out on the street as well just a few hours before the bandh. People can just go around torching someone elses property and abusing someone elses rights like that. This is not loktantric at all and this is what i meant with the NA reforms. We need to reform the whole society, we need to change the way we think (maybe for that GPK needs to be autocratic for a while and sobeit). We do not even know what prajatantra, loktantra or democracy means. We do not know what human rights mean and the responsibility that democracy entrusts on each citizen. For us, democracy simply means our right to protest out on the street, our right to torch someone elses property and our right to collect bribes from the innocent civilians. These are the only changes our present leaders can bring to our country. Our present leaders must go, to even be hopeful about this nation. Our leaders are incapable or donot have the know how to think more than street agitation. They are even incapable of writing a proposal and that is why they sit in their heated offices and talk about politics the whole f###in day.
What SPA will get paying the victim of bandh ?
B:
For a start stop speculating the working of my mind okay? Who made you a mind-reader? And plus your comment about me thinking the armericans are lossing the war in Iraq makes no sense. What does that have to do with anything? But if you cared to read the news you would see that even the americans are worried about their performance in Iraq.
I can kind of understand what you are trying to say but Mr. Kutuwal can still implement some changes and reforms independantly of the SPA and other institutions in Nepal. The army cannot afford to sit back and wait till things are perfect to start implementing changes. I agree the major refoms will need political leadership and support and the monkeys running Nepal cannot be trusted with this task. But I don’t like your complacent half-hearted attitude. Furthermore, I resent your comment that Nepalis are naturally bad managers. I think not! Just because our currentl poilitical leaders are selfish, greedy idiots you cannot just genralize that to the rest of the population.
Mr. Pundit,
If you think that our NA soldiers would happily give their lives away on the orders of GPK while the leaders are busy looting money from the people, you must be joking. What complacent half hearted attitude are you talking about? There is no space or place for complanceny in Nepal at the moment. Time is ticking away, while leaders and ministers sit at home waiting for another round of negotiations. What you fail to understand is the patriotism can not be installed into people like some kind of software into a pc. You can not train NA into loving their country. It takes a collective effort from the entire country. And if you think the government will be successful in singling out NA as the only institution that needs reform in front of the entire world, i have my doubts. I am not saying everything should be perfect before we start reforming army, and i think it is you who is seeing sentences that are not present. What i did say, instead, was simultaneous effort should and can be made to reform various aspects of our society. Let us say for start, the government saying that even the maoist will be punishable by law if they take law into their own hands. May be our government should send out a message like, if maoists kill innocent (innocent or otherwise) people they will be prosecuted against. What do you think Mr. Pundit? Our government has withdrawn all its cases against the maoists for their previous crimes but what about crimes at the moment Mr. Pundit? How will the army feel if they are prosecuted against for the mistakes they have made but the maoists are awarded for their atrocities and abuses? But yes, Mr. Katuwal can still independantly implement some reforms and i agree with you on that one as long as NA, as an institution, is not humiliated infront of the world.
As far as managers are concerned, we do not have good managers Mr. Pundit and we do not understand the importance of managers. Our culture is such that, if you child does well in studies (in SLC) then parents force or at least pressure their kids into studying science, if they are average into commerce and if they are bad into arts. I think that is also a problem that needs to be addressed. And you know our eductation system. Students do not even need to go to colleges to pass the exams and get certificates. If Indian and Chinese investments come into Nepal, they will be hiring managers from their own countries simply because we would not have efficient human resources. I am not saying that Nepalis are naturally bad manager, oh no! The best managers in Nepal are natural managers. The problem is we have not been able to produce great managers or good managers who are not naturally gifted at it. What did you mean by my attitude being complacent or half hearted? Very weird remark, i would have to say.
And congratulations on americans being worried about their status in Iraq. It is a great victory for Amnesty international UNHRC. Hurrah! But i simply mentioned the US army in iraq to stress the fact that the media can make a war heroic or demonic depending on their vested interests. Even your language seemed to justify the war. UN wants our NA culprits to be prosecuted in civil courts but people illegaly imprisioned by the US in Guantana mo bay will be tried in military courts. Once again, we can not congratulate and express our admirations for organizations like UN and amnesty international enough.
Why in the world would we need ex gurkhas involved in management of maoist arms? This i sincerely do not understand. Now, ian martin travels to india everytime he needs to discuss Nepal’s situation. Our prime minister reciever indian foreign minister at the airport. Have we already become an Indian state?
So mr. pundit, don’t get mad get even. I will not stop trying to speculate the workings of your mind because i am at the liberty to do so. “who made you a mind reader?” well to this, i would say it is indeed a good question but the one that i do not have any answers to. If you want me to change who i am just to make you feel more comfortable i would just say, we are not on that level yet.
By the way sagarmatha, i totally agree with you. It is difficult for people like you to express your views now, i understand. As soon as you criticize the spa or inquire on the need to reform the maoists before the na, everyone starts calling you a royalist. Now it is almost like a test for everyone, you would either have to support the SPA or the maoist OR criticize the NA to qualify as a non royalist.
NOW THIS IS RIDICULOUS:
“Maoist affiliated ANHWU closes Pokhara hotels, restaurants indefinitely
Fraternal organization of Maoists All Nepal Hotel Workers Union (ANHWU) forcibly shut down all hotels and restaurants in the tourist town of Pokhara indefinitely from Friday.
Maoist affiliated workers have forced hotel and restaurant owners of the lake side area to down their shutters, reports said.
According to entrepreneurs, 400 hotels and 300 restaurants have been closed due to the strike called by the pro-Maoist labour union.
President of Restaurant and Bar Association of Nepal, Pokhara Chapter, Shree Lal Subedi said that the strike caused loss of over 10 million rupees per day.
The ANHWU called strike demanding appointment letters and identity cards along with a minimum monthly salary of 5,500 rupees. The protestors warned that they will not stop the strike until their 16-point demands are fulfilled.”
Next time the Maoists are constipated and their sh*t does not come out, please make sure they blame all the “saag” vendors in the city and then ensure that so saag is sold on the streets for an indefinite period until they can poop.
AND WHOEVER WROTE THIS ATRICLE INITIALLY, CUT THE CRAP and here is thr truth finally out in the open. Maoists WERE NOT SIDELINED, but were consulted, stop your stupid speculation and realize that MAOISTS themselves are not united and the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. One is busy wiping the arse while the other is shaking hands.
“Earlier, talking to a delegation of human rights activists Prime Minister Koirala reiterated that he had nominated the ambassadors and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman only after talking the issue over with Prachanda. Rights activist Charan Kumar Prasai quoted the PM as telling them that the government had made the decisions through understanding. “
Nepal, this is the funniest place on earth and if we are lucky enough to survive, will see the craziest thing! Good luck!
Bhudai-you should take the medicene yourself. You were always like ‘this is not the time for reform’.
My voice from outside: Asha et al. take me as a Royalist too. It’s much better to be in the Right side of the Law then to be on the side of the terrorists.
Definition of Royalist: A person who believes in law of land, democracy and peace.
Definition of SPAM: Terrorism
Horning,
Just a couple of words for you :
Totally brainwashed by your maoist buddies. You really know how to pull out numbers from your ar$e. 4000 thousand killed by maoists and 8000 thousand by the state!!!! - I wonder who was counting? Another Maoists propoganda. The fact is thousands were killed and we really don’t know how many by whome and how many were common people and who were the maoists? But the fact remains the maoists began the war with guns, not the state.
The maoists had a ridiculous 40 point demand. Their agenda was simple “fast track to power”- Elections was not working out for them. Guns seemed to be the logical path. Frighten people and get attention.
“3 non negotiable demands” - my grandaddy’s ar$e, it began with 40 non-negotiable demands. Horning you seemed to make a little sense sometime back, but I think now your really full of $hit.
Oh yeah Horning,
The peace corp that you applaud was pulled out because your buddies the maoists were threatening their existence in Nepal. Or have’nt your buddies told you that yet? So please don’t claim “no particular good reason”? You’re a really red rascal are’nt you?
BHAG…Sometimes, the real IDIOT tells the truth unknowingly, and so you are! The King and his hench men were involved in tyre burning and igniting the people. THIS IS YOUR WORD THAT I COPIED. So, the unruly junk hooligans who put red scarf on their forehead and dancing with the heat of the burnt tyre on the gate of the Airport and infact everywhere, beating even a cyclist mercilessly are King’s man! Be clear, they and you all are brainwashed junk by the power hungry beast PRACHANDE! Afterall there is not much difference between your terroist group and king! Both of you are leach!
I wonder, why all the beast of burden ( PRACHANDE, Bhattai, Mahare, Badale…and so on) are so good in shape during this so called war? Why even one of them did not have any scar on their body? The answer is simple they all are opportunistic, hiding in the den and forcing poor rural folks to fight for them! Who got killed during the war? It’s those brainwashed fellow like you Mr bhag! They are using like you idiots to fulfill thier dreams! So open your eyes Mr BHAG!
The maoists shit went jungle to get bigger share for power. They showed that they can kill, they can destroy, they can shock. What they have done else you idiot Mr Bhag? Why you speak on behalf of those hells? Might be you can get some share when they are in power. As Giriza told that there is one ambassdor position left vacant at FRANCE for your group. So best of luck!
kill prachanda pakhe, kill baburam baboon, kill mahara madman ,kill pasang the pig , kill hisila the bitch. Kill them like sabimbi of angola and there will be peace. their army and their arms can be no matched for the royal nepal army.
MAOIST ARE ONLY PROPAGANDA. The government cannot be ruled by these hooligans who were terrorist about 10 months back and are making the decision for me. NOT IN MY NAME !not in my country ’s name.
Enough is enough !!!! NEPAL ARMY SHOULD WIPE OUT THESE BLOODY MAOIST WHO HAVE RUINED EVERY NEPALIS LIVES AND DESTROYED OUR NEPAL .
Nepal is not their god damn father’s Property .
Prachanda must be questioned for the 13 k nepalese who lost their lives. He must be brought to Docks. His big talks are not going to wipe out the agonies of yesterday’s sorrow of Nepal.
DOWN WITH PRACHANDA !!
Guys
read this article about the new interim constitution. It is interesting.
http://www.nepalnews.com.np/archive/2006/others/feature/dec/news_feature05.php
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Brain Reform
Let’s face it we all have close people on both sides.