Nepal Army Chief Pyar Jung Thapa (extreme right, with Nepali cap) along with Mrs. Thapa congratulate behula behuli as the mother of the behuli Sujata Koirala (Jost), left, looks on. Nearly two months ago, General Thapa hit the headlines for organizing the illegal and lavish wedding party for his daughter. Pic by Bikash Karki
Take Action Against Sujata
Sujata Koirala is the representative figure of neo-elite who enjoyed the freedom and state power misusing the power of her dad, the Prime Minister of Nepal, Girija Prasad Koirala. She is one of the most controversial figures in Nepali politics who is allegedly behind her father’s involvement in notorious Dhamija scandal involving the national carrier (Royal) Nepal Airline. Many people think that she is also responsible for promoting corruption and nepotism in the government while her father was in power for several years in democratic period in the 90s.
1. That is government should take action against Sujata Koirala (Jost) for she violated the local law by organizing the lavish ceremony.
2. Tax office should ask Sujata Koirala to provide details of the ceremony expenditure and she should tell Nepali public (as she is the daughter of the prime minister) the source of every paisa spent on the ceremony.
3. This government should stop the High Level Probe Commission from interrogating former royal ministers and officials because we are seeing people like Army Chief Pyar Jung Thapa happily shaking hands with those in the government. Those officials did the same as what Pyar Jung Thapa did: follow the orders of the king and supress the peoples’ movement. Since the government is too afraid to take any action against Thapa, the drama of investigating the atrocities of Jana Andolan 2 should be stopped. We need a break. -UWB
By Bikash Sangraula
The Kathmandu Post (For the record)
KATHMANDU, July 6 – The capital city Thursday saw one of the biggest wedding parties since the series of wedding parties for Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa’s daughter two months ago. The bride was Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s granddaughter Melanie Koirala Jost, and the groom was Rubel Chowdhury, a Bangladesh national. The venue: Hotel Everest.
A hotel staffer told the Post that some 3,500 guests were invited to the reception. Among them were Nepal’s who’s who, including deputy prime ministers, ministers, parliamentarians, leaders of political parties, heads of diplomatic missions, security chiefs and officers, administrators, civil society leaders, publishers and editors. Journalists and party workers were also invited.
Sujata Koirala (Jost) with Behula and Behuli
However, Maoist leaders were not present, and neither was the prime minister, who is battling pneumonia at the ICU of Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center. Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala was also present.
A Nepali Congress leader who was one of the invitees equated the party in terms of lavishness with that of the army chief’s daughter, and said this is a matter of public concern. He also complained that he had to wait for about half an hour in the traffic jam while on his way to the reception.
A traffic police officer, who was scrambling in the hotel parking lot to manage the ever increasing number of vehicles, said some 1,500 vehicles arrived at the venue since 2 pm With the hotel parking lot running out of space, vehicles had to be diverted to the parking lot at Birendra International Convention Center.
Behula and Behuli
The prime minister’s daughter Sujata Koirala had booked the hotel’s pool-side cafe for 2 pm to 6 pm and the Grand Ball Room for invitees from 6 pm onwards. The bride’s family also booked several rooms at the hotel for the groom’s family.
Traffic moved at snail’s pace in the Baneswore and Maitighar areas right from the afternoon till late evening, thanks to the massive attendance at the wedding party. In fact, traffic came to a total standstill in these areas for hours in the evening and several dozen traffic personnel had to sweat it out and scream to clear the jam.
The country’s Social Behavior Reform Act 1976 bars marriage parties from having more than 51 invitees. The recent series of wedding parties of the army chief’s daughter was strongly criticized for lavishness.
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190 responses to “Sujata Koirala Daughter’s Big Fat ‘Illegal’ Wedding Mocks Nepali Law”
Sujata should be sent an arrest warrant for flouting The Social Reform Marriage Act 1976 and dealt severely.
The massive corruption scandal she allegedly designed to ground our national airlines could be unearthed from this focal point.
Please anybody file a public interest case at the Supreme Court as soon as possible because justice delayed is justice denied.
We want justice, natra bhane It’s like ” Thula lai chain , Sana lai Ain “.
The problem is that even when an official inquiry was launched on Girija during KG’s time they could not come out with anything conclusive. As soon as KG was overthrown they gave him a clean chit. That’s quite sick and shows the incompetence or evil mindedness of these commissions. These commissions like the CIAA are a big joke the way they go about doing their job. Most of the public know which political figures are corrupt or not it’s evident from their career history, lifestyle, the cars they drive and the houses they live in. But a body like the CIAA can’t or won’t do anything about it. Is that not a joke? A sick joke at the expenses of us Nepali people.
Why are we politicising everything..so what if Pyar Jung is in the picture..this is a social event not a political gathering..
since the law was formulated during panchayeti era, the recent parliament after janaandolan II also clips that law together with depowering Kg. SO NO HUE AND CRY HERE… SUJATA HAS ENOUGH OF ALIMONY SUPPORT INCLUDING FOR HER DAUGHTER’S MARRIAGE FROM HER GERMAN EXHUSBAND…BY THE WAY WHAT DO THESE BEHULA BEHULI DO FOR LIVING???…
“The country’s Social Behavior Reform Act 1976 bars marriage parties from having more than 51 invitees.”
That must be the dumbest law ever formulated. And its never, ever been observed. We all know that.
Even the most modest of Nepali marriages have at least 150 guests. Who makes these stupid laws?
And UWB, try to be a little professional. I’ve noticed that’s its becoming more and more shoddy. You guys should do some more reporting and voice your opinions a little less.
Sujata K. having billions of illegal money to squander in events such as these is not a news for Nepalese people. Melini herself used to be seen with so many of her boyfriends with fancy cars and costly watches, etc. They have billions stored in German banks.
I agree totally with UWB that the drama of calling ex-ministers for interrogation at the Commission formed to probe into atrocities during the people’s movement MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY. Everybody that goes says that “if this SPA alliance and the Maoists are willing to take the responsibility of the deaths of 13 thousand Nepalese, then we will also take responsibility of 21 deaths. ” They are right. Here we are negotiating with the Maoists who killed so many innocent people including political party cadres, so why are we only bothered about 21 deaths? How about the assasination of Krishna Mohan Shrestha and his wife during morning walk? How about the incident in Madi, last year? So, let’s stop this nonsense.
I bet that the Everest Hotel’s notorious owner has given this bash for free to extract some major deal with Sujata Koirala when her father is Prime Minister just like Dinesh Dhamija. This family from hell is the most corrupt and character-less in Nepal. Yet, they are worshipped as democrats and “respected” for their “liberal” views. Journalists should now expose the major corruption that already seems to have begun with 2 months passing of this govt.
that act about not having more than 51 guests is a joke though.
The weddings not the big issue, neither was Gen Thapa’s daughter’s wedding. The real issue is how crooks-be they SPA crooks, Maoist crooks or Royalist crooks always seem to get away scot free. Our society is always going after the small time crooks-these aforementioned people are the biggest crooks yet we seem to accept them as ‘elites’ of our society. Says something about our society and our culture doesn’t it? How we can look into the mirror and not see how ugly we are is amazing.
Its true that only lower level people get detached not the upper ones. So I think we never get changed on the way we doing things for ages and I have no hope anything could change in future to come. Its just drama what political leaders are playing in order to show people that they working for people, this is just fake.
How can she organize such a huge party where has she got the fund for the party. There are lots of questions have to be answered before we get complete freedom. People are starving, homeless who cares people die for democracy who cares there status how are they now etc.
I think we need to give another jerk which can through corrupted leader out of the circle could have chance the ones who are more talent and plan orientated. Like GIRIJA he is bull shit he needs to go soon forever. I am optimistic he is leaving us and going heal very soon . God has already given him relief spiritually not physically so he will go soon I am sorry for him. He is the one who is the most to be blamed to drive our country in this stage.
Jai Nepal and corrupted leader murda bad.
When country is still burning, having looted money through her Mother’s Trust and country suffer from Maoist terrorist acts, collapse of economy such a lavish wedding for few elitists is a real shame, it needs to scrutinized and investigated throughly, that where this illigal money coming from to celebrate such lavish wedding, when we many poor Nepalis suffering cause by decade long maoist terrorist act, now it beg the question where these maoist terrorist leaders Bhattrai, Prachanda and Mahara such waste public monenies, it appears to me that their fight for the poor people is gone out of the window as they are started to enjoying shame democratic power sharing with present political system.
Shame on you Girija P Koirala
oh and on a different note.
do u guys here find any hint of chemistry in between these two ?
i doubt it.
from the right go, i find they are destined to be ex wife / exhusband of each other soon.
after all, they say ” Marriages are made in Heaven “.
ain’t it ?
Just how many political/social figures can we look up to in our society/country and say here is a person we can be proud about? Morally bankrupt-no wonder about the rise of the Maoists.
One can only be reminded of the Grand Weddings of Military Brass and their families during the Third Reich in Nazi Germany.
PYAR JUNG THAPA IS A WAR-CRIMINAL…… HE HAS COMMITTED CRIMES-AGAINST-HUMANITY ie. THE PEOPLE OF NEPAL……
Until Thapa is removed from the NA, jailed and tried for his crimes, there will be no real Democracy in Nepal !
Kirat,
The “mirror” also says you are beautiful !
The half-full and the streagth and beauty of the Nepali people gives the strength to complete Loktrantra.
I am just disgusted by the exibhition of such arrogance shown by the Koirala family – shame on you! Your country is going through a very difficult time and now is not a time to pary, and if you do have excess money to flash, use it to help your country rather.
A true leader must rise above and speak against such an outragious show of arrogance and even when it’s done by your own family.
Follow the great leaders like Nelson Mandela – I know what he would have done in times of these matters – he would have distanced himself from such a gross misuses of power and money. Unless, the Koirala wants to be the next royal family of Nepal, and it seems like anything goes – such a gross hypocrisy! You should demand your PM to speak up if he cares!
vANDEVEER,
This thread about Sujata’s daughter’s ‘big-motto-wedding”, so please don’t bring Pyar(love) Jung Thapa in between.
There is not much difference between Pyar Jung and Sujata except that Pyar Jung must have had struggled at some point in his life – to reach where he is today . This daughter of Girija got to loot the nation – without any struggle- she just landed in Ktm after her father became the PM and started pawing nepal. So easy.
Unfortunately, Nepal is that unfortunate country which has been forced to look up to Girija as its “towering leader.” Tomorrow if Giriaja dies we will look yo to Sujata or some other Koirala babu Sashanka, Shekar as our “towering leader”.What to say more.
Bill don’t insult Nelson Mandela!
I am just disgusted by the exibhition of such arrogance shown by the Koirala family – shame on you! Your country is going through a very difficult time and now is not a time to party, and if you do have excess money to flash, use it to help your country rather. A true leader must rise above and speak against such an outragious show of arrogance and even when it’s done by your own family. Follow the great leaders like Nelson Mandela – I know what he would have done in times of these matters – he would have distanced himself from shuch a gross misuses of power and money. Unless the Koirala wants to be the next royal family of Nepal, and it seems anything goes – such a gross hypocrisy! You should demand your PM to speak up if he cares!
Attn: UWB! There is a letter ‘t’ missing in the word “party, so I am reposting my comment for the third time. Please discard the first two please. Again, I am so sorry for your inconveniences!
TO BILL
I am just disgusted by the exibhition of such arrogance shown by the Koirala family – shame on you! Your country is going through a very difficult time and now is not a time to party, and if you do have excess money to flash, use it to help your country rather. A true leader must rise above and speak against such an outragious show of arrogance and even when it’s done by your own family. Follow the great leaders like Nelson Mandela – I know what he would have done in times of these matters – he would have distanced himself from shuch a gross misuses of power and money. Unless the Koirala wants to be the next royal family of Nepal, and it seems anything goes – such a gross hypocrisy! You should demand your PM to speak up if he cares!
Attn: UWB! There is a letter ‘t’ missing in the word “party, so I am reposting my comment for the third time. Please discard the first two please. Again, I am so sorry for your inconveniences!
NOTE: I AM DOING YOU YET ANOTHER FEVOR BY POSTING YOUR COMMENT YET ONCE AGAIN SINCE YOU HAVE GOT ‘exibhition’ AND ‘outragious’SPELLING WRONG IN 1ST AND 4TH LINES.
YET ANOTHER NOTE: CHILL BILL, YOU ARE NOT SITTING FOR ENGLISH EXAM AND WE (COMMENT READERS) WON’T FLUNK YOU. AND,YES! IT’S HELL OF INCONVENIENCE TO WADE THROUGH YOUR MUCK. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE EMBARASSED WITH YOU SPELLING SKILLS, WE DON’T GIVE A KCUF (READ IT REVERSE).
Yahoo, are u related/aquaintance/lackey whatever to Koirala-clan or what? why are u showing so much disgust against bill?
Ureka!!! Mystery of secularism is solved. Now German market for our gods will be flourished and income will be used to build mosques. Let’s start to learn how to yell Allah!! in unison. So called king did not just loose his right but also let people of dignity down. It still hurts us. Down with so called leaders.
Bill:
Why don’t you say what you did to the Koirala family instead of ranting at this blog. We all hate Koiralas here.
I so agree with Kirat! All these damn commissions to investigate curruption in the past is a load of crap. We do, indeed, just go after small time criminals.
Sujata koirala in my opinion is by far one of THE most currupt people in Nepal. She was directly responsible for so much curruption and scandal. I know personal ancedotes from people who have had direct contact with Sujata that she always needed a 25% cut in everything. It is high time we do something about her. I wish people would take their thumb out of their asses and do something about this outrage!
this is not a national issue
nepal’s is destined to be total communist country.
Yahoo, thank you so much for pointing that out, you know what – everytime I try to write something, my fingers run faster that my brain, and as the result, letters go missing in the words. You are right who the nut give any freaking blistering star if one gets his/her spelling correct or not! By the way, sorry that you have to waste your so valuable time going through my comments more that you otherwise would have to.
Get a life, Yahoo!
Bill (William)
Do not take my banter seriously, and i graciously take your apology. And thank you for your advice to get a life for myself, i think i really need that, my lack of life drags me down to UWB and have me post all these nonsense.
The fact that your brain and your fingers are not in sync, you might want to see neurologist, when some of the neural circiuts are not functioning well, you get this kind of early prognosis.
Someone suggested in one of the comments that we ‘Nepalis’ need to take our thumbs out of our asses and do something about this outrage.
I think we are better off with our own thumbs up our own asses, the moment you take them out someone (king/politician/moaist/army/police) will jam thier skcid (reverse) up yours.
I totaly agree with you,UWB on your appeal to start assessing the extra huge expenditure that Sujata Koiral has spend on here daughter’s wedding – she’s got right to do what she wants with her own money, but not the money she seemed to have amessed being a daughter of a sitting in PM. Again, I am perplexed and disgusted.
Yahoo, I am ever more indebted to you for your valuable advice and I mean it from the bottom of my heart. However it gives me a creep when one tries to be a little gnikcuf
(reverse) smart allex! And, I humbly hope that you do get a life. Don’t rant too much, rather take care of yourself!
Bill
I guess it is an incorrigible habit of mine that I am a self-aggrandizing smart ass.
Once again i have this strong urge to correct you, when you said ‘smart allex’, i think you meant SMART ALECK.
But, trust me Bill, i didn’t mean to give you any creep.
Before i gloat and choke on my own rant, i apologize for digression from the main debate of Koiralas flaunting thier wealth.
People carry on with your debate!!!!
Funny looking at the contrast of pictures in this blog. Pictures showing the tragedy of poverty and conflict that have so afflicted us Nepalis. Then suddenly there’s a picture of lavishness and extravaganza-whose picture?- that of a daughter and grand daughter of a prominent politician. Sujata herself has now become a politician. With politicians like these it is no wonder this country is so poor and it’s people so miserable.
Any way Girija is a [icd]. Every moment Nepal gets chance to over come from feudalism Girija becomes obstacle. His too much love to his daughter and his worry of continuation of his dynastic makes country in limbo.
Sujata would have been working in a Bar or supermarket if Girija wouldn’t the Priminister. I remember what Girija said for the first time to HINDU news paper in India: “I have been priminister by the fluke”. He never thought that he is capable to handle the position and deserves. I feel shame to see everybody acting as a MP. The word could have said: Mampakha.
I wish that people will show the same unity to kick in the ass of all the ill politician as we did to criminal king Ganendra. How we can see this ugly Pasupati or indian agent Surya Bahadur barking in the parliament or Banguralaya. People’s unity is most for people’s sovereignty. Good luck for you all.
Attention UWB and all here
Can anybody write in this blog as to how can we file a case against Sujata for breaking Social Reform Behaviour Act 1976 ?
and what are the penalty for breking the rule ?
It is understandable that the penalty may be too light but we must win over her.
Let us all unite under the leadership of UWB fight for a good cause.
Either she / any culprit be punished ( as long as the law is there ) or they should make appropriate amendments to this law.
In a country like Nepal they still do it though they know it is completly against the public opinion and moral.
There are obviously people who think they are better than others when they display their wealth amongst such misery and suffering.
Who is this guy Rubel ? is he comes from poltical family background ?
This dubious and utterly ambitious woman called Sujata is brazely having total influence in whatever PM Koirala decides. Koirala and his ilk must understand that this dirt-poor country is basically anti-elite for obvious reasons. It will not take long for people to have same kind of hatred as they showed to King Gyanendra and his notorious son, Paras, and his cronies.
Sujata’s daughter’s weddling bash is a vyrgar display of pomp and arrogance. It seems the Loktantra we believe has dawned in this country is just a make-believe. Shame on Koirala’s international family!
Bibek.
Thanks UWB
Thanks for speaking the mind of thousands of nepali who feel that action be taken against this cheating woman.
Hundreds of hundred nepali young man are working abroad as slaves. Never theless it matters not even if you are high profile nepali or doing academic or any things like that. You will be treated as cheap labor because they no that even in loktantra you people (meida) can have that courage to put finger at dubbious character called sujata.
Sujata has been additional burden for the democracy , for the country and even after she will be burden for loktantra.
Lets kick her out from the nepal.
perhaps a bad thought but perhaps it would be good for the country’s politics if Girija kicked the bucket. Perhaps a new, better leader would emerge. Not that idiot Deuba though.
Was Prachanda invited at the wedding?
No Shree he was not – read the article again.
This [icd] Sujata was actually responsible for Girija’s downfall. Girija himslef was not “currupt” se per but his daughter took full advantage of his position. Girija main fault was he was too weak to stand up to his daughter. She was apprently a total phycho – she would threaten sucied if Girija didn’t do this or that etc. I have long hated Sujata Koirala and advocated some kind of public lynching or even better a beheading! She deserves nothing less.
You see the unfornunate thing is that right now we don’t have another political leader except Girija. I would choose Girija a thousand times over – even if it meant having 10 more such weddings for Sujata – so long as Deuba doesn’t come to power.
what’s the big fuss , it’s just going to be vanished from the peoples head in just a weeks time, if any action was going to be taken then it would not never had happend, at least the black money was circulated in the market ( if any ).
Bhudai, I understand where you are coming from. But is Girija really that indispensable? I am not too sure. Maybe Girija kicking the bucket will start the trend for a new generation of leaders to arise.
“Sujata Koirala Daughter’s Big Fat ‘Illegal’ Wedding Mocks Nepali Law ”
then tell us UWB, what is ‘Legal’ Wedding. could you please clarify what is illegal about it.
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Bhudai, This link might interest you :-
It is an obscene show of wealth at a time when the country is facing ruin. Are there not enough lamp posts in Kathmandu to hang the criminal politicians and officials who have become filthy rich stealing the nations treasure? Where are the outraged citizens of Jana Andolan when these things happen? Why was this allowed to progress peacefully? Get angry at the guilty parties at pull them down. The legal process has no effect on these people; they are above the law. Corruption must end before the Maoists can be dealt with.
daal bhudey,
You are really a Daal Bhudey to understand. In this blog there is nobody to guide or stand with you in your plan. Mostly there are braggers, haters and blah blah. Even Bhudai Pundit, who looked a bit serious and might dislike Girija, Sujata, Sushil or any other individual Koirala due to one or other reason, degraded himself declaring a hatred toward all Koiralas. If you really want to act, go to an anti-Girija lawyer like Balkrishna Neupane and he will instantly help as he is not only anti-Girija but also an anti-Congress, anti-domocracy and so on.
I congratulate you for your guts.
Yeah Bideshi, along with Gen. Thapa.
KiratKanchha,
You hit the right place, why we should care her Daghter’s wedding, why all Bhate went there married of KATUWA. This blog raise the issue, correctly Sujata should arrest and investigate. SHe is ***.