Showing posts with label Biratnagar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biratnagar. Show all posts

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Biratnagar

बिराटनगरको बिशाल जनप्रदर्शन, भदौ २७

बिराटनगरको बिशाल जनप्रदर्शन, भदौ २७ Massive protest held in Biratnagar, Nepal, on Sep 13, against proposed state boundaries and amended draft of constitution. The spiraling violence over the conflict has resulted in the killings of at least 25 people by the state in the mid-southern plains.video credit: Sanatan Mandal Ji

Posted by Madhesi Community on Sunday, September 13, 2015

Sunday, September 06, 2015

In The News (25)



आन्दोलन बन्दुक के बल पर नहीं दब सकता : खगेन्द्र संग्रौला, विराटनगर में आन्दोलन सशक्त
बन्द को सशक्त बनाने के लिए मोर्चा आवद्ध दलों ने रोडशेष, महाविर चौक, बि पल्ट, टंकी, रंगेली, आमवारी, आदि विभिन्न स्थानों में व्यापक रूप में युवा तथा पार्टी के कार्यकर्ताओं को परिचालन करने की जानकारी अध्यक्ष राजकुमार यादव ने दी ।

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Biratnagar

मधेसमा जारी आन्दोलनले संविधानसभाको दुई-तिहाई बहुमत चकनाचुर: उपेन्द्र

Posted by Subhash Chandra Shah on Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Sunday, January 11, 2015

7 Regions In One Madhesh State


Kailali (combining the current districts of Kailali and Kanchanpur): Capital Mahendranagar
Tharuhat: Capital Nepalgunj
Awadh: Capital Bhairahawa
Chitwan (the current district by that name): Capital Narayanghat
Bhojpura: Capital Birgunj
Mithila: Capital Janakpur
Kochila: Capital Biratnagar

State Capital: Narayanghat (as a goodwill gesture to the 40% Parvates in the Terai, also because it is the geographic center of the Terai, also for its good climate, and the limitless supply of drinking water from the Narayani, to build the top city in all of Nepal, to make it a software hub)

Political implications: Kailali, Chitwan and Kochila will likely have Parvate regional chiefs, and that is okay. The state capital will be in Narayanghat. When you get rid of the current district boundaries, having seven regions in the state will be more efficient than having only two, or four.

There will be right to self determination. That is unavoidable. Just like you can not imagine a democracy where the state is not secular, the cutting edge kind of federalism necessarily has a right to self determination. That is like saying sovereignty rests with the people, as it does.

But if you keep Kailali, Chitwan and Kochila as part of the Madehsh state, you are looking at a Madhesh state where the Parvates are 40% of the state population, and likely more and more Parvates will descend south in search of greener pastures. Unless that Madhesh state legislature has a 50% support for a referendum, there will not be a referendum on the separate country question. So having Kailali, Chitwan and Kochila as part of the Madhesh state is what people who profess they want to keep Nepal intact as one country should want. But they want the opposite! They want to take these sections out of the Madhesh state, which will make a breakup of the country more likely.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Modi Is For Consensual Constitution Making

Nepal statute must be through consensus: Modi
"Delay in writing the Constitution will not be in Nepal’s interest" ..... the parties should try to write the new statute through consensus and not on the basis of numerical majority. ..... the new statute should reflect the aspirations of Madhesis, Pahades, and the Maoists and other people in the country. ....... While the ruling parties want to opt for voting in the Constituent Assembly where they have more than two-thirds majority with the help of other smaller parties, the UCPN (Maoist) and the Madhesi parties have insisted “consensus only” approach. ........ his remarks is likely to please the Maoist and Madhesi leaders. ....... The Madhesi party leaders who were miffed that the Indian PM assiduously avoided mentioning Madhes in his remarks to Nepal’s Parliament would be very happy with the public display of support for them.

Monday, November 17, 2014

3 States: Koshi, Gandaki, Karnali: A New Proposal

This has been proposed.


My first criticism is that this has been designed to continue with the colonization of the Madhesh. This is designed to make sure the police, the army and the administration remain as they are. You still will have Pahadi CDOs in Madhesi districts. You will continue with the Pahadi police lording over the Madhesh.

There are ways to rectify those colonial tendencies.

As for the map, my counter proposal would be as follows.



In this proposal, you necessarily end up with five layers of government and strong district governments. Some might ask, why go for five when three can be had? 

Friday, May 15, 2009

MJF: That Other Winner Of The April 2008 Election

Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, NepalImage via Wikipedia


There were two primary victors to the April 2008 election. One, the Maoists. Two, the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum. The Maoists ruled for a year. Now it is the MJF's turn.

MJF stakes claim on govt leadership NepalNews

The TMDP and the SP have to now join the MJF bandwagon.

In the early 1990s, Girija Koirala chose to bring down his own party's clear majority government, and split his Nepali Congress party, and decided to take the country to premature midterm elections and went on to sow the seeds of a civil war rather than step down and let a Madhesi Mahendra Narayan Nidhi become Prime Minister.

Both Prachanda and Girija are Bahun, but I get the impression Prachanda is less prejudiced against Madhesis than Girija. Both Bahun also happen to be Teraiwasi. Girija is from Biratnagar, and Prachanda is from Chitwan.

A MJF-TMDP-SP coalition with outside support from the Maoists: that is all it will take to form a government at this juncture. It is called parliamentary arithmetic.

I also want Katuwal to vacate the scene at the earliest. I also want the eight Brigadier Generals retired as soon as possible. Recruiting 3,000 fresh soldiers into the Nepal Army was the peace time Dhoramba. That was a move designed to scuttle the peace process.

The Nepali Congress and the UML were the two biggest losers of the April 2008 election. It would make no sense for them to come into power at this juncture.

I was hoping the Maoist-UML-MJF-SP government would last its full term. But it did not quite work out that way. But I am still for political stability. I am for a directly elected president. We can't have a new government every year.

And if the Maoists play a constructive role in the constitution writing process, there is no reason why they should not do well for the election scheduled for next year.

They have proven they can be a party in power. Now let them prove for a year they can also be a party in the paliament, but not in power.

The Maoists are more enlightened than the Nepali Congress and the UML on federalism. A MJF-TMDP-SP-Maoist alliance will be most needed when it is time to make the final decisions on federalism. This government formation is dress rehearsal.





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