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 Prachanda : Hero or Villain

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Posted on 06-21-06 9:16 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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The recent public appearance in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, of Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal,alias Prachanda, led to much excitement.

But for some, it is ironic that a man who has led a ruthless war that took the lives of 13,000 people is being treated like a hero.

For many others, he is a hero, who has given a voice to millions of downtrodden people in one of the poorest countries in the world.

So is he a hero or villain?



Demands

When Prachanda launched an armed rebellion in 1996, Nepal had just restored multi-party democracy after 30 years of direct rule by the king.

A peaceful people's uprising in 1990 had forced the then King Birendra to become a constitutional monarch and after a smooth transition, a new constitution was written and democratically elected leaders were in power.

"The war has encouraged and spread a culture of intimidation and violence"
- Maoists' reclusive leader

Despite concerns about corruption, democracy was slowly taking root.

Schools, roads and bridges were being built and businesses were expanding.

Though records have fluctuated, the GDP growth rate in 1995/96, when the Maoists began their insurgency, was 5.4%, an encouraging figure for Nepal.

The immediate reason given by the Maoists for the declaration of war was that the government rejected their demands "without giving them any attention".

Many of those demands related to political and social reforms which most Nepalis would find acceptable.

However, few agree that the government's rejection of the demands was enough reason to declare a war which has caused Nepal enormous suffering.

Violence and intimidation



The Maoists have used violence to push demands.
Accurate independent figures about the economic costs of war are not available.

However, according to Finance Minister Ramsharan Mahat, the damage to infrastructure alone amounted to $246m - around 15% of Nepal's current annual budget.

The Maoists have used threats, extortion and killings to get their way.

They have killed poor, innocent people and those who have criticised their top leaders.

The war has encouraged and spread a culture of intimidation and violence, which is bound to have a long-term impact in a society which was credited for peace and harmony.

Prachanda and others have defended these tactics, arguing that during war such incidents do occur and that they regret mistakes.

Many find it difficult to agree. They argue that Prachanda and many top Maoist leaders are, in fact, more feudal and hypocritical than those whom they regard as such.

There appears to be some truth in this.

'Well-fed' rebel

Prachanda speaks passionately about the need to dismantle feudal structures to create a proletarian society but he has remained quiet about his own elevation as a demi-god by his supporters.

The rich and ruling elite in Kathmandu, who the Maoists view as feudal and want to destroy, has been left untouched throughout the war, whereas poor and ordinary villagers have suffered.



The war has caused ordinary Nepalis enormous suffering.
After seeing Prachanda's pictures, a teacher at a village school recently told me: "Prachanda looks very well-fed. In fact, his healthy diet is bought from the money extorted from poor people like myself.

"Or else, where does he get the money from?"

For Prachanda India was an expansionist foe.

Out of the first nine points in his 40-point demands submitted to the government in 1996, seven were directed against India.

However, it has been an established fact that during much of the insurgency both Prachanda and his deputy, Baburam Bhattarai, have spent time in India.

There have been credible reports that Indian authorities have covertly co-operated with the Maoists at times.

That explains why after the insurgency started they have rarely been critical of India.

'Power of the gun'

This does not mean Prachanda is devoid of virtue.

Many middle-class villagers like Prachanda would have preferred an easy route in life. However, he chose a difficult path to pursue his conviction that "power comes from the barrel of the gun".

Risking his life, he did derive that power and made the powerful ruling elite of the country realise that they cannot take their privileges for granted.

Prachanda claims to have dismantled the feudalistic social structure in the villages under Maoist control. To an extent this is true.

There is also a growing awareness about social and political rights in rural Nepal because of the insurgency.

For now Prachanda seems to have accepted that there is no alternative to multi-party democracy in Nepal.

But many would continue to question whether all the killing and destruction was necessary for him to accept what Nepal's major communist parties accepted a long time ago.

Much will depend on how much he can deliver in Nepal's future political set-up.

(Courtesy: BBC )

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Posted on 06-28-06 11:20 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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it's your online vote. you said it yourself....YOUR..got it? but i don't think you'll understand..h eh ehhe
 
Posted on 06-28-06 11:33 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Sajahuser ,
why are you supporting racist baba racist propaganda ,didn't your mao bau teach you not to discriminate others by race..
hypocrite commie.. u will still be kissing bahun pachanda's a$$ when he is inpower.So why are you attacking bahun.?.. in another thread
+ you are not only racist but sexist too.What is wrong with aaimai.??did u r parchanda bau teach you that ?you commies moron!!
FYI.. IMI .. is lot better than your lame a$$ name Sajahuser
IT mean I am I (ma mai hu , i am confident on what i belive in and what i am unlike your sajahfuser!!)!!bujise . lato , bahiro ,andho .. user!!
now get the Fuc% out of here if you have no sensible arugment(not that you ever had!)
i am not mad come and get me .... hahahah
 
Posted on 06-28-06 11:59 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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he he he hehe....i support anyone who's against you guys....no matter what race you are...
 
Posted on 06-28-06 12:11 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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U are sick dude!! sick!! You need psychiatrist! No brain! You need help! You think you are proving something!!We all know what u r trying to do!!U r psycho!
 
Posted on 06-28-06 12:16 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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its my vote but ......if you know the vote system and how it works.......you wouldnt be folowing that commie.................any one can vote the poll system, it is totally outof my controll..............PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN>.........they dont want your maoist running at all...............so soberup......GO WITH THE RIGHT AND CORRECT FLOW BRO...................ho ki......... BRA ho???
 
Posted on 06-28-06 4:22 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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you're damn right i'm proving something...i'm proving you guys are people who still want to suck blood of nepali people, which you have been doing historically.
 
Posted on 06-28-06 4:27 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Now are you trying to prove that it is time for maoist to suck blood!!!!!!hahahahah
 
Posted on 06-28-06 6:13 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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hmm..now you're thinking. ya your and cronies blood....they've already started by sucking bharat keshar's..he hhe he he he haa ha ha ha ha ha ha ahha
 
Posted on 06-28-06 6:42 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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i am thinking ? ya i have always been thinking unlike u who doesn't have brain to think!!go get some brain first maoist!!you are laughing like devil , must be very happy and excited to suck nepalese blood.You vampire.Bharat kesar is dumb Fuc% so he got kicked by student mob but not maoist .May be maoist goes and licks his balls..who knows?may be you do..
 
Posted on 06-29-06 11:38 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Actually Prachanda should be neither Hero nor a Villina... but rather should be CRUSHED!!!!!!!
 
Posted on 06-29-06 11:45 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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i didn't realize this thread went to second page....i'm back....you label maoist to everyone who fights for people.....that's why i thought you might consider even students to be maoist. and one thing i just learnt from my british friend. you know what party is Tony Blair, the prime minister of England, is? He's from labour party, which is close to communism....
 
Posted on 06-29-06 11:47 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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What a fugg ing lame login is that?
 
Posted on 06-29-06 11:51 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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huh? what did you say?...i'm a little deaf...
 
Posted on 06-29-06 12:37 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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deaf or blind???? ha ha... you've really got some problem.
 
Posted on 06-29-06 8:28 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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yes i have problem. I have problem with someone like you.
 
Posted on 06-29-06 8:41 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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people are not dumb to trust someone like you guys....well some are i guess...:).....but that amout is never going to be majority. so i stop in peace....
 
Posted on 06-29-06 9:03 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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hahahahah.. sajah fuser.
there are very less people who supports maoist like you.You want peace or you want piece of nepal.Biyatch..you stop in peace but your papa prachanda and mao monkeys are not stopping in peace in Nepal.wat you think about that?Only fusing fusing.
you know how much i LOVE u!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!by now.
 
Posted on 06-30-06 9:19 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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KILL PRACHANDAE!!!!
 
Posted on 06-30-06 10:42 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Wow, this thread has come a long way~
Just to remind you guys.. I support Prachanda, n I support sajhauser ...
 
Posted on 06-30-06 3:38 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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I totally understand the frustration over Maoist perticularly over Prachanda. There are lots of threads appleaing the people to crush the maoists and their leaders. Some of us might have lost relatives/families by maoists. I am assuming the class of people who have lost their famliy or relatives by the government does no have access to the internet. Just think, what would happen if the people who have lost their family/relatives from the goverment say to crush their opponents. Do we still want to go back to the civil war. To get out of the plight that we had till last winter, we must be understanding.
Just seeing more thread that against Maoist and Maoist leaders does not mean that they are very weak and you can crush their leaders whenever they want. I dont agree with their philosophy and the ideology, but reality is real. We should appreciate them spreading the concept of" republic " to the grass root level.
 



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