Posted by: gwanche February 3, 2005
Nepal crisis...
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Yesterday, I read the press release of Mr. Gagan Thapa in sajha and the related comments by our learned friends too. I don?t know Mr. Thapa personally but I read about him in the newspapers, few months back. To me he looks like a gallant student leader. He is the one along with Mr. Gururaj Ghimire and Rajendra Rai to be sentenced under the charge of offence against the king and kingdom. He is one of the student leaders behind the motivation of anti monarchy protests. We can easily figure out how popular he was, that fearing with his popularity as a youth leader, GPK dissolved the students committee with which Mr. Thapa was associated and appointed his henchmen instead. GPK must be motivated by King G in my opinion, in this move, GPK was insecure regarding his daughter?s political career, as new student leaders were emerging. Regarding the posting by learned friends related to Mr. Thapa?s press release, I think lot of views were unjustified. Friends, what do you think, are we proud of being in the US, Australia or in Europe. What is the situation of most of us? where are we working? What are we doing? ???We all know the answer. It is not a very big achievement to be in the US. So why are we suspecting Mr. Thapa?s press release as his opinion to seek political asylum in the US? At least he dared to release his statement opposing the king?s move. I guess with his capacity as an eminent student leader, it will not be at all difficult for him to come to the US. We should realize his situation as he along with some others will be main target for new government comprising of king G?s henchmen. I am really concerned for some of the journalists too. Khagendra Sangraula, Kishore Pahadi, Gunraj Luitel, Hari Roka, Hari Thapa, CK Lal, Krishna Murari Dhungel, Yub Raj Ghimire etc will definitely be the targets too. Now lets talk about the so called ?new-regime? too. I came to go through the press release of the CPN (Maoist). I could not figure out who is Gyanendra Shahi. In my knowledge there is no Gyanendra Shahi in the political lime light of Nepal. Secondly, they mention about the Royal American army or the Royal Indian Army. I don?t think there is such an Army force in the world. Thirdly, the language of the press release is always so rude that it sounds uncomfortable. CPN (Maoist) is a political party and it should abide the general norms of etiquette. You might be having problem with someone but in my opinion, if you have accepted his/her existence than you should respect him/her. We agree the lower cadres and the militia of the CPN ( Maoist) are less educated but what about the high level committee members Mr. Prachanda, Mr. Baburam, Mr. Mahara are regarded as intellectuals. Why don?t they look over these matters. What should one expect from the people who even don?t have basic knowledge about formatting a press release. What if they really happen to take over the control of the Kingdom in near future. Will they show these sort of irresponsibility dealing with foreign affairs too? I think respecting others, no matter if he/ she is your enemy, glorifies your stature. I am really worried about the future of my country. Hope everything goes fine as people say there is always silver lining on black clouds but at the moment it is difficult for me to realize that there is some silver lining sort of thing in the clouds covering the future of my motherland. Hope everything goes fine??.
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