Posted by: paramendra February 6, 2005
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News:
- http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=7551297&type=topNews
...royalist government will soon appoint negotiators who will hold unconditional peace talks with Maoist rebels .... both sides admit they cannot win on the battleground and can only fight to strengthen their hand in any future peace talks .....
- http://www.ndtv.com
The army is not treating the politicians well .... India dreads the prospect of Maoist takeover in Nepal ....
- http://news.ft.com/cms/s/afef2baa-78af-11d9-9961-00000e2511c8.html
Gyanendra's royal coup already appears to have backfired.....he has always had a taste for power.....When King Birendra in 1990 agreed to establish democracy in the isolated Hindu kingdom, Gyanendra rowdily disputed the move. Similarly, the younger sibling was reported to be critical of the allegedly soft response of the Royal Nepal army to the Maoist insurgency when it began in 1996......Gyanendra appears to believe much more readily in his divine right to rule than either his brother or his father did.....Many who would otherwise revile the brutal Maoist insurgents now express a sneaking sympathy with their demand for a republic.....Gyanendra's move was deliberately timed as close as possible to the summit so that he could claim legitimacy by shaking hands with Manmohan Singh.....Yashwant Sinha, India's last foreign minister, who knows the king well. "This reckless step has not only given the Maoists fresh impetus but it might ultimately lead to the abolition of the monarchy. It certainly makes it easier for India to imagine such an outcome."......Many who have dealt with him remark on his intelligence and quick wit.....
- http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/story.jsp?story=608387
A picture on the front page showed a statue from the temple to the Hindu god Vishnu covered with pigeon droppings. ....Yesterday's Kathmandu Post had no editorial, perhaps a sign that the royal censors have caught up with the journalists. A front-page item on the victims of a drink-driving accident some time ago seemed out of place, but then, King Gyanendra's son, Crown Prince Paras, is alleged to have killed four people in drink-driving accidents.
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1013226.cms
King Gyanendra may soon find out that he has bitten off more than he can chew. The international community has put aid on hold. The Maoists have summarily rejected his overtures. And now, the discredited political parties, which till last week used to fight constantly with each other, are trying to regroup. ....
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1012758.cms
- http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7548621
...Nepal is now destined for a surge in violence as the army-Maoist fighting intensifies and political protests eventually get under way...."The king has never disguised his distrust for political parties' leadership and reflecting the public's disenchantment with them, but the people's lack of support for the parties does not necessarily translate into support for the king."......Successive governments and military offensives have failed to swing the war against the Maoists. Both sides admit they have ground to a strategic stalemate where neither can win on the battleground.......The Maoists, modeled on the former Chinese leader but disowned by Beijing, control large swathes of territory......the dilemma for Nepal's allies was to apply enough pressure on the king to restore democracy, without strengthening the rebels
- http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=64113
The Indian military assistance is now worth close to Rs 374 crore......