Posted by: newuser April 29, 2005
Gagan Thapa on Tape
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To yatri____ The comment abt. the campus chief had indeed pricked me and I had expected some pro-monarchists picking up that flaw and making a case against him. Thankfully, a democratic commentator (apparently though) came up with the criticism which demonstrates that wrong doers can be villified by democratic principles and not by dictatorial ideas. Now Yatriji, his idea although undemocratic is just a pressure tactic to scare the campus chief in order to ease their activities at the campus. He has not instructed to attack him, just to scare him so that he would not report their activities to the security forces. They are not allowed to voice their concerns at campus, at streets, at public places and even not allowed to stay at their homes. So what else do you expect? Doing politics, launching mass protests and demonstrations are totally different things to what your political science books teach. It's easy to comment but when you have to lead people for a revolution against dictatorship, you should be bold enough to scare those who oppose yourself. Do you think King Gyanendra will give up his dictatorial ambition when Gagan starts citing the lines of your political science book? You got to be pragmatic or else lets see what a political science student can do. I knew Gagan as a TC student however I never voted in any Student Union election. I totally oppose politics at educational institutions. He did abused his influence while admitting students( only those who didn't pass the entrance, there was no problem for capable students however-but every campus SU did so) but he also helped building infrastructures, labs, classes and garden in TC. That must be counted. Apart from that, he has some leadership traits which his senior or contemporary leaders lack. He is bold and charismatic. Now without hundreds of Gagan Thapas it will be difficult to stop the King from sprinting to dictatorship. Poor Gagan, he got arrested. Hopefully they won't physically torture him, mentally this guy is very strong to be tortured from the idiots. Students are pivotal to any political change and without students being involved there is no chance of retaining democracy in Nepal. I hope all the students wings, even the Maoists' join hand with each other to bring Gyanendra wthin a truly constitutional framework or else overthrow him. They should not listent to the stupid party leaders now. Instead of throwing stones and setting fire at public vehicles and buildings, I would advise them first to pull their corrupt leaders out of their home and shame them in public. hey Gagan and his followers in Nepal, why don't you first pull out Khum Bahadur and Govinda Raj Joshi from their hideouts? If you start from them, thousands of students will join your revolution and KG can be pulled out from his palace or he will flee away from behind. La ta, if Gagan's friend or relative reads my comment, relay this to him. And yeh don't forget that I am behind you no matter if you had some flaws in the past. Testa ek dui flaws kasko hunna?
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