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Tripathi warns of separatist movement if army is moblised in Terai
Kantipur Report
Interacting with reporters in the capital Tuesday, Hridayesh Tripathi, who has also resigned from Nepal Sadbhavana Party-Anandi Devi, said, “If army is mobilised, then we would be in an unimaginable incident. The Madhes is in federal mood, but if the army mobilization moves ahead then a separatist movement would start there.”
He also recalled that they had said the same thing when Maoist second-in-command Dr Baburam Bhattarai had said that both Nepal Army and the Maoist People’s Liberation Army should be sent to curb the Madhesi revolt.
He also took a strong exception to statement some senior leaders of the Seven-Party Alliance that the new political polarisation was being directed by India.
“This is not the andolan of Jharkhand or Kashmir,” he added, “This is not any other country’s agitation.”
Such remarks are part of the conspiracy to defame the Madhesi andolan, he added.
“The people of Madhes are fighting for their justified rights and dignity. It is being carried out within the country and is one of the crucial parts of all the andolans the country has seen,” he asserted.
He also said that the objective of establishing a new party was not to weaken any other party, demand for a separate Terai state or to disrupt the Constituent Assembly elections.
However, he warned that if the state tries to suppress the Madhes andolan through armed means, then the Madhes movement could turn into a separatist movement.
Tripathi also claimed that more MPs from Madhesi would tender their resignations and join them.
CPN-UML, Nepali Congress and Maoists leaders who were present in the programme admitted that it was not a bad thing to start a new party but were critical of the fact that this has come at a time when the peace process is in quagmire and this had aroused various doubts.
Nepali Congress leader Dr Ram Baran Yadav said, “They have to be careful since regressive and undemocratic forces could take advantage and fish in troubled waters,” Dr Yadav cautioned. “They should fall pray to the design of forces opposed to democracy and stability in the country.”
Maoist leader Barsha Man Pun ‘Ananta’ said that move of a Madhesi minister and some lawmakers hinted at a serious political polarisation in the country.
Former Rastriya Janashakti Party spokesman Sarbendranath Shukla, who has also resigned from the party, informed that they would register the party and publicise its manifesto within the next 15 days.