Posted by: shrivastav February 11, 2008
April Movement-Myth and Reality
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Let’s analyze what our great April movement was.  Let’s get into the facts first:
What is Nepal ’s population? 28,901,790
What is Kathmandu ’s population?     800000
Where was the demonstration primarily? Kathmandu
Why was there a demonstration? 

I use the term “Monopolization of Government”.  Do you think the wish of 800,000 people is the same as 28,901,790?  What made you think everyone wants the same as Katmandu wants?  Even if we consider the cities like Nepalgunj, Biratnager, Butwal, the number cannot exceed 900,000 who participated in the April movement.  Now, was it voluntary?  No.  People were forced by the Maoists to join the street demonstration, and most of them were Maoists themselves.  2.42% of people is not a good number to prove that there was a revolution.   What about the people from Rolpa, Dolpa, Mustang and many other remote places?  Have you ever considered what they want?  Just because they are honest and not violent does not mean that they have authorized you to lead their lives. The present government is for 900,000 people, not for 28,901,790.

How do you analyze "the Nepalese people  can decide what they want"?  On what grounds and facts do you claim what the wishes of Nepalese are? When was the last election held?  When was the last time people voted for any of their rights?  How can you confirm that the decision of Nepalese people are not the decisions of the power hungry leaders?  Give me one good justification as to why I should not believe the word "people" has not been misused.
How do you know what Nepalese people want? Are you or the SPA the representative for the people?  When did people elect you?  Are you self proclaimed representative? Who gave you the right to make decisions on behalf of the people?
Let me ask you, why do you want CA? What does CA mean to you?  What will CA do? Why was CA demanded?  The basic purpose of CA is to declare Nepal republic so that Nepal can be raped by eight dictators until she dies.  And, this is what we will witness if election is forced.  CA will legalize terrorism and corruption.  The precedent has been set by Home Minister Sitaula—the cousin of terrorist chief Prachanda—whose primary action was to launch state terrorism against Madhesis.  What will make people support your SPA?   To get exile once the country is republic.  Imagine you being a citizen of a Communist country; we cannot be more ashamed if this happens.  Monarchy is not an issue for the development of country.  The history of economics proves that many countries in the world emerged as global powers under dictatorship.  We were ruled by a mere symbolic King; advancement was questionable with the democracy of 90s.  

Do you think CA will be free and fair?  We are democratic, and in order to preserve democracy and avoid the SPA and Maoists dictatorship, we must need to boycott CA poll.  I certainly do not want to vote for election that will legalize terrorism. 

The bottom line is:  Who wants CA? –only the people who were and remained unemployed when King’s rule was imposed.  Besides, they did not have any alternatives to do since most of them are illiterate. 

I invite everyone to join with me to create awareness in boycotting the CA election.  Please do not ruin your and your coming generation’s future by voting the terrorists.  Our vote will be a poison for us.

Sincerely,

www.nepalmadhesh.blogspot.com

www.shrivastav.wordpress.com

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