Dear Madhesi Daajubhai, Didibahiniharu

Thanks a lot for being united to raise the voice of right. After the negotiation with the government, you have already achieved your goal, now is the time to institutionalize what you have achieved. If your agitation is for right, you have already achieved it-if it is to prevent the successful conduction of CA election, there is a lot more for you to do before you are consigned to a lifetime of servitude and poverty. The ball is now in your court to choose – either be a part of common nepali vision of peace and prosperous Nepal by taking part in the historic CA election, or be ready to accept the blame of preventing the historic change which is all set to institutionalize the achievement of our great martyrs.

I was, among the group of my Nepali friends, the strongest advocate of the madhesi agitation. But since a couple of days, I have been amazed with the way the madhesi leaders are misusing the sentiments of madhesi people for the interest of the reactionary and feudal elements. Even a layman can now understand that these leaders want to save monarchy. I can very proudly say that Nepali constitution ( in the past, and in the interim one) does not have a politics of hate towards any religion, caste, region, or community. We do not have any incident of violence in the past where in any community was targeted. We never had to fear of any violence because of our origin, religion , or region. Think of india, where 3000 sikhs were killed in a violence that erupted after Indira Gandhi was killed; 2000 people were killed in Gujarat by violence initiated by chauvinistic hindus, allegedly supported by the then gujarati government. As an example about the politics of hate towards people of other community in India, we have a fresh memory of how Raj Thakery targeted north-indians in Mumbai. Dear Madhesis, have you ever been targeted in any kind of such inhumane brawl like this. I know your answer- its no…and you are believing India to acquire your right. Shame on you, you do not know how people from Bihar are treated in other states of India.

It hurts to me when you target pahadis with your agitation, it hurts to all who has heart. We need to learn to assimilate, not to divide. The first thing to bring about the change is the constitution which doesnot have any bias on any basis. The second, but most important thing is the change in the attitude. Instead of trying to come up with the changed attitude, you are showing the attitude which will keep the madhesis and pahadis apart forever.