Posted by: HappyFace February 28, 2008
Making Terai Independent state:
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It is truly sad to see Nepal being divided into Madhes and Nepal. I fear (hope that I will be wrong in this) this is just an invitation of a huge disaster for the country as a whole in the future. No Nepali will benefit from this division and the only things that will benefit are the Indian interests. We all know that this "Madhes issues" is an Indian initiated and Indian controlled issue, pretty much like the Maoists to make the central government of Nepal and the monarchy weaker and unstable so that the Indian government will get a free license to do whatever it wants. By the way, I am not trying to support the Monarchy here, but it is a fact that had the Monarchy been in power, the Indians would not had seen their wishes being fulfilled in Nepal. The Monarchy were always against to bow before the Indian power.

Before 1990, the Indian authorities approached Late King Birendra asking him to accept "unofficical Indian sovereignity" meaning that the proposals and treaties submitted by them be ratified and their interests be fulfilled and in return offered him his absolute rule. The King refused their demands and instead went for the national sovereignity and as a result they (Indian government through their intelligence groups RAW and IB) gathered all the political members and initiated the Democratic movement.

The day Nepal got Democracy, I think, marked the downfall of Nepal, because since then nothing has been in the favor of Nepalese interests. It's been more than 18 years that we have had democracy but none of the elected and non-elected governments belonging to all the political parties have not governed for their full four year term. Not even a single time! They have always collapsed. The economic development of the country decreased or even stopped in some places making people from these extremely vulnerable to Maoists ideologies and recruitment. Stability and security diminished; tourism fell down; unemployment rate significantly fell; and corruption skyrocketed. Political leaders were merely puppets in Indian hands and really did nothing for Nepalese people. They more cared about filling their own pockets than worrying about Nepalese people and Nepal.

And now, this madhes groups! It is really pitiful to see how some Nepalese people would be so self-driven with greed for money and power that they have forgotten their own identify and are very much willing to sell themselves to others. And it is more pitiful to see others follow them blindfolded without even using their brain to differenciate what is right and what is wrong. Really Sad. We all know that in the past, Madhes people were pretty much ignored and left behind in different parts of the country, but this does not mean that they have to go for a division of a country. Tomorrow another group might pop up demanding similar thing and when (and not if) this trend continues, Nepal will only be a history.

I wonder what these Madhesi leaders would do if someone comes with huge sum of money to buy their mothers!

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