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YCL forces 4 headmasters to resign

 

Ekantipur 16 May 2008

BY DAMODAR NEUPANE

GORKHA, May 16 - YCL has compelled at least four school headmasters in Gorkha district to resign from their posts and the Maoist youth wing is forcing other headmasters affiliated with the Nepal Teachers' Association (NTA) to follow suit.

Among them, one headmaster has been compelled to resign from the teaching profession itself, according to the Nepali Congress. 

Toya Raj Gurung, headmaster of Gyan Jyoti Secondary School at Lapsibot VDC, a two-day walk from district headquarters, resigned as headmaster and teacher on Wednesday.

Similarly, school headmasters Indra Kumar Mishra of Himalaya Secondary School at Simjung VDC, Jani Ghale of Himalaya Secondary School at Barpak VDC and Raghunath Adhikari of Chaturmala Secondary School have also resigned, allegedly following pressure from the YCL.

"I resigned as I did not like the activities of the YCL. The YCL harassed teachers, other staff and the management committee of the school. I did not like that, so I resigned," Gurung told the Post over the phone. 

Gurung, a supporter of the NTA, which is close to Nepali Congress, further said that he thought resigning was better than watching the pathetic situation at the school. Gurung is a teacher for 18 years.

The YCL was reportedly angry with Gurung since May 30 when the latter closed the school to protest the YCL beating up school teacher Bishnu Dutta Adhikari that day.

A junior teacher close to Maoists has been appointed headmaster of Himalaya Secondary School at Simjung VDC. Rup Lal Shrestha, a lower secondary-level teacher, has succeeded Mishra as headmaster. Mishra, who hails from Rautahat, had been with  the school for 12 years.

The Nepali Congress said that the Maoist youth wing has exerted pressure on many school management committees that are close to the Nepali Congress to also resign. The Nepali Congress has accused the Maoists of forcing chairpersons of school management committees to accept the resignations of the headmasters.

Maoist district secretary Prakash, however, said that he did not have information about  forced resignations of headmasters.

YCL beats up teacher

Meanwhile, the YCL beat up Rameshwor Pokharel, a math teacher at Nepane Secondary School, Kerabari, after accusing him of campaigning for the Nepali Congress during CA elections.

Besides, Pokharel, who has sustained serious injuries to his head, has been warned to leave the school. Pokharel has been teaching at the school for the last three years and was elected president of the Free Students' Union at Gorkha Campus on behalf of the Nepal Students' Union.

Posted on: 2008-05-15 19:37:41 (Server Time)

 

 

 

 

 

Maoist cadres kill a capital resident

Kantipur Report

KATHMANDU, May 16 - Maoist cadres killed Ram Hari Shrestha, a resident of Koteshwar in the Capital.

The Maoist conceded that the Shrestha, who was also the chairman of local Tole development committee, was killed after abduction by his own party activists.

Locals of Koteshwar disrupted the traffic in the area on Friday afternoon following the airing of the news.

The Maoist admitted that Shreshta was abducted from Santimarga in the capital on April 27 and taken to Maoist third division cantonment at Shaktikhor in Chitwan district and was killed on May 10 and thrown into Narayani River.

A group of Maoists led by Maoist third division commander Kali Bahadur Magar ‘Bibidh’ had abducted Shrestha from Santimarga on charge of stealing Rs 1.7 million from their room.

Maoist cadres including Bibidh had been staying at Shrestha’s house on rent.

The Maoist cadres told Ramila, who reached Shaktikhor today to bring back Shrestha, that after he was severely beaten up.

Three brigade commanders of the Maoist third division-- Ganga Ram Thapa, Keshab Adhikari and Govinda Batala—thrashed him to death, Superintendent of Police at Chitwan District Police Office Puskal Raj Regmi informed.

The Maoists have handed over Batala to the district police, while the other two are at large.

Posted on: 2008-05-16 02:09:24 (Server Time

 

 

 

Alliance impossible unless Maoists stop anarchic activities: UML

Kantipur Report

KATHMANDU, May 16 - CPN-UML activists Friday ruled out the possibility of forging alliance with the CPN-Maoist as long as its activities continue with their anarchic activities.

Speaking at a programme organised  to mark the memory day of late UML leaders Madan  Bhandari and  Jib Raj Ashrit at the party central office at Balkhu in the capital today, newly elected UML General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal suggested the Maoist to create an environment of trust as it was essential to move ahead by working together.

The UML General Secretary stated that the end of monarchy is certain and warned that the people will destroy those who try to hinder the process.

Likewise, former UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal alleged that the Maoists failed to create an environment of trust though it was necessary to have coordination among the parties to fight the impediments against the change.

Nepal also said that the anarchic activities of the Maoist are likely to pose a serious threat to institutionalise the achievement of the peopole’s movement.

Posted on: 2008-05-16 00:00:21 (Server Time)

YCL-injured reciving treatment

POST REPORT

POKHARA, May 15 - Three of the injured persons, who were severely beaten by YCL cadres are undergoing treatment at Western Regional Hospital Pokhara. They are in critical condition.

About 60 YCL cadres had assaulted Krishna Bahadur Adhikari and his four brothers at Pame over a land dispute on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Nepali Congress (NC) and UML denounced the incident and demanded stringent action against the guilty in separate statements on Thursday.

They chastised YCL for their criminal and unruly activities even as their party in the center poised to form a government.

Among the five injured persons, one is affiliated with UML while the other four are NC cadres.

The police, however, is yet to arrest YCL cadres involved in the incident.

Two still in captivity

Similarly in Arghakhanchi, Bhanubhakta Bhusal and Govinda Acharya, who were abducted on Wednesday over a dispute of two local community forests, are still in captivity.

Locals have been claiming YCL cadres' hand in the abduction.

Bhusal and Acharya are chairman and secretary of neighboring Daderi Community Forest.

Talking to the Post over telephone, the captives said their abductors tortured them physically and mentally.

Sandhikharka closed

Meanwhile, local Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) and hoteliers in the district on Thursday closed down the district headquarter Sandhikharka, protesting YCL attack on a hotel proprietor and vandalism of a jeep.

YCL cadres had manhandled Rama Banjare, proprietor of local Gulmeli Hotel and also vandalized a parked jeep on Wednesday.  Due to the strike, educational institutions remained closed and transportation too was affected.

A rally was also taken out in the afternoon demanding stringent legal action against those involved in the misbehavior. They also demanded security for entrepreneurs as YCL cadres were roaming the area with weapons.

Posted on: 2008-05-15 19:16:28 (Server Time)

Family displaced after YCL threat on life PR PANCHTHAR, May 15 - After Maoist's Young Communist League (YCL) cadres allegedly threatened to kill one Nar Bahadur Gurung of Chyangthapu VDC, he has come to district headquarters Phidim on Thursday along with five members of his family.  Gurung, the CPN-UML village committee secretary, said that he chose to flee after YCL activists issued threats following the April 10 Constituent Assembly election. Maoist and UML cadres had clashed in the village after the CA poll. Reports of YCL's alleged excesses have been pouring in from across the country after the CA election. There was a brief lull in their 'excesses' in view of the constituent assembly election after CPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal asked the party's youth wing to become 'Gandhi' for a week. Following clashes, the Maoists started frequenting Gurung's house searching for him. However, he had been hiding at relatives' places since then. According to Gurung's wife, they finally decided to leave their house after YCL cadres threatened to abduct all family members for failing to present him  before the Maoists. UML district committee member Raj Kumar Bhandari claimed that YCL cadres were threatening other UML activists as well. Maoist district in-charge Harka Nembang, however, asserted that their cadres could not have threatened since an agreement was already reached during a meeting of district level leaders of political parties. Posted on: 2008-05-15 19:18:30 (Server Time)