UPDATE:

EVENT:After dithering for a few days, the Labour Office (Sram Karyalaya at Teku) has given a formal certificate of recognition to the Maoist Union, despite there being -- as stated earlier --inadequate (as per the law) support for the formation of such a Union at HM.

BACKGROUND: With the Labour Ministry under a Maoist minister, and having observed how Maoist Unions have muscled their way into many companies  (including private banks) in Nepal by using all sorts of political pressure, this Labour Office decision was NOT exactly unanticipated.

MOVING AHEAD: In theory, we can take the Labour Office to court for having violated the Trade Union laws of Nepal to score a political point.

But, in practice, with every administrative entity and corporate machinery in Nepal under definite Maoist grip and control in a step-by-step manner, the task of making an honest and legally valid living in Nepal is getting very, very difficult.

Then again, to borrow a phrase from Winston Churchill, one must "keep buggering on" in these times in our payro matri.bhoomi (who, alas, seems to have stopped loving back her children, no matter how intensely they love her!)   

oohi

ashu