Posted by: ne0 December 8, 2015
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Kiddo thanks for responding to sixfour.
The census data is from 2011 as it shows if you follow the link i pasted above
Nepal was pushed into this ethnic issue by none other than Prachanda. He was the one who started promising "जातिय प्रान्त" when nobody was asking for it. They started the whole ethnic divide thing so they could divide and rule. Now most of the people don't even know what the final result of federation would mean but they are chanting federation because they feel it will help out their own ethnic kind somehow to have their own state.
The first ones to take the bait were the madhesi people and it makes sense too. Because of porous border, it is estimated that there are 30 to 40% Indian people living in madhes region - who do not have Nepali citizenship. It makes sense that these are the people who fall victim to the callous politicians' bait for ethnic divisions partially to secure more favor from India as federal state would have more executive powers to benefit them.
Now, while the madheshi blockade has shown signs of extremism in the form of multiple cases of burning live people, the politicians are let off the hook because most of the country is busy blaming India.
The crux of the whole debacle is the inability of Nepali people to rise against the politicians. There is a web of corruption that is intertwined with every governing body in the country and there is no way to set one free.
Just like the madhesi blockade where a small percentage of country is able to put the whole country on seize by their determination, it is possible to break free of the web of corruption in Nepal. But for that to happen, the determination needs to be shown in the capital just like it's being shown in terai. Will the people of Kathmandu have enough determination to rid the country of the deep rooted virus? Until people of Kathmandu are ready to come out of their cozy homes into the street demanding what is rightfully theirs, nothing will change. The politicians are cozily situated in Kathmandu and agitations in Madhes is not very likely to change their corrupted ways.
The census data is from 2011 as it shows if you follow the link i pasted above
Nepal was pushed into this ethnic issue by none other than Prachanda. He was the one who started promising "जातिय प्रान्त" when nobody was asking for it. They started the whole ethnic divide thing so they could divide and rule. Now most of the people don't even know what the final result of federation would mean but they are chanting federation because they feel it will help out their own ethnic kind somehow to have their own state.
The first ones to take the bait were the madhesi people and it makes sense too. Because of porous border, it is estimated that there are 30 to 40% Indian people living in madhes region - who do not have Nepali citizenship. It makes sense that these are the people who fall victim to the callous politicians' bait for ethnic divisions partially to secure more favor from India as federal state would have more executive powers to benefit them.
Now, while the madheshi blockade has shown signs of extremism in the form of multiple cases of burning live people, the politicians are let off the hook because most of the country is busy blaming India.
The crux of the whole debacle is the inability of Nepali people to rise against the politicians. There is a web of corruption that is intertwined with every governing body in the country and there is no way to set one free.
Just like the madhesi blockade where a small percentage of country is able to put the whole country on seize by their determination, it is possible to break free of the web of corruption in Nepal. But for that to happen, the determination needs to be shown in the capital just like it's being shown in terai. Will the people of Kathmandu have enough determination to rid the country of the deep rooted virus? Until people of Kathmandu are ready to come out of their cozy homes into the street demanding what is rightfully theirs, nothing will change. The politicians are cozily situated in Kathmandu and agitations in Madhes is not very likely to change their corrupted ways.
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