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The Nepal Digest Friday 2 Feb 96: Magh 19 2052 BS: Year5 Volume47 Issue1
Today's Topics:
1. Message from the editor
2. TAJA_KHABAR (Current News)
3. KURA_KANI
Political - Illigitimate Ministries
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 09:11:37 EST
To: The Editor <nepal-request@cs.niu.edu>
From: atuladhar@vax.clarku.edu
Subject: Re: The Nepal Digest - January 30, 1996 (16 Magh 2052 BkSm)
I would like to comment on two interesting news/views items of tnd, jan 30:
1. Slow and dead access to ktmpost/
2. Ministries without legitimacy
Ktmpost access
This seems to be a problem with te nepal-info home page of mercantile, or
rather access to it Over the last several weeks, I have noticed that it
took an inordinate amount of time, over 5 minutes, if ever to get access
to ktmpost, or independent, or icimod publictions, or for that mater any
of the offerings of te nepal-info ome pages. It certainly tries one's
devotion to nepal news, f one had to wait forever in the context of
instantaneous communications,
At first i thought the problems was at this end: slow computer modems,
slow nodes at Clark, or bad times of the day or week, but no this
difficult and no access was consistent at all times on all computer
modems. sometimes when one finally got through, one found out that the
Independent has not been loaded for 3 weeks or the Kathmandu Post has not
been loaded for 5 days. i gess the Nepali mentality has other priorities
such as te can or bida or just plain nepali laid back approach, which
looks kind of quaint in this aggresssive time-space annihilation realm.
I am very happy that Rajesh has given us some persuasive technical
explanation. I thank him for that and I assume the conclusion from that
Nepal-info home page is not really offering high-tech service from the UK
node, perhaps we have to go back to Rajendra, are u still there? Or is
the problem more tan technical: dealing with the voluntary, contractual,
or legal arrangemets between the news providers in Nepal and the
intermediaries in between?
2. Illigitimate Ministries
It does not surprize me that Ministry of Population and Environment is
now holding a workshop to find out what the people want out of the Ministry.
Rajesh raiased the questin why this was not done before forming the
minister, a very rational question, a very naive question indeed.
When another white elephant, RONAST was formed for the PRIMARY purpose of
giving a high profile to Ratna Shumsher, palace-related "intellectual"
who could not quite be given a political post of a minister, he went
about in a pseudo-particiipartary democracy exercise to IOF (Forestry
INstitute,Hetauda) asking for role and functions of RONAST, as if our
pinions mattered. Insiders in RONAST consistently claim that hr rand the
organization like a Rana fiefdom ad did not care less from insiders.
It is as clear as the blue sky that thesole purpose of expanded
ministryis to give longevity to Deoba pm tenure by appeasing all possible
threats. Ignorance of Ganeshman and the Newars was considered such a
threat, so , presto we have a Minsitry.
The problem of illegitimate ministry is deeper, it is the problem of
illigitimate government whose sole purpose of deferring elections was to
remove public participation in politicsl to old hackies ad back room
politics. I challenge all those who were moaning about the tremendous
waste of a new elections to the country and the "instability" this brings
to explain away this massive waste of resources, both in in money ad trust.
at
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 21:29:39 -0500
To: The Nepal Digest <NEPAL@cs.niu.edu>
From: sharma@plains.nodak.edu (Padam Sharma)
Subject: Nepal- Bhutan update
Courtesy India Digest (1/30/96)
By Gopal Sharma
KATHMANDU, Jan 28 (Reuter) - Nepal has sought India's participation in
solving the problem of 90,000 ethnic Nepali refugees who have fled the
Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, officials said on Sunday.
The refugees, who claim they were victims of ethnic discrimination in
the wake of a pro-democracy movement that emerged in Bhutan in 1990, have
been sheltered in United Nations-monitored camps in eastern Nepal.
"We want participation in solving the issue at the official or
unofficial level," a Nepali Foreign Ministry official, who declined to be
named, told Reuters.
Nepal wanted New Delhi to play an active and positive role, the
official said after talks with Indian officials in Kathmandu, where Foreign
Minister Pranab Mukherjee was rounding off a three-day visit.
Nepal has said it wants the refugees to go back to Bhutan and live
with honour and dignity.
But New Delhi has tried to distance itself from the issue.
India's role in pro-democracy movements in both Bhutan and Nepal has
been viewed with suspicion by critics in the two nations, and it is often
criticised for being a Big Brother in South Asia, a tag New Delhi wants to
avoid.
Foreign Secretary Salman Haidar, the most senior Indian diplomat, said
on Saturday that New Delhi wanted Nepal and Bhutan to sort out the matter
bilaterally. He did not speak for or against Indian participation.
Mukherjee declined to be drawn on the issue.
"We are aware of the problem of refugees. Let us keep it at that," he
told reporters on Saturday.
A focus of Mukherjee's visit was the future of a 6,000 megawatt
hydroelectricity project India and Nepal plan to build on the Mahakali
river. Nepal wants more irrigation facilities from the project while India
wants more electricity, officials said.
Indian officials say the sale of electricity from the project would be
necessary for Kathmandu to narrrow its 17-billion-rupee ($297 million)
trade deficit with New Delhi.
The dam project was an issue in recent Nepali elections, with voters
keenly watching the cost-benefit balance.
Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is scheduled to visit New
Delhi next month, the first time since he formed a Nepali Congress-led
government last year.
Nepal ushered in multi-party democracy under a constitutional monarchy
in 1990.
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:54:59 -0500 (EST)
From: samjhana sharma <ssharma@gnu.uvm.edu>
To: NEPAL@cs.niu.edu
Subject: Information about Student movements in Nepal
Namaste!
I am doing a research paper about Student Movements in Nepal for my
history class. After doing some research at the libraries, i still have a
very little knowledge about the topic. Unfortunately i couldn't find
the enough or i could say right information about the student
movements that had occured in Nepal. I am looking for
some help from those of you who are familiar with any student
movements that had taken part in Nepal. Any sort of information would
be very appreciative.
Thank you
Samjhana Sharma
ssharma@gnu.uvm.edu
ssharma@moose.uvm.edu
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 11:45:16 EST
To: tnd@nepal.org
Forwarded By: "Rajpal J.P. Singh" <rsingh@carfax.ims.advantis.com>
Subject: [Fwd: News 1/25/1996]
From: karkis@mail.med.upenn.edu (Sher B. Karki)
Copyright 1996 South China Morning Post Ltd.
South China Morning Post
HEADLINE: Ex-PM stirs up storm in bid for party leadership
BODY:
KATHMANDU: A former prime minister has sent tremors through the Himalayan
kingdom's fractious coalition Government with a bid to win control of the
alliance's largest party, politicians said yesterday.
Girija Prasad Koirala, the kingdom's first elected prime minister after
parliamentary democracy was restored in 1990, has announced he will run for the
presidency of the Nepali Congress party in March.
The current president, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, has been party president
for two decades.
Mr Koirala's decision to run for the top party post sparked fears that he
intends eventually to challenge Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, 49, who has
headed a three-party coalition Government since last September.
"Koirala's decision will only add to the old enmity in the party and weaken
the coalition Government," said Information and Communications Minister
Chiranjibi Wagle, who said he would oppose the former prime minister in the
internal party poll. Mr Koirala was forced to resign in mid-1994 when members o
f
his own ruling party abstained in a key parliamentary vote. Party critics
accused Mr Koirala of having engineered Mr Bhattarai's defeat in a crucial by
-election.
The communist United Marxist-Leninist party emerged victorious from
elections which followed and formed a minority government in late 1994 which
lasted less than a year.
The Nepali Congress, supported by junior partners Rastriya Prajatantra Part
y
and Nepal Sadbhavana Party, currently leads a coalition hobbled by a narrow
majority in Parliament.
The decision by Mr Koirala, 70, to make a bid for the party's leadership
post came as younger members have begun to clamour for more power.
"We were looking forward to our old leaders handing over the torch to the
younger generation and guiding the transfer of leadership," Mr Wagle said. Mr
Koirala has a reputation as a flamboyant politician and able organiser, which
supporters said would be valuable in helping reverse Nepali Congress' falling
popularity ratings. Critics say he has a stubborn leadership style.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ram Chandra Poudel, who has
been mentioned as a possible consensus candidate, said Mr Koirala's decision
would promote factionalism.
"There is still time for the party to work out a consensus candidate," Mr
Poudel said. "He should have waited."
The election to the post is set for March 31 when the party's general
conference meets.
Mr Koirala denied there was any rift within Nepali Congress and said he had
had "extensive discussions and consultations" with Mr Bhattarai, who has said h
e
will not seek re-election.
"Bhattarai has agreed to support me," Mr Koirala said. Mr Bhattarai could
not be reached for comment.
HEADLINE: 5 injured in helicopter accident in nepal
DATELINE: kathmandu, january 25; ITEM NO: 0125069
BODY:
a helicopter carrying construction materials crashed wednesday in northern
nepal while landing, with five people on board injured. the russian-made
mi-17 helicopter, owned by nepal airways, crashed wednesday afternoon when it
was on a charter cargo flight from southern nepal to sotang in the himalayan
region, a report reaching here last night said. the helicopter suddenly droppe
d
on the ground while its pilot was trying to land, indicating some problems on
the main rotor blade, it was reported. all the five injured were out of
danger and in stable condition, according to the civil aviation department here
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