Nepalgunj, Sep 9/ CPN-Maoist chairman Prachanda on Saturday directed party cadres to be ready for another revolution. He was addressing a workshop of the Tharuwan Rajya Samiti (TRS) in Bhurigaun of Bardiya. Some 500 key TRS leaders and cadres including district presidents, secretaries, committee members and office-bearers of TRS’ sister organisations are attending the workshop that will continue tomorrow also.
Prachanda said revolution was necessary as the government had still not laid the foundation for the constituent assembly election. “The CA can’ be set up under pressure. Therefore, be ready for another revolution,” he said.
Prachanda said that within 10 days the Maoists would try and arrive at a fresh agreement with the seven political parties. Failing this, the Maoists will start their revolution from September 18. He added that unless the political aims were fulfilled, there was no point setting up the constituent assembly. (more…)

Present journalists,

First of all, we heartily welcome the entire journalists and other masses present in this press conference organized to make public the important decisions adopted by the recently concluded Fifth Expanded Meeting of the central committee of our glorious party the CPN (Maoist) that has been playing a leading role in the campaign of building a new democratic republic of Nepal. We are immensely feeling glory and pleasure to have had this opportunity of publicizing here the summary of the historic fifth expanded meting decisions synthesized as ‘great unity and great victory’.

1. The latest fifth expanded meeting of the central committee organized in the chain of expanded meetings that had had immense importance in the history of the CPN (Maoist) had been accomplished grandiosely from August 3 to August 8, 2007 in Balaju Industrial Area, Kathmandu.

a) The meeting was inaugurated amid applause by Chairman Comrade Prachanda by lighting a lamp at 4 PM on the third of August 2007 in the Martyrs Memorial Building. In the inaugural session that had begun by paying heartfelt homage to the great martyrs of the great people’s war and the mass movement, various senior comrades and advisors of the party, shedding light on the importance of the expanded meeting, had presented meaningful statements.

b) Altogether there were 2,174 comrades comprised of the central committee members of the party to the secretariat members of the district committee, to the general branch secretary of the PLA, central office bearers of mass and frontal organizations and invited members. Of them, there were 1,672 comrades from 75 districts, 455 from 7 divisions of the PLA, 40 from India, 5 from Europe and 2 from Hong Kong. It was the biggest gathering so far in our party history. (more…)

Kathmandu, Aug. 24: The CPN-Maoist, in an effort to solicit suggestions and muster support of civil society and the people for its 22-point demands that were announced a few days ago as the pre-conditions for the constituent assembly election, organised a massive interaction programme in the capital on Friday in which the Maoist leadership vowed to launch a decisive struggle to abolish monarchy and establish a democratic republic.

“We are in the historic process of holding the constituent assembly election, which is a great opportunity for the Nepalese people to shape the fate and future of the country but there are equally strong challenges and hurdles before us in accomplishing the goal of creating a new Nepal,” said Maoist chairman Prachanda.

He said that the feudal elements under the patronage of monarchy are the biggest hurdle in holding free and fair constituent assembly election and abolition of monarchy and declaration of a republic was a must prior to the CA election. The Maoist supremo, however, believed that such hurdles could be easily overcome only through the united efforts of the political forces and the people.

The Maoists had earlier unveiled 22-point demands as the condition for ensuring the smooth conduct of the constituent assembly election and had announced that they would launch a movement if their demands were not met. The demands included, among others, abolition of monarchy, declaration of a republican set up, fully proportional representation election system and action against those who have been indicted by the Rayamajhi Commission.

In the interaction, leaders and members of civil society and professional groups had raised several issues relating to the CA election and current political situation. According to them, constituent assembly election must be held under any circumstance and the ongoing political and peace process must not be aborted.

There was unanimity that monarchy was the main hurdle but the speakers were divided on the modus operandi of the Maoist agitation. (more…)

The government in Nepal has decided to take over the palaces and properties of the King, who has already been deprived of most of his powers by the Parliament, including the coveted title of the Supreme Commander of the Nepal Army.

A high-level ministerial committee today decided to register seven palaces including the Narayanhiti Royal Palace, Lamjung Durbar, Gorkha Durbar,Hanumandhoka Durbar, Nuwakot Durbar, Lalitpur Durbar, and Bhaktapur that are being used by the King and his family members in the name of the government of Nepal.

According to minister Hisila Yami, the committee decided to register the palaces and 1500 ropanis of land belonging to the King in the name of the government.

The committee also decided to seal all bank accounts of the King, Queen and Crown Prince to stop all transactions of money transferred from the late King Birendra and late Queen Aishwarya, The Himalayan Times Online reported today.

The government has also directed the authorities to remove all photographs and slogans valourising the monarch from the military headquarters and other buildings of the army.

The Nepal Army has started removing pictures of King Gyanendra and Queen Komal and slogans praising the monarch following a directive of the government, a Nepal Army spokesperson said.

In the wake of protests from civil society and other groups, the interim government led by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Sunday ordered the Ministry of Defence to direct the Nepal Army headquarters to remove all photographs and slogans valourising the King, the official said.

Slogans in praise of the King and queen in the headquarters premises have already been covered as it takes sometime to wash out the paintings and repaint them, an army official said.

Presses parties to come up with a firm stance on the formation of a republic

Kathmandu, August 12:

Maoist central leaders and central adivsors present in the press conference

CPN-Maoist chairman Prachanda said today that they could walk out of the government and launch a peaceful agitation if the parties leading the government were not ready to declare the country a republic to foil the regressive forces’ conspiracies against the November 22 constituent assembly election.
“There is no alternative to launch a people´s revolt after quitting the government if the parties leading the government do not guarantee the declaration of a republic to foil conspiracies and terror of the regressive forces against assembly election,” Prachanda said in a statement issued to make public the decision of the recently concluded fifth expanded meeting of the party.
The theoretical, political and moral grounds to remain in the interim government are being diminished as the major political parties were trying to run the government in an old-fashioned manner, Prachanda said in the statement.
It has also set preconditions that the parties in the government must be ready to run the government according to the spirit of consensus, take action against the criminals involved in serial killings in Madhes, make public the cases of disappearances and provide compensation impartially to the families of martyrs, implement revolutionary land reforms for the party to remain in the government. The party has also sought a guarantee that murders, conspiracies and terror against the party must be stopped and the People’s Liberation Army must get respectful treatment.
Prachanda also accused the major parliamentary parties of breaking the spirit of 12-point understanding, comprehensive peace accord and interim government, which were the basis of unity with the CPN-Maoist.
“The soon-to-be-held eight-party meeting will decide whether the country will move towards the constituent assembly or towards agitation,” Prachanda said, replying to a query about the possibility of holding the constituent assembly election. He also warned that there would be a “big accident” in the country if the eight parties did not come up with a clear stance on the republic.
“We are still doubtful about the possibility of holding the constituent assembly election, as conspiracies are being hatched to isolate the revolutionary and republican forces,” he said, replying to yet another query.
He also made it clear that they were not making the issue of proportional representation system of election as a precondition for the assembly election. “We have simply made clear our position,” he said, adding that they had made the last-ditch efforts for the proportional representation system and federal system of governance “inside the room of Baluwatar.”
The statement distributed to the media has categorised the country’s political forces into groups, which include the royalists, status quoists, bourgeois parliamentary forces and revolutionary democratic forces. Country’s political conflict revolves around those forces, it said.
Party’s central committee meeting held following the conclusion of the fifth expanded meeting has formed three teams to hold roundtable conferences among the political forces, agitating groups and civil society, take initiative for reaching a unity among the leftist forces and prepare election manifesto for the upcoming assembly election and peaceful agitation. A three-member team headed by Ram Bahadur Thapa (Badal) has been formed to hold a roundtable conference and another team led by Mohan Baidya (Kiran) to hold talks with leftist forces. An eight-member committee lead by Dr Baburam Bhattarai has been formed to draft the election manifesto.
The party also made public details of property belonging to each of the 35 central committee members. A copy of property details was made available to the media during the press conference.

Senoir leaders Com. Kiran, Baburam Bhattarai, Chairman Prachanda, Com. Badal, Com Gaurav

The CPN-Maoist began its fifth expanded meeting in Kathmandu on Friday on the participation of more than 21 hundred leaders and senior cadres accorss the country. This meeting is highly watched not only in national level but also internationally because of its importance.

In the meeting central leaders, representatives from 14 regions, 4 commands, international command, from PLA, members of interim parliament, representative from mass organisations are gathered in Kathmandu. The security of meeting is provided by the People´s Liberation Army and the Young Communist League.

A member of the Maoist People’s Liberation Army stands guard outside the venue

The meeting will discuss the political paper presented by the Chariman Com Parchanda from today. All the participants are divided in 40 groups for the discussion on Chairman´s paper. The meeing is supposed to be conclued on August 8.

Flood water in southern Nepal has completely covered a district home to half a million people, forcing residents of its largest city to use boats, and swamping neighboring regions

A man walks through the flooded village

Villagers crowd into boats to be evacuated to safer areas

Villagers stand in flood waters and watch a submerged paddy field.

आर्थिक वर्ष२०६४/६५ को बजेटसम्बन्धमा माओवादीतर्फाट पर्ूण्ा छलफलको समयमा थुप्रै सुझाव दिए पनि बजेट भाषण हँुदा कुनै पनि कुरा समावेश नभएको गुनासो सो दलद्वारा जारी प्रेस विज्ञप्तिमा जनाइएको छ । प्रस्तुत वजेट वर्तमान राजनीतिक मान्यता अनुरूप सरकारमा सहभागी दलको बीचमा सहमती गर्न छलफल नै नगरी सदनमा प्रस्तुत गरिएको, सदनमा छलफल हुँदा पनि माओवादीको तर्फाट थुप्रै विषय राखिए पनि माननीय सदस्यहरूले राखेको सुझावहरूसमेत नलिने परिपाटीले व्यवस्थापिका संसद कामकाजी बनाउनुभन्दा पनि कुरा गर्ने थलो बनेकोमा माओवादीेको विज्ञप्तिमा दुःख प्रकट गरिएको छ । यो बजेटले नयाँ राजनीतिक परिस्थितिले जनयुद्ध र जनआन्दोलनको मर्म र भावनालाई सम्बोधन गर्न नसकेको र नयाँ नेपालको आधार खडा गर्न नसक्ने भएकाले माओवादीले यस बजेटको पक्षमा नरहेको जनतालाई स्पष्ट गर्न चाहेको कुरा विज्ञप्तिमा उल्लेख गरिएको छ ।

बजेटको कमी कमजोरी औँल्याउने क्रममा प्रस्तुत बजेटले सामती राज्यसत्ता अन्त्य गर्ने बारे प्रस्ट रूपमा उल्लेख गर्न नसकेको, जनताको संङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक राज्यव्यवस्था निर्माण गर्नेबारे, सम्बोधन नगरिएको राज्यको पर्ुनर्संचनाबारे खाका प्रस्तुत नभएको, पुरानो राज्य अवशेषको अर्न्तर्गत सो राज्यको लोकतान्त्रीकरण गर्नेबारे बजेटले व्यवस्था गरेको, नेपाली सेनाको बजेटमा युद्ध अवधिको भन्दा बढी बजेट विनियोजन गरिएको तर जनमुtmि सेनाको, समायोजनबारे, विनियोजित बजेटले बेवास्ता गरेको, सामन्ती राज्य राजतन्त्रलाई चोर बाटोबाट भत्ता दिने व्यवस्था गरिएको, जस्ता आधारमा यो बजेट समष्टिगतमा आमजनताको पक्षमा नदेखिएको ठहर माओवादीको रहेको छ ।

बजेटमा भ्रष्टाचारी घुसखोरी, अनियमिता गरी ठूलो घनराशी कब्जा गर्नेहरूको सम्पत्तिलाई राष्ट्रियकरण गरी राष्ट्र निर्माणमा लगाउनुपर्ने जस्ता लोककल्याणकारी व्यवस्था गर्न नसकेको, राजाको सम्पत्ति राष्टि्यकरण गर्ने व्यवस्था नगरिएकोमा माओवादीको आपत्ति रहेको जनाइएको छ । संविधानको भाग ४ मा उल्लेख भएको स्वास्थ्य शिक्षा, रोजगारी र खाद्य सम्प्रभुताबारे बजेटमा उल्लेख हुन नसकेको, उल्टै शिक्षा जस्तो संवेदनशील पक्षलाई समुदायको नाममा छोडिदिने र राज्यले आफ्नो जिम्मेवारी र दायित्वबाट पन्छिने नीति लिएको, देशका कर्मठ युवालाई स्वरोजगारको व्यवस्था गर्ने नीति नलिई विदेश्ा नियार्त गर्ने नीति अङ्गीकार गरिएकोलाई पनि बजेटको कमजोर पक्षको रूपमा माओवादीले औँल्याएको छ । राष्ट्रिय अर्थतन्त्रलाई आत्मनिर्भर बनाउन राष्टि्य पूंजिपतिसमेतलाई सम्बोधन, प्रोत्साहन गरेर जानुपर्नेमा सिमित दलाल नोकरशाह, देश, राष्ट्र र नेपाली जनताप्रति माया नभएका पुँजीपतिहरूको हातमा अर्थतन्त्र सुम्पने गरी बजेट रहेको पुँजीपतिहरूको हातमा सिङ्गो अर्थतन्त्र सुम्पने गरी बजेट रहेको छ ।

विशेष आर्थिक क्षेत्रमा नाममा साधनस्रोतमा वित्तीय राज्यको एकाधिकार कायम गर्दै मजदुरको हकहितमा समेत नियन्त्रण गर्नेतर्फउद्धत भएको, नीजि क्षेत्रलाई राष्ट्रिय अर्थतन्त्रको मेरुदण्डको रूपमा अङ्गीकार गरिनुपर्नेमा राष्ट्रिय सम्पत्तिलाई निजीकरण गर्ने नीति अवलम्बन गरिएकोलाई माओवादीले आपत्ति जनाएको कुरा विज्ञप्तिमा उल्लेख गरिएको छ । नेकपा -माओवादीले)ले बजेटको बारेमा माओवादीको धारणा र्सार्वजनिक गर्ने सिलसिलामा बजेटलाई गाउँसम्म पुर्‍याउने संरचना उल्लेख हुन नसकेको सहरमुखी विगतको संरचनालाई निरन्तरता दिएको, भूमिसम्बन्धी समस्याको समाधान गर्नेसम्बन्धी स्पष्ट कार्यनीति उल्लेख हुन नसकेको, कृषिजस्तो अर्थतन्त्रको मुख्य स्रोतको मेरुदण्डका रूपमा उल्लेख गर्न नसकी बेवास्ता गरिएको, वैज्ञानिक भूमिसुधार गर्ने योजना र कार्यक्रम नरहेको, कृषकलाई कृषि ऋणबाट मुक्तगर्न कृषि ऋण मिन्हा गर्ने कार्यक्रम नरहेको, कृषि औजार मलखादजस्ता कारखानाका लागि कुनै उल्लेख नभएको, कृषिका लागि अत्यावश्यक मल बीउ सिँचाइमा अनुदानको व्यवस्था हुन नसकेको, कृषिलाई औद्योगिकीकरणतर्फलैजाने योजनाबारे कुनै कुरा नराखिएकाले बजेट गाउँमुखी बन्न नसकेको जनाएको छ । बजेटमा देशमा अल्पसङ्ख्यक सुकुम्बासी, हरुवा, चरुवा, हली गोठालाको बाँच्न पाउने अधिकारको ग्यारेन्टीबारे बेवास्ता गरिएको, युद्धबाट प्रभावित सहादत प्राप्त गर्ने महान सहिदहरू र्घाईते अपाङ्गहरू र क्षत्रि्रस्त गाँउहरूका बारेमा बजेटले कुनै कार्यक्रम उल्लेख नगरेको, राजस्व सङ्कलनमा भएका अनियमिततालाई रोक्ने कार्यक्रम नभभएको करको दायरा सङ्कुचित रहेको, दलाल बजारलाई कारको दायरामा समेट्नेबारे नसोचिएको जस्ता कमजोर पक्षलाई माओवादीले आफ्नो धारणामा औँल्याएको छ ।

आ.व. ०६४/६५ को बजेटमा राष्ट्रिय अखण्डता र सम्प्रभूताका लागि सिमाना व्यवस्थित गर्ने कार्यक्रम नभएको, सहकारीलाई प्रभावकारी बनाउनका लागि प्रोत्साहन गर्नुपर्नेमा सहकारीलाई करको दायरामा ल्याई निरुत्साहित पार्न खोजिएको देशको विद्यामान अवस्थालाई मुख्य आधार बनाई बजेटको निर्माण गर्नुपर्नेमा निश्चित नेता र मन्त्रीहरूको चुनाव क्षेत्रलाई मात्र प्राथमिकता दिई बजेटको तर्जुमा गरिएको, जनसहभागितामूलक आर्थिक परिचालनको योजना नभएको ठहर माओवादीले गरेको छ । समग्रमा बजेट परम्परागत यथास्थितिवादी रहेको र यसले सहमति र सम्झौता अनुरूप सङ्क्रमणकालीन स्थितिलाई सम्बोधन गर्न नसकेको निष्कर्षमाओवादीले निकाल्दै सहमतिबेगर ल्याईएको यो बजेटमा माओवादी पार्टर्ीीे असहमति रहेका जनाएको छ ।

Chairman of CPN-Maoist Prachanda Monday said that the possibility of reactionary forces impeding the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections would continue to grow if the nation was not declared a republican state prior to the CA elections. He said the country would not be able to move ahead in the right direction unless the peace process took a smooth turn and unless the ten-year-long people’s war of the Maoists was evaluated in the right manner. The peace process would take a sluggish course if Nepal were not declared a republican state immediately, he added.

Addressing a press conference organised by the Revolutionary Journalists’ Association (Lumbini), he said as the reactionary forces were all out to dislodge democracy, it would be wise to declare Nepal a republic and move ahead for the CA elections.

The Maoist Chairman warned the CA elections could not take place by sidelining the Maoists.

He said that his party was not for severing relations among the eight political parties. The eight-party unity needs to be further cemented for sometime to come, Prachanda added.

He claimed that in the beginning some bigger parties had attempted to wipe out Maoists’ existence from the Terai, but the parties that made such attempts themselves got swept away.

Stating that the eight parties were now facing existential threat in the Terai, he warned, if anybody was imagining a Nepal without the Maoists, then it would be unfortunate.

“Some bigger parties have been taking the elections lightly, but they do not seem to be worried over the fact that a congenial environment for the elections has not been yet created.”

He said, first it was imperative to create the right environment for polls, before embarking on to the actual polling.

Madhes has turned into rendezvous of pro-royalists and Indian criminals and the celebration of the king’s birthday substantiates that the reactionaries have been trying to disrupt the CA polls.

“It cannot be denied that the promotion of some high ranking officials of the Nepal Army and the maneuvering being hatched by the palace could come on the way of the CA polls,” Prachanda said.

He accused the parties in the government of trying to defame the Young Communist League (YCL) and suggested all not to make such attempts as the YCL was a security wing of the CPN-Maoist.

Underlining the need to merge the Nepal Army and the People’s Liberation Army, he said only the Armed Police Force (APF) and the civil police could provide security during the elections adding the YCL help ought to be sought in this regard.

Stating though some hitches had surfaced in the second round of verification of the Maoist army, Prachanda hoped that it would resume soon. He said attempts were underway to disarm the Maoists, which would never be successful.

He said that his Europe visit was a success.

Today, Maoist Chairman Prachanda and Bhattarai met t with Ian Martin, the personal representative of the United Nations secretary general. The duo told Martin that the second stage of verification would not begin unless a political package to adjust combatants in national security forces was agreed upon. In the meeting, the leaders also expressed their displeasure over army generals’ promotions without their consent and army chief Rukmangad Katwal’s public statement against the Maoists. Katwal had recently said the army would not tolerate terrorism in any form in the country.
Also today, Maoist chairman Prachanda today met Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala at the latter’s residence and urged him to come up with a ‘package deal’ to adjust registered Maoist combatants in national security wings.
A Maoist source told this daily that Prachanda, accompanied by his deputy Dr Baburam Bhattarai, conveyed to the PM his party’s stance that the second stage of verification in other cantonments would not begin without the government first agreeing on the deal.
The source said Prachanda also asked the PM to make public the latter’s and the Nepali Congress’ stance on monarchy and republic clear. Prachanda also took up the issue of King Gyanendra’s birthday bash, which, according to him, was a step towards political activism meant to disrupt constituent assembly polls.
Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Ramchandra Poudel said both the leaders were committed to holding the polls on the scheduled date and stressed the need to improve the law and order situation. Prachanda also objected to Koirala’s “unilateral” appointments in government bodies without the Maoists being consulted. The PM is learnt to have assured Prachanda that he would consult them while making appointments in the future.
HNS

डिडीआर मोडेल स्वीकार नहुने ः पासाङ
पाल्पा, असार २८/माओवादी जनमुक्ति सेनाका डेपुटी कमाण्डर नन्दकिशोर पुन -पासाङ) ले काङ्ग्रेसले पुरानै ढाँचा र शैलीमा एकलौटीरुपमा सरकार चलाएका कारण संविधानसभाको चुनाव मङ्सिर महिनामा पनि हुन नसक्ने बताएका छन् । संविधानसभा अगाडि नै संसदबाट गणतन्त्र घोषणा गरेर जानुपर्ने कुरामा उनले जोड दिए । क्रान्तिकारी पत्रकार सङ्घ नेपाल लुम्बिनीद्वारा बिहीबार पाल्पामा आयोजित पत्रकार सम्मेलनमा बोल्दै पासाङले जनमुक्ति सेनाको व्यवस्थापनका लागि आफ्नो पार्टर्ीीई डिडीआर मोडेल स्वीकार नहुने बताए । सेना व्यवस्थापनका लागि विशेष सुरक्षा सुधार विधि -एसएसआर) अपनाउनुपर्ने र त्यो पनि नेपालको भूराजनीतिक अवस्थाअनुसार हुनुपर्नेमा उनले जोड दिए ।

पत्रकारहरूले सोधेको प्रश्नको जवाफ दिँदै उनले देशलाई अग्रगमनतिर लैजान र संविधानसभाको निर्वाचन सम्पन्न गर्न सबै दल र पत्रकारहरूको केन्द्रित हुनुपर्नेमा जोड दिए । आठदलबीच भएको १२ बुँदे सहमति अक्षरशः लागू गर्न माग गर्दै पासाङले त्यसो नभए आफूहरू अर्को ढङ्गले सोच्न बाध्य हुने बताए ।

जनमुक्ति सेनाको व्यवस्थापनबारे के भइरहेको छ भनी पत्रकारहरूले सोधेको प्रश्नमा कमाण्डर पासाङले दुःख बिसाए । “समस्या उस्तै छन् केही सुधार भएको छैन, खानपानको समस्या र विरामी झन् बढेका छन्”- उनले भने- “हामी एउटा जिम्मेवार पार्टर्ीीे सेना भएकोले जति समस्या भएपनि धर्ैय गरेर बसेका छौँ, हामी देशलाई नयाँ र सुन्दर बनाउन चाहन्छौँ ।”
-स्वससे)

काठमाडौँ, असार २७/माओवादीको तर्फाट सरकारमा सहभागी भएका पाँच मन्त्रीहरुले आफू सरकारमा सहभागी भएपनि जनतालाई परिवर्तनको अनुभूति दिलाउन नसकेको स्वीकार गरेका छन् । सरकारमा सहभागी भएपछि जनतासँगको खाडल झन् ठूलो भएको उनीहरुले बताए ।

सरकारमा सहभागी भएको एकसय दिन पुगेको अवसरमा आफूले गरेका काम कारबाहीबारे जानकारी दिन आयोजित पत्रकार सम्मेलनमा उनीहरुले यस्तो बताएका हुन् । “जनजीवनसँग सम्बन्धित अनुभूति दिन सकेनौँ, संविधानसभाको चुनाव गछौर्ँ भनेका थियौँ तर गर्न सकेनौँ”- सरकारमा पार्टर्ीीे नेतृत्व गरेका सूचना तथा सञ्चार मन्त्री कृष्णबहादुर महराले भने- “काङ्ग्रेसले पुरानै ढाँचा र शैलीमा एकलौटीरुपमा सरकार चलाएका कारण हामीले केही गर्न नसकेका हौँ ।” यही स्थिति कायम रहेमा संविधानसभाको चुनाव मङ्सिर महिनामा पनि हुन नसक्ने उनको टिप्पणी थियो । महराले सबै माओवादी मन्त्रीहरुको प्रतिनिधित्व गर्दै सामूहिक धारणा राखेका थिए ।

संविधानसभामार्फ लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र स्थापना गर्ने आफूहरुको लक्ष्य रहेको बताउँदै मन्त्री महराले त्यसका लागि सरकारमा रहेर सङ्र्घष्ा गरिरहेको बताए । उनले गणतन्त्र स्थापना गरेरै छाड्ने अठोट पनि व्यक्त गरे ।

वेपत्ता नागरिकको खोजी गर्न, सुकुम्बासी समस्या समाधान गर्न, रायमाझी आयोगको प्रतिवेदन र्सार्वजनिक गरी आयोगले दोषी देखाएकालाई कारबाही गर्न, राजाको सम्पत्ति राष्ट्रियकरण गर्न र महँगी नियन्त्रण गर्न आफूहरु असफल भएको माओवादी मन्त्रीहरुले स्वीकारे । आफूले कुनै पनि काम गर्न नसक्नुमा राष्ट्रिय आत्मर्समर्पणवादी सोच कायमै रहनु, अन्तरिम संविधान कागजमा मात्र सीमित हुनु र परम्परावादी राज्य संरचना यथावत रहनु प्रमुख कारण रहेको उनीहरुले बताए ।
माओवादीका तर्फाट अन्तरिम सरकारमा सहभागी भएका पाँचै मन्त्रीहरुले आ-आफ्ना मन्त्रालयहरुमा भएका कामकारबाहीबारे जानकारी गराएका थिए । आठदलको संयुक्त संयन्त्र बनाएर सरकार चलाउने भनिएपनि त्यो हुन नसकेको उनीहरुको गुनासो थियो ।
स्वतन्त्र समाचार सेवा

Maoist minister and government spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara today blamed Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala for the government’s inability to hold constituent assembly election in June. He also said he was unable to address issues of the general public in the government’s policies and programmes.
“The government has been hatching conspiracies and working with an old mind-set,” the Minister for Information and Communications told a press conference at the Maoists’ parliamentary party office.
Most of the Maoist ministers, including Hishila Yami and Dev Gurung, were present at the conference where secretaries and senior officials of their portfolios made public their progressive reports. “We have spent three months in the cabinet and our expectations have not been met,” Mahara said.
“As Prime Minister Koirala has been leading the eight-party government he must take the responsibility for its failures,” he added.
“The Prime Minister is solely responsible for not launching programmes directly related with the people’s right to live,” Mahara said.
“We have been demanding a Joint Coordination Committee to guide the cabinet, but in vain and, moreover, the cabinet has been working as if it were a majority government of the Nepali Congress,” he added. Mahara, however, said that they still hope to bring about a change in society. The ministers said the government is not working in line with the Interim Constitution of Nepal-2007.
Mahara also said that national and international forces are conspiring against the election.
HNS

There is every chance that a military coup may happen again, Senior Maoist leader Ram Bahadur Thapa, ‘Badal’ accused royalists and regressive forces of hatching conspiracies to scuttle the constituent assembly (CA) polls. Addressing a press conference organised here by the Dhankuta chapter of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ), Badal said, “Though a republican front of the leftist forces may be possible, chances of our party uniting with the CPN-UML are very slimin the present circumstances..”
“Short-term and narrow mind-set is the cause of the division among the communists,” he added.

Saying that the double standard of the Nepali Congress is a hindrance to the establishment of a republic, he said: “The parliament should announce the country a republic with agreement of the eight political parties.”
Stating that there are chances that Maoists might join the rightists, Badal accused “various forces” of actively working to foil the Maoists’ every efforts.
Saying that the demands being raised by the dalits, women, janajatis and the Madhesi people are genuine, he said all problems will be solved once the country becomes a federal republic.
The country is sure to become a democratic republic despite the conspiracies of the regressive forces, he added.

नेकपा माओवादीका नेता रामबहादुर थापा बादलले संविधानसभाबाट मुलुकमा गणतन्त्र स्थापन नभए माओवादी पुनः भूमिगत हुने बताउनुभएको छ। नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ धनकुटाले आज आयोजना गरेको पत्रकार सम्मेलनमा बोल्दै उहाँले मण्डलेहरुले पहाड र तराईमा बन्द हडताल गराई गणतन्त्रवादी शक्तिहरुमाथि आक्रमण गरिरहेकोले भूमिगत राजनीतिको आवश्यकतामा जोड दिनुभयो। लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रमा नेपाली कांग्रेसको दोहोरो चरित्र मुख्य बाधक भएको आरोप उहाँको थियो। कांग्रेसको फेरिइरहने बोलीले २०१७ साल दोहोरिने आशंका उहाँले गर्नुभयो। आफ्नो पार्टीले वामपन्थी विचारधाराका अन्य दलहरुसँग कार्यगत एकता मात्र गर्न सक्ने उहाँले बताउनुभयो।
अशान्ति फैलाइरहेको भन्दै वाईसीएललाई प्रतिबन्ध लगाउने प्रतिगमनका मतियारहरुले गरिरहेको षड्यन्त्र आफूहरुलाई मान्य नभएको उहाँले बताउनुभयो।
गणतन्त्रको मोर्चा बन्न नदिन विभिन्न शक्तिहरुको चलखेल भइरहेको भन्दै पुनः दोस्रो दासढुंगा घटना गराउने षड्यन्त्र भइरहेको दाबीसमेत गर्नुभयो।

murder was horrendous — both his eyes were gouged out, his hands were severed and head hacked off
Central Committee member of the Young Communist League (YCL) Binod Pant ‘Jitendra’ and YCL’s Rupandehi district secretariat member Sheshmani Lamichhane ‘Mani’ were abducted and brutually killed today by the murderer group Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum (MJF). Jitendra was also the YCL’s Lumbini zonal joint coordinator. Both were abducted by MJF killers as they were going to inspect the Khurdalotan Dam on the Nepal-India border today and killed later, Maoist Rupandehi district in-charge Nirmal Kumar said.

A home-made weapon, grenades, etc was used to kill Jitendra at Shivpur of Gowaha VDC at 11:00 am, while Mani was hanged from a tree before he was shot at 4:00 pm, YCL Bhairahawa in-charge Udaya said. Jitendra’s murder was horrendous — both his eyes were gouged out, his hands were severed and head hacked off. (more…)

King can be removed if he conspires against the Constituent Assembly polls and assumes ‘executive powers’
Kathmandu, June 13:
For the first time in the history of Nepal, the Parliament today adopted a provision in the Constitution that will allow the House to abolish the monarchy if the King is found to be conspiring against the Constituent Assembly elections. Inserting the provision in Article 159 of the Interim Constitution of Nepal 2007, the House passed the second amendment bill of the Interim Constitution by two-thirds majority. A total of 281 members of the 329 seats of parliament had cast their votes favouring the amendment while only two members cast their votes against the bill. Jana Morcha Nepal’s MPs Pari Thapa and Nava Raj Subedi cast their votes against the amendment. The bill came into force immediately after Speaker Subas Nembang announced the amendment at 10.30 PM and authenticated the Bill. (more…)

After five days of isolation and torture Krishna Sen died, the blows, boots, and lathis of the men in uniform raining down upon him. He was kept captive in the highest building in Mahendra Police Club, next to its Judo Hall. His hands were bound behind his back, and he was repeatedly asked to say “This country belongs to the king.”

Sen had been caught in Naya Baneswor on 20 May 2002 and been in captivity in the Police Club since. Journalist Sangeeta Khadka, who saw Sen at 2 AM on 21 May, said, “After some hours of torture, Sen was vomiting, his arms and legs were broken.” Khadka says two policemen were propping Sen up against a wall as a jackbooted DSP Bikram Thapa kicked him repeatedly. (more…)

Every day, tens of thousands of commuters, civil servants, diplomats travel up and down Maharajganj. The Foreign Ministry and Teaching Hospital are across the street. Yet, just over the wall inside Mohan Shumshere’s former palace at Laxmi Nibas, which served as the headquarters of the Bhairabnath Battalion, thousands of prisoners were detained, tortured, and exterminated between 2003-2005. This was a concentration camp in the heart of the city. Bhairabnath showed how easily human rights groups, activists, and even international humanitarian organisations could be kept in the dark about the military’s dirty secret. (more…)

श्रीमहासचिव
व्यवस्थापिका-संसद् सचिवालय ।
व्यवस्थापिका-संसद् नियमावली, २०६३ को नियम ८० बमोजिम देहायको जरुरी सार्वजनिक महत्त्वको विषयमाथि छलफल गर्न सूचना दिएको छु ।
१. संविधानसभा र गणतन्त्रबारे
मुलुक यतिबेला राजनीतिक निकासको पर्खाइमा छ । वर्गीय, जातीय, क्षेत्रीय लिंगीयलगायत सबै समस्याहरूको समाधान गर्ने, महिला, दलित आदिवासी जनजाति, मधेसी, पिछडिएको क्षेत्र तथा मजदुर एवं किसान वर्गको अधिकारलाई स्थापित गर्ने गरी राज्यको अग्रगामी पुनःसंरचना गर्ने कुराको संकल्प १२ बुँदे सहमतिदेखि नै गरिँदै आएको हो । १२ बुँदे सहमतिका आधारमा थालिएको जनआन्दोलनको मुख्य जनादेश लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र र संविधानसभा भएको कुरामा कुनै विवाद छैन भने गणतन्त्रबिना सबै समस्याहरूको समाधानसहितको राज्यको अग्रगामी पुनःसंरचना सम्भव छैन । (more…)

पलङ सामान्य छ, दर्ुइवटा साधारण कर्ुर्सर्ीी सानो टी टेबलमा केही किताब छन् । भित्तामा साटफेरका एकदर्ुइ जोर कपडा झुन्ड्याइएका । यो कोठा क्याम्पस पढ्न भर्खरै राजधानी छिरेको कुनै विद्यार्थीको त हैन - तीनकुने सुविधानगरस्थित उक्त कोठा सिन्धुलीका माओवादी विधायक गंगा श्रेष्ठको हो । भान्साकोठा पनि त्यत्तिकै सामान्य छ । डाइनिङ टेबुल, प्रिmज केही पनि छैन, अत्यावश्यक भाँडाकुँडामात्र छन् । सदनमा जनआवाज उठाउनेमात्र दायित्व छैन, माओवादी विधायकहरूको , खाना पकाउने, सरसफाइदेखि लिएर किनमेल गर्ने काममा पनि उनीहरू सक्रियतापर्ूवक सरिक हुन्छन् । श्रेष्ठ र उनका सहकर्मी विधायकहरूले खाना पकाउन आलोपालो समय मिलाएका छन् । वैशाख १ गते समयसँग कुराकानीको सिलसिला अघि बढिरहेका बेला भान्साकोठाबाट खाना तयार भएको जनाउ आयो । नया“ वर्षभनेर भान्सामा कुनै परिकार थपिएको थिएन । दालभात तरकारीसहितको साधारण खाना थियो । श्रेष्ठ र सिन्धुलीकै अर्का विधायक बुद्घमिान माझीले कुनै ठा“टबाँठविना पलेँटी कसेर खाना खान सुरु गरे । थपुवा दालभात पनि स“गै राखिएको छ । पेटभरि खाना खाएपछि थाल उनीहरू आपै+mले सफा गरे । (more…)

Vladimir Ilych Lenin was born, the leader and teacher of the working peole of the whole world, the genius theoretician and outstanding revolutionary, continuer of the cause of Marx-Engels, having developed Marxism in new historic conditions of the growth of capitalism into its highest imperialist stage, the creator and leader of the proletarian party of Bolsheviks as the head of which the Great October Socialist Revolution was carried out. Under the leadership of V.I.Lenin the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed - the world’s first state of porletarians. For biography (more…)

आज लेनिन जयन्ती र नेकपा स्थापना दिवशको अवसर पारेर प्रथम चरणको सडक संर्घष्ा गर्ने माओवादीले जनाएको छ । जस अन्तरगत आज पार्टर्ीीथापना दिवसलाई देशव्यापी मनाउने र १२ गतेदेखि गतवर्षो धोकापर्ूण्ा सम्झौताको भण्डाफोर गर्दै सरकारलाई संविधान सभाको चुनाव गराउन दवाव दिने जनाएको छ । यसैगरी दोस्रो चरणको संर्घष्ाको कार्यक्रम २५ गतेदेखि गर्ने जनाएको छ । जस अन्तरगत देशभरका जिल्ला सदरमुकाम घेराउ गर्ने रहेका छन् । माओवादी सम्मिलित अन्तरिम सरकार गठन गरेता पनि गिरिजाको सामन्तवादी रवैयाका कारण सरकारले रचनात्मक कार्य गर्न नसकेपछि सडकबाटै संर्घष्ाको घोषणा गरेर जनताको म्याण्डेट पूरा गराउने लक्ष्य गत हप्ता सम्पन्न -माओवादी) को केन्द्रीय समितिको बैठकले देशलाई नया“ निकास दिन चरणवद्ध सडक आन्दोलन गर्ने निर्ण्र्ाा गरेको हो । (more…)