Lots going on

Friday, January 20, 2006

Lots going on

Lets first start with lighter issues.

Nepalese people once again pays price for the failure of Nepal Electricity Board. Okay... NEB may be facing number of intricate problems but still load shedding is just not an option for one of the richest countries in water resources. These are the small things that fuel people's rage against the government. And when such things pile up, people make the government realize their mistakes.

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) wins the award for being the most opportunist party third time in a row. Kamal Thapa is leading the "Support Government" half ... lets better make it "Support only yourself" half. Minister Thapa declared his sect as the true RPP and elected himself the president of new RPP. The two factions are having a judicial battle for the rights over "Halo" - the electoral sign of RPP.

Now more serious ones...

Everyone is astounded with ever stretching daily curfew dose. Government issued a curfew order few days after the attack made by Maoists at Thankot. The Defense Ministry has later clarified that it is for the safety of general people. The initial curfew order was for the duration from 12 pm in the evening to 4am in the morning. But day after day, and I mean literally, the curfew hours is escalating and now it starts from 9pm. Well, the days are pretty much normal, except for the political parties and Human Right workers.

The most serious...

The present government is planning to carry out metropolitan level elections in the upcoming months while the Saat Dal (Seven Party Alliance against current government) decided not to participate in the elections and has been working hard to make it a complete failure. So, in past few months, Saat Dal was bragging about their meetings with Maoist leaders and were publicizing about their coordination with the Maoists. This time the government took advantage of it. They arrested more than 100 party workers and shutdown mobile and UTL services and internet connections are expected to be cut off in few days. Minister Thapa justified the action as precautions. According to him, Maoist rebels were entering the capital valley with the help of party leaders.

The 7 party alliance had planned to organize a grand program for 20 January 2006. They were planning to enter the restricted zone. But the government is likely to declare a curfew on the exact day. So, the day may get big enough to get into the pages of history.

Lots going on posted by Pradeep Chand @ 1:29 AM