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| Paagal |
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on 01-Feb-04 04:43 AM
The news in Kantipuronline today is :
Joshi’s presence puts parties’ press meet in shadow
A press meet called by the five parties to declare Valley-wide strike on Monday was overshadowed on Sunday, as the journalists repeatedly raised objections over the presence of corruption-indicted leader Govinda Raj Joshi in the meet.
Journalists made Joshi red and pale with the rain of stiff questions such as: “Are you here to purify yourself in the eyes of people and journalists?”, “Who sent you in this press meet?” and “Do the parties’ expect people’s participation in the movement bringing leader like Joshi to the front?”
Some more questions were also like this: “Isn’t it the five parties’ and particularly, Nepali Congress’s lack of sensitiveness to send a corruption-charged leader like Joshi in the press meet?”, “Will the party activists be ready to become martyrs having seen Joshi as their leader?” and “Is it right on ethical ground that Joshi should lead the movement as a leader?
In the heated atmosphere, Joshi tried to furnish replies. He said, “I am here because my party sent me.”
According to him, NC Secretary General Sushil Koirala was scheduled to be there. “Since he is ill, party told me to take part in this press meet.”
“Party activists do not need to become martyrs in my name,” he said. On the much talked-about corruption charges which made him “untouchable”, the former minister said, “We cannot say one is culprit, unless the court gives the final verdict.”
Leaders of the rest parties remained confused as they could not support Joshi’s presence in the press meet; neither could they raise voice against him.
“We will not spare any corrupt leaders from legal action after our movement against regression succeeds,” CPN-UML leaders Amrit Kumar Bohora and Subash Nembang, without mentioning the name of Joshi, told journalists in a bid to “pacify” them.
Leader of United People’s Front, Lilamani Pokhrel said he cannot comment on Joshi’s presence in the press meet. “Only the concerned party can say about it,” he said indicating towards the NC of which Joshi is the Joint Secretary General.
Representatives of Nepal Laborers’ and Peasants’ Party and Nepal Sadbhawana Party (Anandi Devi) also attended the press meet. They were of the same view that they cannot take responsibility for Joshi’s presence in the press meet.
Joshi was in judicial remand for more than two months. A Special Court in Kathmandu last week released him on Rs. 30.5 million bail.
The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has charged Joshi of accumulating property worth millions of rupees through illegal channels and hiding real sources of his earning. nepalnews.com mr Feb 1
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| Paagal |
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on 01-Feb-04 04:53 AM
If we start to verify the rich people in Nepal, 95% of the wealth they earned will be by unfair means either tax evasion or smuggling or commission or bribery etc. etc. We have forgotten to honour the honest people because they are invisible, these days. Because they are honest, mostly we'll find them in poor condition. So, our eyes are habituated seeing people in new gaadis, our ears are attracted to any foolish talk they utter, we respect rich as if they are all in all.
An honest person has no place in our society. Most of the gorkhadakshin bahu winners are all chamches... who can bend down as far as possible. That is the criteria for winning a takmaa in Nepal. You'll be suprised that in durbaar, you have to address by "PRABHU" to...you know whom?
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| Paagal |
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on 01-Feb-04 05:36 AM
A friend of mine who is a senior engineer, works in government service, told me once - in Nepal, 5% commission is legal. That is to say, if his office awards a project of 10 crore to an engeering consultancyoffice then 50 lakhs is their share. That is automatic understanding. How strange! isn't it?
No one can prevent such type of corruption because it is invisible - between consultant and the project chief in the government side. I am always jealous of him and feel frustrated because I never had such chance to earn easy money like that. Honest people are very few because we all produce dishonesty by honouring rich.
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on 01-Feb-04 07:11 AM
Don't be serious...take a break!
Title: SCHOOL PICTURE
The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. 'Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Ritu; she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Ramu, he's a doctor.'' A small voice at the back of the room rang out, 'And there's the teacher ... she's dead.'
Title: NEIGHBOUR'S
A wife one evening drew her husband's attention to the couple next door and said, 'Do you see that couple? They are so devoted! He kisses her every time they meet! Why don't you do that too?' I'd love to,' replied the husband, 'But I don't know her well enough!'
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