| ashu |
Posted
on 08-Jun-01 01:32 AM
BRB is a leader of the Maoists.
His article (originally published in last Wednesday's Kantipur national daily) has led to the arrests of the editor, publisher
and the director of Kantipur daily.
What follows is taken from Nepali Times.
I, for one, do NOT agree with BRB's this views or other views, though I defend his right to express himself.
oohi
ashu
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Baburam’s Article
Baburam Bhattarai’s Wednesday opinion piece said that the palace killings were a well-planned plot of the Indian and American intelligence agencies, RAW and CIA. It compared King Gyanendra with the Bhutanese Monarch Jigme Singye Wangchuk, the implication being that the new king was an Indian puppet. He also said that the way was now being cleared for the Sikkimisation of Nepal, with Gyanendra expected to play the role of the Chogyal.
Bhattarai claims that King Birendra had been killed because he had stood up to the expansionary forces and against India. Similarly, King Birendra had been the one who was unwilling to have the army deployed to fight the “people’s war”. Bhattarai adds that there had been a similarity in approach between the late king and the Maoists.
The article argues that the royal killings were premeditated and calls on Nepalis not to legitimise the “New Kot-massacre”—the first one was engineered by Jang Bahadur Rana in 1846 which established Rana rule. Bhattarai calls on all nationalist forces to side not with the palace and government but with the “true nationalist sons of Nepal”—a reference to the “people’s war” his party is fighting.
Maintaining that the dynasty of the Shahs is over, the Maoist leader calls upon the officers and jawans of the Royal Nepal Army “which could not save their king” to now think about trying to save the country. Bhattarai calls on them to come to the side of the poor people of Nepal rather than stand by the “expansionist puppet born inside the palace”. He ends with the lines from Prithvi Narayan Shah, “Sabai lai chetana bhaya…” (Everyone is alerted…)
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| Prakash |
Posted
on 08-Jun-01 11:00 AM
Ashu dai, for the first time ever I lost my respect for Dr.BRB. In his article he sounded like a party leader desparate to usurp power at the center by hook or by crook. Words of praises for the King and the royalty, coming from a man, who has forever denounced royalty .. is strange in itself. However, like you said, he has every rights to express himself. And it is really sad that Yuvaraj Ghimire, Gyawali and Sirohiya have been arrested.
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