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Great betrayal to the country and people Yuba Nath Lamsal The Constituent assembly died its natural death but without producing a constitution, for which it was formed four years ago through election. This demise of Constituent Assembly is natural because it had already survived more than it had to be. The Constituent Assembly was to write the constitution in two years which was the original provision in the Interim Constitution. The parties and their candidates had also promised that they would give the country a new constitution within two years as stipulated in the Interim Constitution. However, the CA utterly failed in its job right from the beginning, for which political parties and their principal leaders are to be blamed. Prior to the election, there had been different predictions about the election results. Most people had projected the CPN-UML as the possible winner and the UML leaders, too, were quite hopeful of better electoral performance. A section of political

Arduous trek to democratic republic Yuba Nath Lamsal With the advent of 21 st century, democracy has become a global lingua franca. In this modern and civilized era, there is no political alternative to democracy. Even a notorious dictators talk loud about democracy and democratic principles, although they may be ruling with iron fists denying the people with their civil and political rights which are the basic foundation of democracy. Democracy and civilization have, thus, become synonymous in the present world. Democracy is a universally accepted political system in which people’s representatives govern for the interest of the people. This is why democracy is called a ‘government of the people, for the people and by the people’. The democratic government is the people’s government which governs on behalf of the people and takes care of the interest of the people. In other words, democracy is a people’s polity. In every political ideolo

India's intention becomes clear Yuba Nath Lamsal Once again India’s ill intention towards Nepal has been exposed more clearly than ever before. Although India’s interference in our national politics and internal affairs has been a recurring phenomenon, which has not only hurt patriotic sentiment of the people of Nepal but also infuriated them. The Indian design and interference has come in a more open and brazen manner this time with a senior diplomat stationed in Indian Consulate office in Birgunj, about 200 kilometer south of Kathmandu bordering India’s Bihar state. SD Mehta, who is working in the political division of the Consulate office, openly told the leaders of some Madhes-based Nepali parties to start agitation against the federal model agreed upon among the major political parties including the Madeshi Front and press for a single Madhes state in the entire Terai. What can be more shameless interference than this? Mehta’s remarks aimed at inciting violence and

India factor in Nepal politics Yuba Nath Lamsal It is said that politics is the game of possibilities. All possible alternatives are sought in politics, and sometime politicians even make adventures to find something out of the impossible. An attempt to seek something from the impossible is called a political misadventure and risky gamble, which, in most cases, is avoided because it is often anti-current and against the prevailing sentiment of the mass. But such misadventures and risky steps may be necessary at certain critical periods. Most politicians and leaders do not normally choose to take such a risky step for they do not want to lose their vote bank and endanger their political career. But some take such risky steps by even putting their political career at stake. They do it for the overall interest of the country and the people. Test of leaders In normal circumstances, everything goes in a normal way, in which politicians float in accordance with the wave of the times and p

Constituent Assembly becoming rubber stamps of leaders Yuba Nath Lamsal Once again India’s ill intention towards Nepal has been exposed more clearly than ever before. Although India’s interference in our national politics and internal affairs has been a recurring phenomenon, which has not only hurt patriotic sentiment of the people of Nepal but also infuriated them. The Indian design and interference has come in a more open and brazen manner this time with a senior diplomat stationed in Indian Consulate office in Birgunj, about 200 kilometer south of Kathmandu bordering India’s Bihar state. SD Mehta, who is working in the political division of the Consulate office, openly told the leaders of some Madhes-based Nepali parties to start agitation against the federal model agreed upon among the major political parties including the Madeshi Front and press for a single Madhes state in the entire Terai. What can be more shameless interference than this? Mehta’s remarks aimed at incit