Nepal king dismisses government
King Gyanendra announces on state radio that he has sacked the government led by Sher Bahadur Deuba

13. It is our desire that democracy be a way of life, politics be conducted in keeping with democratic norms and values, people from all strata of society honestly adhere to democratic ideals and everyone be guided by the interest of the country and people. All Nepalese wish to see our country as a progressive nation, occupying a pride of place in the international community, where democratic ideals thrive in a peaceful environment. It is our belief that upholding human rights not only preserves and promotes democratic values but also enhances a way of life and civilisational values commensurate with the 21st century.

Beloved countrymen,

14. Our decision should leave no room for confusion amongst the security personnel and civil servants in discharge of their duties and responsibilities. Today, it is we Nepalese who must take an initiative to ensure a bright future for Nepal and the Nepalese. An independent press serves as the medium for raising the level of democratic consciousness. It plays a crucial role in the promotion of national interests. We believe that the press will make effective contributions in ensuring that democratic norms and values inspire our way of life as well as governance. We are confident that, with this in mind, all those who have faith in multiparty democracy will discharge their duties from their respective places and the people's aspirations along with the country's requirements will be realised through the shared efforts of all the countrymen.

15. Today, the nation has made a firm commitment and a decision has also been taken accordingly. The nation has taken a step forward towards democracy and progress, leaving behind violence, insecurity and conflict. At a time when the country is in the grip of terrorism, all those who believe in democracy and peace must unite. Let us, therefore, be inspired by our collective wisdom and guided by our national perspective. Any nefarious attempts at disturbing peace and security and hindering efforts at making democracy meaningful will not be tolerated either by the nation or people. Yet, in pursuit of liberalism, we should never overlook an important aspect of our conduct, namely discipline. This is also the thinking of the 21st century. We wish to repeat once again that those who cannot do justice to Nepal , those who cannot believe in the sound judgment of the people and those who cannot stand in favour of peace will stand condemned by the motherland.

May Lord Pashupatinath bless us all!
Jaya Nepal !

Witnesses said security men took away G P Koirala, leader of the Nepali Congress, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, head of the Nepal Communist Party-United Marxist and Leninist Party, on Tuesday. The arrests were continuing on Wednesday, said Shovakar Parajuli, a Nepali Congress leader who had himself gone underground. He estimated at least 50 top leaders had been arrested.

Well, in the last many years, the Maoists did the excellent clean up job at the local level and now it is the Ganendra's turn to do the similar cleaning up job at the central level.

Hope we can get rid of all leaders of political parties.

Nepalis have had their most basic rights taken away. With his newly restored medieval powers, Gyanendra has "suspended" not only the right to free speech, but freedom of thought. He has subjected the press to strict censorship. The papers carried fawning accounts yesterday of the king's announcement that he was taking power. The king "suspended" the right to assemble peacefully, and the right to privacy. He also, according to the Kathmandu Post, suspended the right to own private property.

Most of these rights have long been abused by the military and the Maoists. But this week the king took it a step further. He said no Nepalese citizen could even claim he had those rights any more.

bedesi dude

Well, Ganendra took away those right away of the Nepalese living only in the areas controlled by Ganendra'a Armed Forces.

wshere do u line in nepal so king can not do any thing . u have nothing there in nepal not it is all belongs to king.

may be all your famaily are here so u just enjoy what is going on in nepal.

राजशाही के विरुद्ध सभी ताक़तों को एकजुट होना चाहिए और निरंकुशता के ख़िलाफ़ संयुक्त मोर्चा बनाना चाहिए


कृष्ण महरा

BIDESHI WROTE ABOVE:
Nepalis have had their most basic rights taken away. With his newly restored medieval powers, Gyanendra has "suspended" not only the right to free speech, but freedom of thought. He has subjected the press to strict censorship. The papers carried fawning accounts yesterday of the king's announcement that he was taking power. The king "suspended" the right to assemble peacefully, and the right to privacy. He also, according to the Kathmandu Post, suspended the right to own private property.

Most of these rights have long been abused by the military and the Maoists. But this week the king took it a step further. He said no Nepalese citizen could even claim he had those rights any more.

YOU HAVE COPIED AND PASTED THESE ABOVE STATEMENTS FROM SOME OTHER SOURCE AND U DON'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE SOURCE. THIS IS BLATANT AND SHAMELESS PLAGARIGM.

sorry for that. i copy the link but forget to paste.

PQN1, please leave bidesi alone. He has been working over-time on his assignment to flood Sajha. I can imagine what happens when someone's livelihood is taken away. I would probably have done the same.... oops did i say something...shhh.

Pak PM phones King of Nepal


ISLAMABAD, Jan 03 : Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday had a telephonic conversation with King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal.

Matters relating to the holding of the 13th SAARC Summit as well as Pakistan-Nepal relations were discussed, says an official press release issued by the office of the Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here.

hummm.... he must be having Vsat phone connection in palace.

Usofa, LMAO
Hahahahhahah, no he doesn't, akashwani bhayeko hola. LOL

Anyways, thanks for a good laugh. heheheh... nahh just found it funny hai..

But would appreciate more updates from nepal time to time.

I wonder what they talked about. Hahahah Pake's and Chinki's would express their tumtum for Gyane :) on dhoti's expense. LOL

Anyways, Aba (Aa)Dharma yudh huncha.
IndisGuise:)

Just take it as a humor.... ke garne time pass ta garnai paryo ni haina.............
Take it easy ta.........

check this out

Army chief turns down Nepal invite

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1010871.cms

hope this has not already been posted.

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India tried to dissuade Gyanendra a few weeks ago

NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 1: Having reacted sharply against King Gyanendra?s coup in Kathmandu today, the Manmohan Singh government faces a huge challenge in matching its strong words with purposeful actions to change the unfortunate political course Nepal has been pushed onto.
Re-establishing India?s credibility with the monarchy is the first test for New Delhi. For weeks now, Kathmandu had been rife with speculation that Gyanendra was all set to do a ??Musharraf?? on Nepal and usurp power. The question was not ??whether,?? but ??when??. The news of the coup could not have been a surprise for New Delhi.
What disturbs New Delhi, however, is the fact that it had sought to dissuade Gyanendra from a power-grab a few weeks ago. Similar signals from Washington and London apparently reinforced this message from New Delhi to Kathmandu.
Clearly, King Gyanendra has calculated that when it comes to a choice between the monarchy and the Maoists, India and the international community would have no option but to side with him.
India?s swift reaction suggests it will not accept the choices presented by Gyanendra?s fait accompli. How might India persuade Gyanendra that its threat is not empty? To get Gyanendra accept an early democratic restoration and initiate substantive reforms, India will have to signal that all policy options are open before it.
Second, India would not want to be seen as acting alone. Over the last few years, India has been in close consultations with Washington and London on the unfolding crisis in Nepal.
Britain has reacted even more sharply than India to the coup. Unlike the Indian statement, which avoided making specific demands on the King, Britain wants an immediate restoration of multi-party democracy. The European Union would certainly back this position. The US reaction, too, is expected to be strong. On the positive side, India is not alone on Nepal. In fact, the international community has been pressing India to take the lead in coping with the gathering political storm in Nepal.
Third, restoring the balance between the King and the political parties might be necessary, but not sufficient to deal with the crisis that threatens to change the very character of the Nepali state.
As the monarch?s ambitions and the Maoist grand strategy became ever more transparent, the fractious political parties in Nepal remained feckless. Besides knocking together the heads of Gyanendra and the political parties to put up a credible united front, India must find ways to bring the Maoists into the political mainstream.
Fourth, a military strategy alone will not be able to defeat the Maoists, who have steadily gained ground. India must encourage the Nepali establishment to take on board much of the Maoist political and social agenda and initiate significant reforms.
While drawing a red line against a forcible Maoist take over of Nepal, India must also find ways to engage the Maoists and promote a political dialogue between them and Kathmandu.
All this amounts to New Delhi undertaking a big role in preventing state failure in Nepal and putting it back on the road to recovery. Given the political stakes in Nepal, India has little choice but to take up the onerous responsibility

Maoist strike call reported largely ignored in Nepal's capital
06:51 PM EST Feb 03
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A Maoist guerrilla call for a national strike Thursday went largely unheeded in Nepal's capital - overshadowed by this week's political crisis unleashed when the king sacked the government and claimed tight control over the Himalayan kingdom.

TIME: Where is Nepal heading?
Gyanendra: The future of Nepal, yes, lies in constitutional monarchy and multiparty democracy. Economically, it lies in openness and competition, and in joining the WTO [World Trade Organization]. Socially, we are in a difficult phase: some infrastructure, some of the basic things that were gelling the country together, have been trampled. There has been a lot of injury to much of rural Nepal, which needs to be addressed.

TIME: Are you worried about recent student protests demanding a republic?
Gyanendra: Should it concern me? Is that public sentiment? Yes I agree the monarchy in Nepal does conduct itself according to the aspirations and hopes of the people. It reflects those. But my government has advised me that these protests might be only pressure tactics [by political opponents]. And anyway, the government has a job to uphold the law of the land. Does the law allow them to say things like this?

TIME: People see you as very different to your late brother, King Birendra.
Gyanendra: Too many people misunderstood my brother too. They took his kindness for weakness and they exploited that. I know many people realize how peace-loving and how development-oriented he was, but I ask them to realize how close we were. His role was very, very constructive too and I think mine is just an extension of that. The circumstances I face are slightly different so our styles are slightly different. But just because I have spelled out what I want to do does not make me any better or any worse.

TIME: What's it like being a living god?
Gyanendra: I've been waiting for you to ask this. On the question of the living-god thing, let me interpret it this way: we were given the personification of Vishnu and Vishnu is the preserver of all things. And I'm glad that my role?the role I have to play?has been spelled out like that, just as it is in the constitution. But I'm a pragmatic and practical person. I've never said I'm God.

TIME: Outline what you see in Nepal's future.
Gyanendra: With discipline, dedication and determination, prosperity.

Source; Time Asia

China benefits from Nepal coup
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Big News Network.com Wednesday 2nd February, 2005 (UPI)

China's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday the move by Nepal's king to replace the government and put leaders under arrest was an internal affair.

Kong Quan was quoted in state-run media saying, China respects the choice of Nepalese in developing their country and sincerely wishes the nation to realize social security, economic development and ethnic pacification.

He did not mention that the crisis stemmed from the government's inability to deal with a peasant insurgency based on Maoist ideology.

Nepal's King Gyanendra Tuesday announced the dissolution of the coalition government led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and formed a new government under the titular chairmanship of the monarch.

In a related development, government-controlled local radio reported early Wednesday that China's Foreign Ministry had expressed appreciation over Nepal closing the Dalai Lama's office and a Tibetan refugee center, both in the capital Katmandu.

Kong said Nepal made the right decision in maintaining Chinese sovereignty, then reiterated his government's position, "The Dalai Lama is not a simple religious figure but a politician-in-exile engaging in separatist activities in China."

India establishes official contact with Kathmandu
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Two days after King Gyanendra seized power in Nepal, India today established first contact with authorities in Kathmandu and conveyed its grave concern over the developments in the Himalayan Kingdom.

India's Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee met new Nepalese Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey in Kathmandu and apprised him of New Delhi's strong views over the King's action.
source:- - http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/national/20050203-3.html