Nepal's Democracy In Question As Politicians Manoeuvre And Manipulate

Is Nepal a failed or failing state? It is now 16 years since the constituent assembly abolished the 240-year-old monarchy. Thirteen elected governments have followed in the course of these years, and political stability remains elusive.
Two days ago, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda saw a coalition ally walk out. Senior Madhesi leader Upendra Yadav of the Janta Samajwadi Party quit after his own party split. What happens now?
Yubaraj Ghimire, Editor of Deshsanchar.com, an online news portal in Kathmandu, speaking on The Gist, said the prime minister would have to seek a vote of confidence at some point. He is in no danger of falling because he has the support of the Communist Party of Nepal and its leader KP Sharma Oli.
But Ghimire believes it is Oli who engineered the current crisis because he wants to be prime minister. Of course he doesn’t want to give the impression that he wants the job, that would not look good politically, but about Oli’s ambitions there should be no doubt.
In this context, Ghimire makes another point: Nepali politicians are driven entirely by personal ambition. This applies even to the communists, so alliances are made and unmade with only personal convenience in mind.
On whether Nepal is a failed or failing state, Ghimire says either definition would not be to the liking of some of the principal actors who, through their policies, have contributed to the current situation. Some of the blame goes to India, he says, which brought the Maoists into the political system.
India also opened Nepal’s doors to the US and Europe, so secularism was injected into the political discourse and enshrined into the constitution with hardly any debate, argues Ghimire.
That is the demand now being made by a younger generation of Nepali politicians, that parliament should discuss the whole of issue of secularism. It has also triggered a larger debate about Nepal’s Hindu ethos and revived demands in some quarters to restore the monarchy.
Tune in for more in this conversation with Yubaraj Ghimire in Kathmandu.
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[@KR-ui4os]

In my opinion, Nepal's democracy has already failed. It is well-known that revolutionaries lack administrative skills. Nepal's educated elites have vanished, leaving the country dominated by a mobocracy. The majority of Nepalese leaders, particularly communists, rise to power through corruption and fanning nationalism. Nepal was historically a proud Hindu country, but the abolition of the Hindu state without consent from the Nepalese people led to the loss of its unique culture, values, and identities.

[@loktiwari561]

Yes I agree with you but
All of this due to India
Since it’s independence India destabilizing Nepal
All the incidents proved it
Maoist civil war helped by India
4 th time blockade in Nepal
Nepal can’t use own water all India captured already

[@KR-ui4os]

@@loktiwari561 Nepali Maoist chose to stay in India during civil war because Chinese side has difficult terrain and geography, and it is tough and expensive to train people and run operations from there. India refrained from overtly supporting the Maoists from 1996 to 2006, the period of the Nepalese Civil War. India was initially concerned about the Maoist insurgency in Nepal because of worries that the fighting would spread to Indian territory and cause instability in the area. India did interact with the Maoists to some degree and afterwards helped to arrange peace negotiations between the Maoists and the Nepalese government. India backed Nepal's eventual transition to a federal democratic republic as well as the peace process.
About Blockade : Nepal police killed around 30 Madhesi people during the Madhes Aandolan, a protest against the Nepali government for the injustice done to them under the Nepali constitution. In fact, Madhesi people sat at all Indo-Nepal border entry points, refusing to allow necessary items to enter. India then implemented the embargo in response to Madhesi people's demands.
While I agree that Indian leaders may have made mistakes ( and some may have secretly worked on behalf of western deep state or CCP))similar to those they did in India, which is why we lost our land, it is not fair to hold India accountable for all of Nepal's problems.

[@Babumoshai..]

​@@loktiwari561 typical Nepali bro blaming india for everything.

[@thomashunter5645]

Nepali people voted these crooks in to power. Don't blame India for that.

[@simpley6256]

Here, India and others have played a part.
Even previous Indian Foreign secretary Amb. Kanwal Sibbal has said on record that :
"India helped the Maoists to come to power in the garb of democracy."

[@simpley6256]

Also :
1.1 KATHMANDU 002366 wiki leaks.
On December 3 the Ambassador raised with Indian
Ambassador Shyam Saran reports that intelligence agents
assigned to the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu have been
characterizing USG policy and motives in Nepal as
malevolently aimed at undermining Nepal's sovereignty. The
Ambassador told Saran that the reports had been passed to us
by several Nepali political sources, who claimed to have had
such conversations in the recent past with Research and
Analysis Wing (RAW) agents based at the Indian Embassy. He
also briefed Saran about unsubstantiated reports suggesting
that some Nepali Maoist women may have received training at a
security facility in Dehra Dun in northern India (Ref A).
Noting that Nepalis, both within the government and in the
opposition, sometimes attempt to play off Indian and American
interests, he stressed that the information passed on by
these sources had not been verified. He noted that the
reports predated the meeting between Nepali Maoists and
Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist General
Secretary Madhav Nepal in Lucknow (Ref B)--an event that has

SIPDIS
set Nepali nationalists teeth on edge against India. The
Ambassador emphasized that he was communicating these
concerns to Saran as a friend and ally.

2. (S/NF) Ambassador Saran thanked him and expressed
concern, describing the reports as "unfortunate" and not an
accurate reflection of official GOI policy--a point confirmed
in his recent policy discussions in New Delhi (see para 3).
The GOI is committed to ensuring Nepal's stability, he said,
adding that he has obtained unprecedented levels of
development and security assistance for the kingdom.
Nonetheless, sometimes people in different branches of the
GOI "go off on their own," he acknowledged, and promised to
look into the reports.

3. (S/NF) In a separate meeting on November 30, Saran
briefed the Ambassador on the just-concluded policy
deliberations in New Delhi. He stressed that his
interlocutors had expressed concern about possible spill-over
of the insurgency onto Indian territory. According to Saran,
Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes told him that "the
fight against the Maoists is also India's fight." Saran
noted, however, that certain quarters within the GOI had
argued that India should maintain contact with the Maoists in
order to influence them and to keep open communication
channels in the event of a worst-case scenario in which the
Maoists ultimately gain power.

4. (S/NF) We cannot discount the possibility that our Nepali
sources, many of whom resent India's influence in their
country, may have their own motives in conveying to us
reports of Indian double-dealing. We have always found Saran
professional, collegial, and cooperative, and believe that he
does not sanction--and may probably not be aware of--all of
RAW's activities in Nepal. His acknowledgement that some in
the GOI "go off on their own" and that some advocate
maintaining contact and influence with the Maoists is his
first admission to us that some elements within his Embassy
may be working at cross-purposes to official GOI policy.
1.2
KATHMANDU 001197 wiki leaks.
When asked by the Ambassador whether the Maoists had been invited back to New Delhi for consultations, Ambassador Mukherjee said that officials in New Delhi had
refused the informal requests for a visit they had received from Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda).
According to Mukherjee, Dahal's go-betweens were told by the Indian Embassy that it was not the time for a visit to New Delhi because the Maoists had continued to break their
commitments to the peace process.
The Maoists had reportedly lamented the fact that they had "lost their former channels" of communication to New Delhi.
In response, GOI officials had made it clear that, since the Maoists had entered into the Interim Government, the intelligence community was no longer their conduit.
"We are the conduit now," Ambassador
Mukherjee noted, referring to his embassy.
1.3
KATHMANDU 002587 wiki leaks:
That makes sense:
New Delhi godfathered the working relationship between the Maoists and the Parties and doesn't want to acknowledge that it might have created a Frankenstein's monster.

[@OrwellsHousecat]

CongressParty MOU with CCP & ChathamHouse did this mess in Nepal?

[@rogermilla2358]

It would be in both India and Nepal's best interests if the two brothers come together as one.

[@ranganathmahapatra740]

Democracy has failed in Nepal. It was better up when they were under Monarchy

[@ranganathmahapatra740]

This gentleman seems to be aligned with the Communists

[@Y2Kvids]

LoL look at India before questioning Nepal's democracy

[@Babumoshai..]

Look what? We are the wrolds largest democracy.

[@Nawuv]

​@@Babumoshai.. What have you achieved for being that compared to CCP.

[@prana775]

Nepal never had the privilege to stand on its own feet. Monarchy for its follies being a nascent force after 104 years of isolation was on right track with King Mahendra in the helm who understood the intricacies of big brother attitude and limited resources to move the country forward based on its actual aspirations based on it core values. Most of the pillar that’s still standing because of foresight and values based on Nepal and for Nepal by King Mahendra. Few know-it-all with hangovers from Rana period sought to impose their holier-than - thou foreign system of governance that was an alien concept for most Nepali but paramount to few elitist who assumed they knew what’s best for Nepal. The consequent is still reverberating till today. Nepal is ruled by charlatan who see no wrong in doing so. And that’s the crux of

[@tonyraheja1]

Nice... Rhanks

[@himanshusingh0876]

What's happened to Nepal ?