SHOW POLITICAL SINCERITY
The Kathmandu Post
10
June 2016
SHOW POLITICAL SINCERITY
The Federal Alliance (FA), comprising the Madhes
and Janajati parties, has decided to intensify its political struggle by
launching a month-long relay hunger strike in Kathmandu and other districts to
exert pressure on the Oli-led government to fulfil its political and
constitutional demands (“Agitating leaders go on relay fast” 8 June, Page 3).
However, looking closely at the PM Oli’s working style; it does not look like that
the ongoing political struggle in between the FA and the government will end
soon.
Fortunately, no serous incident has
occurred so far in the Kathmandu-centric agitation, indicating that the FA’s cadres
and security forces are showing maximum restraint in order to avoid human casualties.
Otherwise, the Madhes based political agitation in the last seven months has
been violent and caused a huge number of human casualties. About 50 innocent
people lost their lives due to excessive use of forces as claimed by the
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) during its field observation. If the
Oli led government continues to undermine the FA’s agitation, political
consensus in near future seems unlikely.
It is high time the ruling parties were
serious about bringing the agitating forces on the negotiating table.
Otherwise, more political confrontations could bring more misfortune upon the
nation. The level of frustration and dissatisfaction of the agitating forces towards
the apathy of the government is gradually increasing which might be politically
costly for the Oli led government in the days to come.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
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