The dust, the Maoist Prime Minister of Nepal Mr. Prachanda’s resignation had raised has settled to some extent for the time being with the swearing in of a new cabinet headed by Mr. Madhav Kumar Nepal. The immediate provocation for Prahcnda to resign was the reinstatement of the Army Chief General Rukmangad Katawal by the President Ram Baran Yadav within hours of his dismissal by the government headed by Mr.Prachanda.
Trouble was brewing in Nepal since Mr. Prachanda, the Maoist leader who had given lots of trouble to the last Monarch King Gyanendra, became the Prime Minister of the country last year. There was a lot of bad blood between the president and the Minister. Being a protégé of the King Gyanendra Ram Baran always looked at Prachanda’s action with suspicion. Whenever he got a chance, the President hit out at the Maoist leader who found himself as the Prime Minister of Nepal last year.
Mr. Prachanda said that the action of the President amounted to an attack on the infant democracy in Nepal. The President had not right to interfere in the actions of the elected Prim Minister of the country, he said. Prachanda termed the actions of the President “unconstitutional and undemocratic”. However, the President said that the dismissal of the Army Chief was unjustifiable as it did not meet the constitutional requirments.
It is to be noted that the government of Mr. Prachanda had been reduced to a minority with the withdrawal of support by the CPN-UML. They were not in favour of Mr. Katawal’s removal. Mr. Prachanda had not taken his partners such as CPN-UML, the Nepal Sadbhavana Party and the Madhesi Janadhikar forum into confidence before ordering the dismissal of the Army Chief.
Mr.Prachanda charged many national and international reactionary forces- he did not name any though -with hatching a conspiracy to destabilize his that government that had tooth and nail to abolish the 240-year-old monarchial administration in Nepal.
Although Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, the External Affairs Minister of India said that the political discord in Nepal was an ‘internal issue’ of Nepal, Mr. Prachanda said that there was a ‘crisis of confidence’ between his party and the Indian Government. He said that India had supported Ram Baran Yadav, the Nepalese President, in ‘his extra-constitutional’ action of dismissing the democratically elected government. He also said that Nepal and India are conspiring to bring the discredited monarchy back. However, he has said that he would do all he can to salvage the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that sought to reconcile the different perceptions of the Communist Party of Nepal and the other parties.
Mr.Bhattarai, who is next only to Mr. Prachanda, minced no words when he said that the Indian government did support the President and the Army Chief in their unconstitutional move against the Maoist government.
Officials in the External Affairs Ministry of India dismissed these allegations as false. However, they expressed happiness over Mr.Prcahanda’s remarks that he remained committed to the multi party political process. It is reported that Mr.Rakesh Sood, the Indian ambassador to Nepal had met Mr. Prachanda and tried to persuade him not to dismiss the Army Chief as he had only months in office. Not only that, that he had not taken his coalition partners into confidence became clear when CPN-UML withdrew support to the Maoist government. Not only that the question of integrating the Maoist rebels into the Nepalese Army is being discussed by the parliamentary committee.
Our relationship with Nepal has always been cordial both during the period of monarchy and after. India had played an important part in heralding democracy in Nepal. India had helped Nepal during its transition from Monarchy to Democracy. It was India that brought all the political parties in Nepal to the negotiation table to bring about a consensus among them. It must have endeared us to the people of Nepal. India must see to it that a government that is ill disposed to her does not come to power in Nepal. The fact that the Nepalese Prime Minister Mr.Prachanda’s first visit was to China not to India is to be kept in mind .Of course, Mr. Prachanda clarified later that he went to China first as he had been invited by the Chinese government to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics. He added that his first official visit was to India.
Trouble was brewing in Nepal since Mr. Prachanda, the Maoist leader who had given lots of trouble to the last Monarch King Gyanendra, became the Prime Minister of the country last year. There was a lot of bad blood between the president and the Minister. Being a protégé of the King Gyanendra Ram Baran always looked at Prachanda’s action with suspicion. Whenever he got a chance, the President hit out at the Maoist leader who found himself as the Prime Minister of Nepal last year.
Mr. Prachanda said that the action of the President amounted to an attack on the infant democracy in Nepal. The President had not right to interfere in the actions of the elected Prim Minister of the country, he said. Prachanda termed the actions of the President “unconstitutional and undemocratic”. However, the President said that the dismissal of the Army Chief was unjustifiable as it did not meet the constitutional requirments.
It is to be noted that the government of Mr. Prachanda had been reduced to a minority with the withdrawal of support by the CPN-UML. They were not in favour of Mr. Katawal’s removal. Mr. Prachanda had not taken his partners such as CPN-UML, the Nepal Sadbhavana Party and the Madhesi Janadhikar forum into confidence before ordering the dismissal of the Army Chief.
Mr.Prachanda charged many national and international reactionary forces- he did not name any though -with hatching a conspiracy to destabilize his that government that had tooth and nail to abolish the 240-year-old monarchial administration in Nepal.
Although Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, the External Affairs Minister of India said that the political discord in Nepal was an ‘internal issue’ of Nepal, Mr. Prachanda said that there was a ‘crisis of confidence’ between his party and the Indian Government. He said that India had supported Ram Baran Yadav, the Nepalese President, in ‘his extra-constitutional’ action of dismissing the democratically elected government. He also said that Nepal and India are conspiring to bring the discredited monarchy back. However, he has said that he would do all he can to salvage the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that sought to reconcile the different perceptions of the Communist Party of Nepal and the other parties.
Mr.Bhattarai, who is next only to Mr. Prachanda, minced no words when he said that the Indian government did support the President and the Army Chief in their unconstitutional move against the Maoist government.
Officials in the External Affairs Ministry of India dismissed these allegations as false. However, they expressed happiness over Mr.Prcahanda’s remarks that he remained committed to the multi party political process. It is reported that Mr.Rakesh Sood, the Indian ambassador to Nepal had met Mr. Prachanda and tried to persuade him not to dismiss the Army Chief as he had only months in office. Not only that, that he had not taken his coalition partners into confidence became clear when CPN-UML withdrew support to the Maoist government. Not only that the question of integrating the Maoist rebels into the Nepalese Army is being discussed by the parliamentary committee.
Our relationship with Nepal has always been cordial both during the period of monarchy and after. India had played an important part in heralding democracy in Nepal. India had helped Nepal during its transition from Monarchy to Democracy. It was India that brought all the political parties in Nepal to the negotiation table to bring about a consensus among them. It must have endeared us to the people of Nepal. India must see to it that a government that is ill disposed to her does not come to power in Nepal. The fact that the Nepalese Prime Minister Mr.Prachanda’s first visit was to China not to India is to be kept in mind .Of course, Mr. Prachanda clarified later that he went to China first as he had been invited by the Chinese government to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics. He added that his first official visit was to India.
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