BABBLES

By Babbler

In the past, the Darkhane event was taking place on the eve of the Teej fasting but presently, it starts from one month earlier. The celebration is taking place at banquets. We can see how the families are making the festival expensive. Moreover, the ward committees have started to organize the Darkhane festival from the budget they receive. It is a misuse of government funds. If such misuse is controlled, the nation could save some funds which could be used in development projects. When the people’s representatives are attracted towards such unproductive expenditure, what can we hope from them? RNAC again Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Badri Pandey, saw the significance of the national flag carrier, Nepal Airlines. He said that the Nepal Airlines aircraft should fly as much as possible and he will make all efforts to make strong the Corporation. As Nepal Airlines lacks the necessary aircraft, it has not been able to operate domestic as well as international services as per the need. Minister Pandey said that only a strong airline under the government can boost the tourism industry. He said that if Nepal Airlines intervenes in the market, the airfare will come down and more tourists visit Nepal, which is true. How to make the Airline strong, Pandey said that he is ready for policy intervention in the Corporation for reform. What is this policy intervention, we don’t know, but first of all, the prime minister and ministers should stop the practice of making the Corporation a party worker's recruitment center. Besides, all the staffers’ unions have to be scrapped. The management should be allowed to work free-handedly but if they commit mistakes or are involved in corruption, the management should be punished. Moreover, operating an Airline without necessary aircraft is just a joke. The government should coordinate in bringing the necessary aircraft. The minister should take a lesson that how the Royal Nepal Airlines was operating in profit and how it was ruined after the 1990 political change. Mahabir Pun’s satire on the government  Mahabir Pun, who is running the National Invention Center, is trying to revive the Agricultural Equipment Producing Corporation, which has remained closed since the introduction of the multiparty democracy in the country. Pun had an agreement with the Finance Ministry for a financial deal but the Ministry later denied providing committed funds to Pun for reopening of the factory. Pun then decided to manage 160 million rupees by selling his biography book. The “loktantrik” Nepal has focused on socialism but in practice, “socialism” is just a political propaganda of our leaders. Running industries should have been the topmost priority of the government but when an individual is interested in running an already closed industry, the government has initiated the policy of discouraging him. In fact, the political leaders and senior bureaucrats, who are under the grip of the brokers and serving those Indian Marbaris, are discouraging native businessmen and industrialists. As a result, today, Nepal has turned into an import-based country, a nation that totally relies on imports. Dirty politics Nepali politics is really a dirty game. Those accused of corruption charges and abuse of authority are influential ministers in the present cabinet led by K.P. Sharma Oli. Meanwhile, the coalition partners have decided to terminate Deputy Speaker Ms Indira Ranamagar on the charge of writing a recommendation letter to the American Embassy for a visa to some Nepalis with the plan of trafficking Nepalis to the USA. The plan behind filing a no-confidence motion against Rana is that by position she is a member of the Constitution Council which assigns the chairs and members of the constitutional bodies. Since there is strong domination of the Maoist Center and the alliance partners are in the minority in the Council, the alliance partners cannot assign their sycophants. If a new deputy speaker is elected from the ruling alliance, there will be a majority of the alliance partners and without hurdles, the ruling alliance can assign their sycophants. Just for this reason, Rana is going to be victimized. Be that as it may, the Nepali politics under the present leadership cannot be corrected.

QUOTES OF THE WEEK

There is no other Nepali who lies as much as the country's Prime Minister Oli. Gyanendra Shahi There are crusher operators and distillery mafias from East to West, who are in the nexus of the Nepali Congress general secretary (Gagan Thapa). Amresh Kumar Singh Reasons for reaching this state of not being able to increase the salary of the employees even by twenty five paisa are: large size of the employees; kings in every ward; constitution, federalism and huge size of parliament and province councils. Narendra Bikram Chand Vested interests, power games and power frenzy are pushing Nepal's politics towards a principleless and destinationless direction. I spent 50 years in UML waiting for socialism to come, now I am thinking of alternatives. Bhim Rawal If BP was alive now, he too would have left the Nepali Congress party like Ganeshman Singh and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai. The current Nepali Congress is not the Nepali Congress founded by BP. Ratna Sansar Shrestha There has been news that the impeachment motion against the Deputy Speaker will be moved forward. There is no provision for impeachment against the Speaker and Deputy Speaker in the constitution. The position can be removed by 2/3 vote if their performance is questioned. Bhimarjun Acharya It is as clear as the sun that big and small leaders of Congress-UML are drowning in this cooperative fraud. Noida Maobadi has become a robber. Dipak Gyawali Everyone knows that the so-called great leader of the Nepali Congress, Dhanraj Gurung, sold the red passports of the so-called common MPs like Ramchandra Adhikari, Hasta Bahadur Malla. Dhanraj Gurung's wife committed a scam in Miteri Sahakari. Dhanraj has given a fake divorced to his wife and sent to the USA.Deepak Raj Joshi Russia didn't move up onto NATO's borders. NATO moved up onto Russias. Ukraine was the final straw. Now, many here in Russia believe that Russia will now have to push all the way to NATO's borders with Ukraine You reap as you sow! Chay Bowes Why can you do "politics" if you can't digest even one or two cooperatives? Madhu Raman Acharya

Excerpted and translated by Sushma Shrestha.