BABBLERS
By Babbler
The government has already spent billions of rupees under the MCC-Nepal Compact with the belief that the fund spent by the government for the last two years will be reimbursed by the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a controversial American grant project.
There is the provision of rectifying the MCC from the parliament. Two years ago, when the government registered the file in Parliament, the then speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara kept the file pending. Later, Mahara was dismissed from the speaker’s post on the charge of sexual violation on one of the staffers in the Parliamentarian Secretariat. The main reason behind Mahara’s dismissal was the MCC, it is said.
Now, under the instruction of Pushpakamal Dahal Prachanda, speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has kept the MCC file pending. When Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli publicly complaint that speaker Sapkota performed non-cooperation in endorsement of MCC, replying to Oli, Sapkota said that some elements have tried to encircle him to act against the nation’s interests.
Are Prachanda and Sapkota nationalist? Just recently, Prachanda had remarked that he has planned to constitute an India comfortable government.
So far, Prachanda and Sapkota are trying to bargain with the Americans for the removal from the charges of severe violation of human rights on them. Sapkota is facing a murder charge. The case is under the consideration of the Supreme Court. Similarly, Prachanda and many others are facing the charge of violation of human rights and disappearance of people during the insurgency period. They want to get rid of such charges. That’s why they have made MCC the bargaining tool.
In fact, if Americans will give special consideration to the human rights violation charges, Prachanda will accept MCC without any delay.
Sher Bahadur Deuba and K.P. Sharma Oli are already in favour of MCC. They are even ready to endorse the project without any amendment. So far, a large section of Nepali intellectuals believes that MCC is an Indo-Western design to bring Nepal under American colonial rule.
More serious is that once the parliament will rectify the project, MCC will be empowered with the right of disobeying the Nepali constitution and existing laws.
In conclusion, once MCC is endorsed, Nepal’s sovereignty will be questioned.
The document was fake or genuine?
Some Online portals have published a confidential document signed by Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and Indian RAW chief Samanta Goel during the latter’s Kathmandu visit 21 October 2020. The Press Council has suspended some Online portals and asked for clarification against publishing a fake document disseminating wrong information to the readers.
Prime Minister’s advisors have condemned for publishing such fake document by “some irresponsible Online portals”. If the document is genuine, it has raised some questions. First of all, signing on the document by Nepal’s prime minister on the document signed by an Indian departmental chief is against the protocol. Secondly, Oli has accepted to follow Delhi’s line in the international platform including rectifying the MCC compact. Thirdly, Oli has totally surrendered to India to save the present government. Accordingly, Oli has agreed not to laud further the Nepal-India international border dispute issue. Finally, Oli has agreed to keep Nepal under Indian protection.
Let’s hope, the “confidential” document is fake!
Quotes of the Week
- It was the monarchy that provided employment opportunity to the Nepali people by opening thousands of small and big factories, while it is a republic that plunders the country by opening more than 180 political parties.
Yugdrashta
- The Nepal government could have used that honour of the former king as a great diplomatic and cultural capital. On the contrary, the Oli government was limited to lobbying the Indian government not to give any official respect to the former king, who was on a private visit.
Yubraj Ghimire
- A system (republic) that does not know the history, geography, religion, culture and soil of its country will never benefit the country and the people!
Kritika Shah
- PM KP Oli seems eager to score a goal for MCC’s ‘football’ which was brought close to the goal post by a group of NC.
But he and his supporters did not seem to care that this goal would be not only ‘suicidal’ but also ‘traitorous’.
At least learn from Sri Lanka!
Surya Raj Acharya
- Isn’t it time to review that the Panchayat built Kulekhani reservoir hydropower project. After that, the multiparty system and loktantra — same leaders — not only failed to construct a single one in its 31 years of existence but handed over excellent reservoir model projects to the Muglanis!
Dipak Gyawali
- The communists destroyed the Hindu Kingdom and allowed open conversion of religion following the foreigners’ agenda. They consider religion as opium. They never believed in the existence of God. Now, they are showing artificial affection towards religion by establishing temples. I urge them to show courage to restore Hindu Rashtra, not artificial/electoral fascination with temples.
Kamal Thapa
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