By Babbler
A former stringer for a daily newspaper travelled to Australia in search of a better job. In Australia, he got a dishwashing job. After a few years, he returned home, joined the RSP and was elected in the March election. Now, he is a minister in Balen Shah’s government.
Like Balen Shah and Rabi Lamichhane, he is not particularly friendly with the media, but he trusts the cyber army recruited by his party. He is doing his best to shut down the already financially troubled print media in the country. We can say nothing except, “Sorry, Minister!” It is clear that media freedom cannot be suppressed despite every effort by RSP leaders.
It is sure that he had never thought about becoming a minister in the past and also he is unlikely becoming a minister in future.
Balendra Shah’s Dress Code
Nepal is rich in its culture and traditions. Nepal has its own national language, national dress and many indigenous festivals. Pushpa Kamal Dahal and his party workers tried to disregard the national dress code; however, later, he himself was seen wearing the Daura-Suruwal, the national dress.
Baburam Bhattarai, whose ancestors wore the Daura-Suruwal, preferred wearing a coat and pants at formal programmes.
Balen Shah and his ministers, as well as party chairman Rabi Lamichhane, have been seen disregarding the national dress code during formal occasions. It could be intentional.
Moreover, these days, when Balendra Shah has been responding to questions raised by MPs in Parliament and appearing at various other events, he has been seen wearing attire similar to that of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy, a comedian by profession, challenged Russia by leading Ukraine into a deadly war. Why Balen has followed Zelenskyy’s style of dress is highly suspicious.
President Paudel as a Flood Tourist
What can a ceremonial President achieve by visiting flood-affected areas, particularly when such visits may disturb the work of rescue teams?
President Paudel visited the flood-hit areas by helicopter with heavy security. So far, his contribution has amounted to little more than flood tourism.
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
Measures that need to be taken to overcome the crisis brought about by the floods:
● One House of Representatives member per district
● Abolish the National Assembly
● Abolish the provincial governments
● Abolish the District Coordination Committees
● Retain 231 local levels
● Retain 2,500 wards
● Abolish all deputy positions
● Retain only four constitutional commissions
● Maintain 10 ministries headed by 10 ministers.
Narendra Bikram Chand
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In fact, ropeway technology was appropriate for a mountainous country like Nepal. After 1990, the criminal gang called the Nepali Congress destroyed these infrastructures. The Bhotekoshi flood incident has demonstrated King Mahendra’s foresight. Therefore, there is no alternative to taking the country along the Mahendra path.
King Mahendra, who had a long-term vision for nation-building, sought to make Nepal a prosperous and secure nation and give the country a distinct identity in the international community. He was a visionary ruler who understood the deeper foundations of Nepal’s nationalism.
Ra Pra U Pokharel
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When Prime Minister Balen Shah comes to Parliament, he is rarely seen engaging in direct eye contact with anyone while speaking. There may be a medical reason of his own for wearing dark glasses, but in political leadership, eye contact is also an important language of communication and confidence. Prime Minister, it would be better if you were a little more social. After all, you come from the world of rap. Could it be that you regard Parliament as something like an East Coast versus West Coast rap battle in America and are trying to diss everyone? Prime Minister, Parliament needs dialogue, not diss. It needs debate about running the nation, not a rap battle.
𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐤 𝐑𝐚𝐣 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢
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The devastating flood in Rasuwa has posed a question: Are we going to become a nation that waits for disasters every year and begs for relief, or a self-respecting nation that begins today to secure its own future through its own strength? A flood-free, self-reliant and pension-secured Nepal, without foreign handouts and financed by Nepali investment, is possible!
–Bhumi Raj
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Thailand’s King and Queen have sent ‘relief materials’ to Nepal. Look at the system of countries where there are kings and queens; look at their conduct and everything is disciplined. The very thread that binds culture is discipline. Nepal has lost that discipline, and therefore, in the name of change, the Nepali people have become undisciplined.
–Shashank Ghimire
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A country should be run by facts, evidence and results, not by stories, illusions and propaganda. Let us look at how the country was run in the past as history and learn whatever is worth learning. Politics is not the art of telling stories to the people; it is the responsibility to show the truth, accept the facts and deliver results. Politics of creating new stories to cover up one’s failures, placing propaganda above facts, and blaming critics when they raise questions will no longer work. If we are to run the country, let us face the facts. Let us not govern by writing fiction. Let’s run the country on FACTS, not FICTION.
𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐤 𝐑𝐚𝐣 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢
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Excerpted and translated by Sushma Shresha.
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