Nepal then and now

Nepal then and now

Everyone knows Nepal is  a land lock Country .She got her own history from  18^th century to modern times . Situated between two giant countries India and China which are going to be super power in due course of time Nepal is far behind from modern facilities this is due to poor rulers of country.

There was Rana Regime (ditctator family rule ) for more than a century , all the power was vested on Ranas , no education and human rights to general public . The become richer and richer day by day wher as Nepalese people were treated as slaves . The words spoken by Rana’s was law and everyone must follow them strictly if anyone denied either they were exile or hanged to death.

After restoration of democracy in 1991 multi party system come to exercise in Nepal . There was frequent change of government each year. There was ten governments change in a decade. Government cant allocate resources in right time and place because politicians are after the government power. During this time neither democrats nor communist had given good governance to public. Frustration on general people is high due to political disability.

 In 1995 Start of Maoist revolt which drags on for more than a decade and kills thousands. The rebels want the monarchy to be abolished. Thousands of innocent people were after them as they give cheap slogan for frustrated people , many were killed during insurgency .The development of Nepal was also not possible at this period as there was threat of life and liberty among people . It is said that civil war led by Maoist was in interest of some neighbour country and developed countries as the top leaders of Nepal Communist party (Maoist ) resides in India and make decision of civil war. So it can be said that thousands of people killed, billions dollars  loss of in fractures was in interest of India

2001 1 June - Crown Prince Dipendra kills King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and several members of the royal family, before shooting himself. The king's brother, Gyanendra is crowned king and general public believed its not true. Stills different rumours come regarding the Palace massacre.

From 2001 to till date there are many ups and down in the country which i am going to highlight below .

 Under the country's former monarchy the constitution was written by commissions approved by the king - but Maoist rebels fought an insurgency to overthrow the monarchy and install a new democratic republic. A fresh constitution would be another step in Nepal's democratisation, which began in 2006 with the signing of a historic peace agreement between the Maoists and the government. But since then hopes of progress have stalled as political parties failed to agree over such key issues as the names and number of proposed states, forms of governance and electoral and judicial systems. Repeated deadlines for a new constitution have been missed and several governments have come and gone. The first elections after the 2006 peace agreement catapulted the Maoist former rebels, now known as the Maoist Centre - to power. They became the largest party ahead of the Nepali Congress and the united Communist Party of Nepal(CPNUM) - which were relegated to the second and third largest elected political forces respectively.

The Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) also emerged as a remarkable force from the Madhesi plains of southern Nepal bordering India. But petty politics meant this first Constituent Assembly (CA), elected in May 2008, failed in its mission to give Nepal its badly-needed constitution by May 2012. The Maoists then lost power in the second CA elections held in November 2013, emerging as the third largest force after the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML. Nepal's established parties were back on top and their leaders set a new deadline for the constitution: 22 January 2015. But the work is far from done. Sticking points The new political order post-2013 sent the former rebel Maoist party and the newly-emerged Madhesi parties to the opposition benches. Nepali Congress leader Sushil Koirala, who leads a coalition alongside the CPN-UML, took on the responsibility of promulgating the new constitution, where the Maoists had failed. Yet the same issues which stymied earlier attempts remain.

These are:

The names, numbers and borders of proposed federal states. The biggest sticking point is whether or not to federate the country along ethnic lines or names. The Nepali Congress and CPN-UML, who are pitching for multi-ethnic federal states, fear that federating the nation along ethnic lines could lead to conflict or even to it disintegrating. Forms of governance, such as whether to give executive powers to the president or the prime minister. The type of electoral system the nation should adopt - direct (first-past-the-post), proportional or a mix of both. The type of judicial system the nation should adopt - whether to make it federal; the formation of a constitutional court. Threat of unrest The opposition players, known for their hard-line postures on federalism, forms of governance and the electoral system, are not giving in easily. Nepalese constituent assembly members scuffle with security officers at parliament in Kathmandu early on January 20, 2015. Opposition members scuffled with security officers in parliament on Monday night Maoist leader Prachanda has demanded that their views be taken into consideration. An alliance of 30 parties including the Madhesi that he leads has already started street protests and strikes. "Even if the consensus is not made, the sky won't fall," Dinanath Sharma, a Maoist leader, told the BBC. "If the ruling alliance opts for the so-called voting procedure to end disputes related to the constitution, it will push the nation towards confrontation, which will not be good."

Meanwhile, the bid to restore Nepal to its Hindu state status - by undoing the declaration made after a republic was declared in 2008 - appears to be getting stronger, with the pro-Hindu monarchy party, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party - Nepal (RPP-Nepal), maintaining its campaign. In the face of frantic political negotiations, one thing is for sure: unless the parties reach a consensus, the proposed Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal will remain a mirage for Nepal's 30-million populations.

Recently again the collation government has changed on the leadership of Maoist Central president Pushpa Kamal Dahal with old democratic party Nepali Congress , still people hope lots from government  but  tug of war for power among parties to run the government  make people very hopeless and now they start saying it is better to be governed by a single lion rather than 100 cats which means centralised power monarch is best for country rather than fight among leaders  to fulfil their own selfish desires rather than peoples demand .