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Major Events in Nepal
Nomination of 26 Members to Constituent Assembly
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
The Government of Nepal has nominated 26 people from various parties and communities to the Constituent Assembly (CA) pursuant to the provision made in the Interim Constitution of Nepal of 2007. The CA has 240 directly elected and 335 indirectly elected representatives and 26-nominated representatives making altogether 601 representatives.
The newly nominated representatives are:
CPN-Maoist
1. Indra Maya Gurung
2. Sabina Baram
3. Hari Roka
4. Chandra Lal Meche
5. Nima Lama
6. Hari Lal Thapamagar
7. Jagya Bahadur Shahi
8. Sher Bahadur Pahadi
9. Padma Jyoti
NC
1. Kamala Panta
2. Biswanath Upadhyaya
3. Radheshyam Adhikari
4. Nilambar Acharya
5. Jagat Tajpuriya
CPN-UML
1. Pasang Sherpa
2. Sushil Chandra Amatya
3. Mahesh Chaudhary
4. Bhagawati Chaudhary
5. Shila Katila
MPRF
1. Bhupendra Chaudhary
2. Ikbal Ahmad Saha
CPN-ML
1. Rajendra Kumar Khetan
NWPP
1. Dabal Bahadur Shahi
PF
1. Narayan Kaji Shrestha
TMLP
1. Mahanta Thakur*
NSP
1. Shyam Sundar Gupta*
* Voters have rejected both of them in the direct election.
Power Centers conspiring to divide Nepal parties
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
On Wednesday, July 09, 2008, speaking at a program held by South Asian Association Regional Corporation (SAARC) in Kathmandu, Chairman of CPN-Maoist Prachanda said that foreign power centers conspiring to divide the Nepalese political parties into various factions for meeting their strategic interest in Nepal; leaders of Nepalese political parties have been responding to the foreign power centers than to the Nepalese people; they have been acting as their agents
Shutdown Imposed by Tharus
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
On July 10, 2008, indigenous people of Nepal Terai, Tharus protesting against the demands of some Madheshi groups for one-Madhesh province imposed highway and market shutdown in the 23 district of the Terai belt where they are in majority causing vehicular shutdown all over Terai.
In Birgunj, activists of the Madheshi People’s Rights Forum attempted to stop Tharus from closing the market area but Tharus fight them back and imposed the shutdown in the Market area.
Tharus are the indigenous people of Nepal Terai. They are immune from malaria. So they have been living in this area since time immemorial. Tharus say that immigrants have been displacing them; now, some so-called Madheshis have demanded ‘one-Madhesh on province’ disregarding the existence of Tharus causing a great concern about it for them.
Nepalese Dalits protest against Attacks on Them
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
On Wednesday, July 09, 2008, historically low caste people called dalits staged a protest rally at Mandala, Kathmandu against the attack on them elsewhere in Nepal even after Nepal declared a secular state and free of untouchables. Speaking at the protest rally, the dalit leaders condemned the government for not taking actions against the perpetrators of violence against dalits and remaining silent on the forced ejection of a dozen dalit families from their village in Surkhet district about 375 km west of Kathmandu after the marriage of a dalit man with a non-dalit woman. Altogether 83 incidents of violence against dalits mainly caused by dalits marrying non-dalits have been recorded after the legislative-parliament declared Nepal free of untouchables.
Malla Shares Gruber Prize with two Middle East Women
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
CA member and lawyer Sapana Pradhan Malla shares for this year’s Gruber International Women’s Rights Prize under the category ‘Advancing Gender Equality’ with Iraqi women rights activist Yanar Mohammad and Palestine feminist Dr. Nadera Shalhoub. The foundation has awarded the prize jointly to three outstanding women: Sapana Malla for her leadership in advocating legal reforms for gender equality in Nepal, Yanar Mohammad for her efforts on launching women’s rights movement in Iraq and Shalhoub’s efforts on curbing violence against women in Palestine reported ‘The Himalayan Times” on July 09, 2008. The prize carries a purse of half a million dollars (Rs 34.4 million) and a gold medal.
