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Protesting the Killing Of Muslim Leader In Kathmandu
By KTM Metro Reporter
October 15, 2011: we are coming back from regular business in Lalitpur to home in Kathmandu on Friday, October 14, 2011, we have started off facing traffic jam at the bridge over the Bagmati River. We have moved slowly thinking it is a regular traffic jam but it is quite unusual for the Friday afternoon. However, the traffic jam intensified at Bagbazaar totally keeping us at one place for hours. Some people have started cursing anybody keeping so many people on the streets under the hot sun.
After some time, the message of the Muslims after Friday prayer at the mosque have stopped the vehicular traffic at the Tri-chandra college protesting the killing of their leader some time ago. Then, we understood that it would take some time before we could get home. We would have been well off if we have been walking as these protestors don’t stop pedestrians.
Normal practice has been to make troubles to the common folks to put pressure on the government in Nepal. Muslims would have done a commendable job if they have gone to the Home Minister and have sit-in there demanding to bring the murders to justice, as they would not trouble the innocent common people that have been in hurry to reach their destinations.
If the current Bhattarai government has guts to do something, he needs to stop such an illegal practice of blocking traffic just to demand something. It has been gross violence of human rights but also of the rule of law.
Bringing criminals to justice is the job of the police and the Home Ministry. So, Nepalis no matter who they are should not indulge in such malpractices rather they should protest without causing any troubles to common people then only they would garner empathy of the people otherwise they would get nothing except for curses thus defeating their purposes of protests.
