TAKE HEED

The Kathmandu Post

30 March 2014

TAKE HEED

Nepal’s democratic process and changes in Nepal seems to be guided by the external forces playing their own political games to fulfill their vested political interests (“Lesson from Ukraine” March 26. Page 6). This has been an open secret of Nepali politics. Now the time has come for the internal actors to study what happened recently in Ukraine and take lessons. I strongly suggest that our political leaders go through this Trailokya Raj Aryal’s article and contemplate their political actions. Soon, it may be too late.

Along these lines, I still do not understand why and for whose interest Nepal should be federated. What was wrong with our scientifically delineated 14 zones, five regional development regions and 75 districts? What was wrong with the Local Self Governance Act-1999? What was wrong with our Decentralization process that was effectively in place at the VDC level?  Instead of further strengthening these processes, our political parties continue to talk about federating the state.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj