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Convincing Argument
I read the cover story about elections and was fully convinced by your arguments “ELECTIONS: Transferring Power To The People” (SPOTLIGHT March 31). As you have written, the only way to transfer power from the King’s hand to the people is to hold elections. However, election to the House of Representatives does not seem to be on the agenda of the agitating parties. At a time when the king is saying that he will hold parliamentary elections by next year, the parties as well as the Maoists should go for the elections if they want the restoration of democracy at the earliest.
Jeewan Dhital
New Baneshwore
Obscure Stance
Reading your cover story, I got confused about why the parties, the Maoists and the King were obstinately sticking to their individual roadmaps when all of them have the same destination “ELECTIONS: Transferring Power To The People” (SPOTLIGHT March 31). The agitating political parties say that they want the return of full democracy. The bottom line of full democracy is that people should be allowed to exercise their fundamental rights. The most important of the fundamental political rights is the right to vote through which they can elect their representative to the government. So, it means that elections alone can ensure the people’s rights and sovereignty. What is unclear at this point is when the king is saying that he will hold parliamentary elections within the next one year, why are the parties shying away from it? Won’t the power be transferred to the representatives of the people after elections are held?
Rekha Pradhan
Thamel
Noble Endeavor
It is very pleasing to read about the noble deeds of the American family aimed at supporting hundreds of people living in remote parts of Nepal “NICK SIMONS INSTITUTE: Healing Hand” (SPOTLIGHT March 31). Such selfless acts should be well recognized and encouraged by the media.
Kedar Panta
Naya Bazar
King Should Recognize People
I agree with Pashupati SJB Rana’s version that “Dr. Giri And Thapa Represent Two Dangerous Trends Of Present Rule” (SPOTLIGHT March 31). The way Home minister Kamal Thapa and vice-chairman of the ministerial council Dr. Tulsi Giri are speaking in public forums suggests that they are neither committed to public welfare not accountable to the monarch who picked them up from nowhere and elevated them to the present positions. While they verbally express their utmost devotion to the institution of monarchy, their actions and expressions are actually putting the institution in jeopardy. If the king wants to retain the faith of Nepalese people in the institution of monarchy, he should understand how the people he has chosen are acting against him and take appropriate measures in time.
Sabita Bhetwal
Banepa
Nepal Has Not Benefited
Nepal has not benefited much from the fast expanding market of information technology “CAN INFO TECH: Cashing The Technology” (SPOTLIGHT March 31). Although, there is a huge potential of cashing the developments in Nepal by using its manpower, for some reasons it has not taken momentum. The sluggish progress at the IT park established in Banepa few years ago is an example. Even as months have passed since the formal beginning of the park, only one company-that too, with a foreign investment- is under operation. The infrastructure built by investing millions of rupees is lying unexploited. Similar is the situation of the young and energetic manpower in IT sector produced from various government and private institutions. They are forced to remain unemployed even after gaining high technical knowledge and spending hundreds of thousands of rupees in education. Could be because of the lack of technical know-how or the mere negligence the government has not brought out ample policies and plans to develop the sector. Whatever growth has taken place is from the endeavors of the private sector. It is high time that the government recognized the feasibility of developing the national economy through IT and formulated appropriate plans and policies.
Kaushal Shakya
Tahachal
Use IT Productively
While there has been a lot of development in information technology in the recent years, very few people have been utilizing it for productive works “CAN INFO TECH: Cashing The Technology” (SPOTLIGHT March 31). Nowadays, most of the households in urban areas have a PC and an internet connection at home. But, most of them, particularly the youths use it for recreational purposes only. We should be aware of the benefits we can get from the usage of internet and use it productively.
Sarala K.C.
Naxal
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