No Priority
Apropos the cover story “Priorities In Conflict (SPOTLIGHT March 23), I want to point out that there is no priority in this country at all. This country including its economy has no plan or priority. Had there been any plan, people of Nepal would not have to suffer from these terrible problems. So, when there is no plan at all, it is simply futile to talk about priorities or conflicting priorities.
Ganesh Maharjan
Sitapaila
Who Says What?
The cover story exposed the lack of priority among our key political actors (“Priorities In Conflict SPOTLIGHT March 23). They have only one priority – how to best serve their personal and partisan interests. Other than that, they have no priority. And since every leader has his own interest and corresponding priorities, it is natural to find that the host of priorities will be in conflict with each other.
Laxman Bhandari
Battisputali
New Nepal
In the cover story “Priorities In Conflict (SPOTLIGHT March 23), the author talks about the unclear utterances by the leaders about new Nepal . These days, New Nepal has become a buzzword. Even people from donor agencies and foreign diplomats can be heard talking about new Nepal . But everyone seems to have different pictures of new Nepal . Common people have no idea what this new Nepal would be like – will it be a communist republic, a democratic republic, a ceremonial monarchy, a federal state, a unitary nation etc.
Hikmat Gurung
Kopundole
New Nepal But Old Mindset
Even though all kinds of political leaders are issuing calls for new Nepal “Priorities In Conflict (SPOTLIGHT March 23), nobody can be seen actually explaining it. Besides, there is still old mindset prevailing. While communist leaders are talking about the need to do away with feudal culture or capitalist tradition, they have failed to clearly explain how they want to achieve that. Maoists have even said they want to put ceiling on private property. Is that a new mindset? No, that is old and discarded mindsets that have been proved failure in various countries of the world. To create a democratic, prosperous and peaceful new Nepal , new kind of visionary thinking about the way to achieve economic development and eradicate poverty is required.
Kishore Bista
Manbhawan
Education and Job
Primary issue of Nepalese people is the issue related with bread and butter “Priorities In Conflict (SPOTLIGHT March 23). In the cacophony of political debates, this issue has been cast aside. Creating jobs and providing education and health facilities are topmost priorities of the people but they are nowhere in the priority list of political parties and leaders who concentrate on interim constitution, interim cabinet, CA elections and etc.
Diwakar Singh
New Road
New Dictatorship
The interview with Rabindra Nath Sharma (SPOTLIGHT March 23) was quite interesting. Sharma has accused that the eight parties are behaving like new dictator. He has also said that holding referendum is necessary to decide the fate of monarchy. It actually was the most appropriate method to decide about monarchy. But the eight parties settled for deciding the fate through CA majority. Had they decided on referendum and had the people voted out monarchy, even staunchest of monarchists would have thought twice defending monarchy thenafter. Even the King himself would have been satisfied since that would have been clear and direct verdict of the people. But other indirect forms of deciding monarchy’s fate could provide space for regressive elements to play long after the monarchy is gone.
Shiva KC
Buddhanagar
Stakes In Nepal
In his interview (SPOTLIGHT March 23), Rabindra Nath Sharma has raised many important issues. One is his statement that Nepal ’s traditional forces are allies of India . He has suggested that monarchy –even in a ceremonial form can guarantee stability in Nepal which, in turn, is in India ’s interest. However, it was India who played the key role in defeating monarchy in last year’s power struggle. He should have explained why it happened.
Jeevan Gautam
Naxal
