Balance Lost
Your cover story CA Polls Fuzzy Picture (January 18-24) seems to have lost balance as you portrayed negatively that the CA election will not take place this time also. I don’t agree with your conclusion. At a time when all the political parties have expressed their willingness to hold the election for CA, it will be definitely be held this time but what is required is positive response from magazine like yours.
Jeetu Lama
Via-email
Bad Design
Although you have written very comprehensive analysis on coming CA polls (Spotlight January 18-24), you have also made many mistakes. It is very unfortunate to say that Spotlight’s design was very bad and there were many errors including headline of cover story. I don’t understand what Fozzy means. I hope you will not repeat such mistake in coming issues.
Ramhari Shrestha
London, Via-email
India's Intention
As Nepal’s southern neighbor India, which has high security stakes in Nepal, is harboring extremists and terrorists directing them to destabilize Nepal. After giving shelter and supplying arms to Maoists, India is now providing similar kinds of support to Nepal’s regional-based terrorist groups to kill innocent Nepalese. Such news have been appearing almost in all daily newspapers published from Nepal but no one has paid any attention to them. It seems that no one can accuse a big country like India even for openly allowing terrorists to roam in its country. I agree with you that Nepal cannot hold the election for CA without genuine cooperation from our two neighbors, particularly India.
Dharmendra Singh
Birgunj Via e-mail
Stop Blaming Others
At a time when our own leaders have failed to hold the election for the CA, there is no reason to blame our neighbor like India. If our political leaders are genuinely serious to hold the election, I don’t think anybody can stop them. However, the problem with our leaders is that they don’t want to face the people and get the mandate to rule the country. Don’t blame our neighbors all the time to cover our own weaknesses. It is a completely wrong presumption that India is a big country and it can control the whole state affairs of Nepal.
Sunita Jha
Via e-mail
Save Children
It was very interesting to read that Nepal can save more than 15,000 children just by providing sanitation to all. However, our political leaders are not listing it. Instead of talking about the need of public health and other such issues, they seem to be more interested in politics. Although you often highlight the political views of our third class leaders, you have covered a well deserved issue of sanitation this time. I would like to recommend you that your magazine needs to focus on similar issues.
Jeevan Sherchan
Paris Via-email
Fund Crunch
At a time when country’s unelected members of parliament have received one million rupees in the name of development fund, Nepal’s sanitation sector does not have adequate budget to carry out real programs to help poor community of Nepal. I don’t see any justification for such a big money for each members of parliament. How can one justify the distribution of such a huge amount money to an unelected MP when children are dying because of lack of access to simple latrines.
Subdoh Rana
Pokhara
Double Character
As is his behavior, CPN-UML general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal showed his double face in the interview. I don’t understand how Nepal is defending Nepali Army now as he is the person who was stressing the need to integrate Maoist insurgents in the national army before. His interview was also one sided where he exploited Spotlight to portray his own image. I didn’t find anything new in his interview.
Bikram Rana
Maharjgunj
