Confidence Remains
NEPAL which was popularly known as a land of
peace is now wracked by a spate of unprecedented violence perpetrated by the so-called
Maoists who have been declared terrorists some four months back. It was their bloodthirsty
campaign that led to the declaration of the State of Emergency on November 26 last year.
Despite the fact that the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal-1990 has the provisions to
everyone, the terrorists have not heeded the genuine call for adhering to it and join the
mainstream of national politics. This makes it clear that they do not want peace nor do
they have the desire to let the Nepalese live a peaceful life of their own. The killing of
innocent people in cold blood, destruction of valuable and necessary infrastructures,
looting and creating terror have been the ploys of the Maoist outfit. For them, as if this
was not enough they have been calling for one bandh after another in a bid to hold the
people to ransom and destroy the very economy of the country. Their call for a five-day
bandh was, fortunately, foiled because of the people’s solidarity against such futile
measures of the Maoist terrorists.
In this connection, Prime Minister Sher
Bahadur Deuba, talking to the National News Agency (RSS) has confidently said that the
terrorists unleashing murder, violence and terror in the country would never succeed. This
stems from the fact that the government has mobilised all of its security apparatus to
combat the menace. As Premier Deuba pointed out, the people, political parties and the
international community have provided the necessary moral support to the government in the
battle against Maoist terrorism. He also said that he was for peaceful negotiations but
the Maoists themselves were renegades and do not listen to reason but are bent on creating
havoc, terror and fear. For talks to take place with the terrorists they must first of lay
down their arms to the security agencies. This makes it clear that as long as the Maoist
terrorists resort to violence the security forces will go after them. As the current
events point out, the security forces are gaining valuable ground as they have captured a
few terrorist leaders and also published the photos of some 40 top Maoist leaders and the
government has put a price on each head and different types of weapons the Maoists have.
Despite the going being difficult, optimism has been raised that it is a matter of time
that terrorism will be eliminated from the country and the people will be able to lead a
life of dignity in an atmosphere of peace and security. Prosperity of the country will
only be possible then.
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