Dastardly Acts
WHEN even an ambulance, that serves in transporting patients in emergency to the nearest
medical centre, is not spared, the cold hearted method of the Maoists must be condemned in
the harshest of terms. After all, what aim can be gained by the destruction of public
utility outlets and development infrastructure? Is the motive solely aimed at a collapse
of all that Nepal had stood for all these years? The recent spate of violence in the
otherwise peaceful Kathmandu Valley started right after the term of the State of Emergency
expired a few days back. The commercial hub of New Road saw a pressure cooker bomb go off
at Bishal Bazar. A similar incident happened at the Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City office
two days back. Just the other day vandalisation at a vehicle exchange compound in Teku
caused extensive damage. The dastardly attacks on political figures and even innocent
people continue unabated. Of course, these are few in number as compared to the alarming
number of killings and damages inflicted on public as well as private property before the
State of Emergency was declared. The terrorists do not realise that violence does not pay,
yet the sick mentality in them seems to overshadow reason. The only gains that they can
gloat over are how much damage they have caused if it is any reason to be proud of. They
forget that the country belongs to everyone and all have to do what they can to make it
propserous. But, unfortunately, the mindless violence and senseless killings justify that
somewhere something is missing in them.
What can be achieved by killing people from all walks of life
and trying to bring a halt- in many areas-to the very development process? Their dubious
nature is clear. They do not want a peaceful Nepal but have the vile intention of keeping
everything at ransom. The sporadic incidents may generate fear in some but the security
forces including the personnel of the Royal Nepalese Army are undeterred and are doing
everything possible with courage to bring the Maoist terrorism to its knees. The successes
achieved in the past nine months, if they are any indication, show that the war on
terrorism has been praiseworthy. It is not an ideological war that the terrorists are
waging but one of extortion, intimidation, coercion, murder, destruction and so on which
show their evil nature and malevolence. The respect for human dignity is nowwhere to be
seen. Even animals fare better than this misguided bunch of desperadoes. They do no good
and do not want others to lead a peaceful life. One just hopes that a sense of
responsibility and reason dawns on them. An individual or two may view looting as a means
to lead a comfortable life but what about the rest. But for the other terrorists the only
achievement they can make is die an unknown death.
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