King can still win hearts if he goes hard against corruption and brings the rebels to the table

-Mr. Laxman Kumar Regmi, Founder, Everest College, Kathmandu

Sounds incredible indeed. But he is the one perhaps different than others. He is basically a statistician but yet happens to have secured Post Graduation Diploma in Victimology from Tikiwa University, Japan. This perhaps explains his thirst for working in favor of those who have been denied their compensation after becoming unfortunately a victim on varied reasons.

He is Laxman Kumar Regmi who is currently the Chairman at the Department of Management Science, Nepal Commerce Campus, situated in New Baneswor. Mr. Regmi is concurrently the Founder of the Everest College located in Thapathali, Kathmandu.

He secured his Masters Degree of Science in Statistics from the T.U, Nepal and obtained as told earlier Post Graduation Diploma in Victimology, Tikiwa University, Japan.

He had a small stint at the BBC in London where he served as a Newsreader some two years back.

Mr. Regmi has extensively traveled to many countries of Europe, Asia and the Gulf that includes the UK, France, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, and neighboring India as well.

He has several books and articles to his credit. The book by him on "Production and Operation Management’ for Master’s Degree has been highly appreciated by his students and others alike.

Mr. Regmi is a highly qualified intellectual who apparently is pained by the existing situation in the country.

Last week we approached this sober mathematician for a tête-à-tête to which he could not deny. Below the results: Chief editor.

T.G.Q.1. The sacked Prime Minister Deuba indirectly says that the king too has failed. Do you agree with Deuba’s indirect allegations on the king? Your comments please!

L.K.Regmi: I don’t say that the king has been totally failed but has not been successful yet. If he doesn’t hesitate to take hard measures against corruption and goes all out to bring Maoist to negotiating table, still he can win the heart of Nepali people. At the same time, he should not forget that democracy is only the system, which help people live in peace and harmony as well as develop the country and protect the monarchy.

T.G.Q.2. The five party agitation is already in its ninth phase against king’s October’s moves. Has this agitation been able to press the king to correct what is being called repressive actions? What about people’s response to this agitation headed by Koirala?

L.Regmi: People’s response is not positive. The fight against king’s moves by five parties has been questionable. The leaders who came to power through election proved that they are completely failure to provide people with good governance. Now, people are fed up and disappointed with them. People are not against democracy, but they are against those devils that looted and damaged the nation’s property in the name of democracy.

In my opinion, the king of this century is not supposed to think to keep the country under suppression. Neither will the people ready to accept his government of this kind. Democracy with constitutional monarchy is the wish of a Nepali like me. So, it is a time for the party and the king to resolve Maoist problem and provide peace to the countrymen. Fight between king and party only let grow ongoing problem more complex.

T.G.Q.3. Madhav’s Lucknow trip is in news which he is being criticized by a sector of Nepali academia. Was his trip a gesture move in order to restore peace or simply an act to hit media headings. Has Mr. Nepal as is said, exceeded his diplomatic limits by sneaking into a foreign territory? Your opinions please!

L.K.Regmi: Well, in the past the Nepalese government had a lot of talks with Maoist leaders but could not achieve any success and they were sent back to jungle. Now, we are facing its consequences. Killings and murders are going on everyday. Feelings of fear and insecurity among people have been common. In such situation, it is a task of everyone to help bring peace in the country. Whoever screws up their courage for peace talks is praiseworthy. Without negotiation, only arms have not been enough to deal with such problems of any country in the globe. But, so far as the general secretary of one of the strongest party of the country is concerned, the matter may be different. He is a probable candidate for the Prime Minister. May be it rouses anger of India, because she has already declared Maoist as a group of terrorists. Also, he may be blamed for defying laws and overlooking diplomatic standard of the country. However, this must be taken as the primary step for next peace talks with Maoists.

T.G.Q.4. Donors list that a non-representative government runs Nepal at the moment. PM Thapa says he is the one as wished by the donors. How you take this government? A representative one or a non-representative one?

L.K.Regmi: Of course, it is a non-representative government. Because, no.1- it is not an elected one; no.2-all ministers in the government belong to the members of RPP Party which is much smaller than Nepali Congress and Nepal Communist Party (UML). It represents only a small portion of country’s population; no.3- even RPP chairman has already asked Prime Minister for his resignation, as he is not being able to represent RPP itself.

T.G.Q.5. You are the Chairman of Nepalese Society of Victimology (NESOV). Although you are so good at Statistics, you have chosen to become a victimologist rather than a statistician. Is there any reason?

L.Regmi: Yes, there are many reasons behind it. As you know, country is at war. There are a lot of victims from Maoist insurgency as well as government forces. Apart from this, there are other many victims such as victims of domestic violence, victims of gender discrimination, rape victims, torture victims, caste victims etc. Though there are a lot of organizations working for human rights, they are not raising the issue of victim justice system. There is a little room for victim justice in our constitution. For example, a criminal gets punished by paying fine or serving in jail, but a victim can’t get appropriate compensation from anywhere else. A rapist is punished for his crime, but a rape victim gets nothing from the state. Therefore, I thought if I am really a human being I must work for those who are weak or deprived from the society and we victimologists are fighting for victim-welfare laws also.

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