Female Former Combatants Struggle to Readjust to Civilian Life in Nepal

TARA BHATTARAI Holika KC has a different lifestyle these days after officially retiring this year from the People’s Liberation Army, the Maoist insurgents who overthrew Nepal’s former government, leading to a decade-long civil war. After the war ended in 2006, KC stayed for five years in the Maoists’ temporary camp at Dahaban in Rolpa, a district in Nepal’s Mid-Western region. But this year, the government closed the camps as part of the peace process, offering ex-combatants two options: voluntary retirement or a spot in the national army.

लडाकु भर्ना २१ भदौबाट

रोशन खड्का/नयाँ पत्रिका,

काठमाडौं, ११ भदौ–उमेरमा लचकता अपनाउँदै सेना समायोजन विशेष समितिले माओवादी लडाकुको भर्ना छनोट प्रक्रिया अगाडि बढाउने निर्णय गरेको छ । समितिले चार महिनादेखि रोकिएको लडाकु भर्ना छनोट प्रक्रिया २१ भदौबाट सुरु गर्ने निर्णय गरेको हो ।

यसअघि राष्ट्रसंघीय मिसन अनमिनमा दर्ता हुँदा वा नागरिकतामध्ये कुन उमेरलाई मान्यता दिने भन्नेमा विवाद भएपछि लडाकु भर्ना छनोट प्रक्रिया रोकिएको थियो । सोमबार बसेको विशेष समितिको बैठकले नागरिकतामा रहेको उमेरलाई मान्यता दिने गरी सेना समायोजन प्रक्रिया अगाडि बढाउने निर्णय गरेको छ ।

विशेष समितिको बैठक ४ वैशाखपछि पहिलोपटक सोमबार बसेको हो । बैठकले समायोजन प्रक्रिया अगाडि बढाउन सचिवालयलाई निर्देशनसमेत दिएको छ । यसअघि लडाकुको उमेर र शैक्षिक योग्यतामा विवाद हुँदा समायोजन प्रक्रिया अवरुद्ध भएको थियो ।

ठेकेदारसँग पैसा लिएको माओवादीद्धारा स्वीकार

११ भदौ, पोखरा । एकीकृत नेकपा माओवादी कास्कीले पोखरा विमानस्थल बनाउने ठेकेदारसंग पैसा लिएको स्वीकारेको छ ।

सोमबार माओवादी पार्टी कार्यलयमा पत्रकार सम्मेलन गरि माओवादी कास्की इन्चार्ज झलकपाणी तिवारीले ठेकेदारसगं पूर्व सभासद राजकाजी गरुङ ‘करण’मार्फत पैसा लिएको स्वीकारेका हुन् । ५० लाख कमिशन नलिएको जिकिर गरेका उनले कति पैसा लिएको भने खुलाएनन् ।

तिवारीले पार्टीको लागि पैसा लिएको भन्दै करणको बचाउ गरे । ‘पार्टीका लागि सहयोग लिएको हो । कुनै नेताको लागि होइन',-उनले भने ।

दिल्लीबाट फर्केकाहरूका नाममा

कृष्णज्वाला देवकोटा,सम्पादक,नयाँ पत्रिका दैनिक नेपालका राष्ट्रपतिले के गर्नुपर्छ भनेर दिल्लीमा सेमिनार हुन्छ र हाम्रा नेता गौरवका साथ 'अतिथि' बनेर जान्छन् । त्यही दिल्लीमा अखिलेश यादवले उत्तरप्रदेशमा के गर्नुपर्छ भनेरचाहिँ सेमिनार हुँदैन । कुनै पूर्वभारतीय राजदूत नेपालमा छँदा गरेको ठेक्कापट्टाको कमिसन उठाउन आउँछ र हाम्रा नेता त्यसलाई भेट्न तारे होटलका सुत्ने कोठामा पुग्छन् । दिल्लीमा उपेक्षित र दिक्क कुनै पनि पूर्वकूटनीतिज्ञलाई चाकडीको भोक जाग्यो भने त्यो सीधै काठमाडौं आए हुन्छ । त्यस्तालाई नेपालका राजनीतिज्ञको सधैँ न्यानो स्वागत छ ।

नवसंशोधनवादसाग सम्बन्धविच्छेद गर्न ढिला गरेछौ

नेत्रविक्रम चन्द ‘विप्लव’, सचिव, नेकपा-माओवादी

०     भर्खरै मात्र पार्टीको पोलिटब्युरो बैठक सम्पन्न भएको छ, त्यसले के-के निर्णय गर्‍यो बताइदिनुस् न ?
पोलिटब्युरो बैठक मुख्यगरी तीनवटा विषयमा केन्दि्रत भयो । एउटा सम्बन्धविच्छेदपछि परिस्थिति कस्तो बनेको छ भन्ने बारेमा रिपोर्ट, दोस्रा महाधिवेशनलाई कसरी भव्यतापूर्वक सम्पन्न गर्ने र तेस्रो अबको राजनीतिक कार्यनीति कस्तो हुनुपर्ला भन्ने विषयमा छलफल भयो । मुख्य यही तीन विषयमा हामीले गम्भीर ढङ्गले अन्तरक्रिया एवं छलफल गर्‍यौ ।

ज्ञानेन्द्रले झन्डै गोली ठोकेर मारे

केशव स्थापित

मान्छेले तपाईंका कुरा बढो चाख मानेर सुन्छन् तर सिरियस्ली लिन्छन्जस्तो लाग्छ कि हावा भन्छन् ?

सिरियस्ली लिन्छन् नि । नत्र फर्कीफर्की पदमा आउ भनेर किन अनुरोध गर्थे ? एमाले, राजा र माओवादी सबैलाई चाहिने मजस्तो मान्छे को छ ?

राजासँग पनि तपाईंको सिरियस कुरा भयो ?

यति सिरियस कुरा भयो कि झन्डै गोली हानेर मारे । मलाई ४० मिनेटको समय दिएर बोलाइएको थियो तर कुरा गर्दागर्दै तीन घन्टा बित्यो ।

दोरम्बाः नेपाली सेनाको कालो दाग

- गणेश पाण्डे

रामेछाप जिल्लाको दोरम्बामा तत्कालिन शाही नेपाली सेनाबाट १९ जना शंकास्पद माओवादीको हत्या भएको नौ बर्ष भएको छ । २०६० साल साउन ३२ गते दिउँसो सेनाले दोरम्बामा विवाह घरमा भेला भएका माओवादी कार्यकर्तालाई घेरा हाली डडुवा गाविसको डाँडाकटेरीमा लगेर सामूहिक हत्या गरेको थियो । हरेक बर्ष माओवादीका जिल्लादेखि केन्द्र तहसम्मका नेताहरु दोरम्बामा पुग्छन, मारिएकाप्रति सलाम ठोक्छन, पुष्पगुच्छा चढाउँछन । र, बाँचेकाहरुलाई जिउँदा शहिदका नाममा सम्मान गर्छन । तर, सेनाबाट एकै चिहान पारिएकाहरुका सन्तान र परिवारले फोस्रो आश्वासन बाहेक केही पाएका छैनन । अर्थात दोरम्बा घटना नेपालको इतिहासमै दण्डहिनताको एउटा गतिलो उदाहरणको रुपमा उभिएको छ । जसले नेपाली सेनाको छविमा कालो धब्बामात्रै तरंगित गरिदिएको छ ।

यस्तो फाराम भर्दै छन् माओवादी नेता

नेत्र पन्थी/नयाँ पत्रिका
काठमाडौं, ३ भदौ
माओवादी नेताहरूको सम्पत्ति छानबिन गर्न बनेको आयोगले नेताहरूलाई सम्पत्ति विवरणको फाराम भराएको छ । माओवादी अध्यक्ष प्रचण्डदेखि उपाध्यक्षद्वय डा. बाबुराम भट्टराई, नारायणकाजी श्रेष्ठ र महाधिवेशन आयोजक समितिका सदस्यहरूले आयोगका प्रश्नको जवाफ दिएका छन् ।
फाराममार्फत नेताहरूको विगतको आर्थिक पृष्ठभूमिदेखि सार्वजनिक पदमा रहँदा र हालको अवस्थासम्मको स्थितिबारे जानकारी मागिएको छ । स्रोतका अनुसार नेताहरूले प्रश्नावली भरेर आयोगलाई बुझाइसकेका छन् र आयोग यसबारे छानबिन गर्दै छ । फाराममा नगद तथा जिन्सी, घरजग्गा, सेयर, ऋण, सवारीसाधन, आफन्तका नाममा भएको सम्पत्तिलगायतका विषय भर्न लगाएको एक महाधिवेशन आयोजक समिति सदस्यले नयाँ पत्रिकालाई जानकारी दिए ।

बिग्रे माओवादीका घरबार

नेत्र पन्थी/नयाँ पत्रिका
काठमाडौं, २ भदौ • माओवादी स्थायी समिति सदस्य तथा मन्त्री रहेकै वेला टोपबहादुर रायमाझी र उनकी पत्नी सीमाबीच पनि सम्बन्धविच्छेद भयो । सीमाले अर्को केटासँग आफ्नो विवाह भएको भन्दै सम्पत्तिका लागि अदालतमा मुद्दा नै हालिन् । उनीहरूबीच ०५४ मा दिल्लीमा विवाह भएको थियो ।

• माओवादी नेता जनार्दन शर्मा प्रभाकरको रोहवरमा बिहे गरेका पूर्वसभासद् टेकेन्द्र भट्ट र रेणु चन्दको सम्बन्ध कायम राख्न नेता लेखराज भट्टले धेरै नै प्रयास गरे । बिहेताका रेणु डोटी र टेकेन्द्र कञ्चनपुरको जिल्ला इन्चार्ज थिए । मदिरा खाएर महिलासँग सम्बन्ध राखेको रेणुको र परिवारसँग राम्रो व्यवहार नगरेको टेकेन्द्रको आरोप थियो । सम्बन्धविच्छेदपछि भट्टले ५ माघ ०६८ मा विवाह गरे । भारतको हरिद्वारमा गएर भट्टले सुन्दरपुर गाविस, कञ्चनपुरकी दिव्येश्वरी भट्टसँग विवाह गरे । संविधानसभा प्रत्यक्ष निर्वाचनमा चुनिएका चार जोडीमध्ये रेणु र टेकेन्द्र पनि एक थियो । रेणु बैतडी-२ बाट र टेकेन्द्र कञ्चनपुर-३ बाट सभासद्मा विजयी भएका थिए ।

CPN-Maoist general convention from Jan 9-13

KIRAN PUN

KATHMANDU, Aug 17: CPN-Maoist is holding its general convention from January 9-13 in Kathmandu.
The party has also formed a general convention main organizing committee under the leadership of party secretary Netra Bikram Chand. The ongoing party politburo meeting at the party headquarters in Buddhanagar will take a formal decision to this effect on Friday. Around 1,000 party leaders will participate in the general convention and chart out the party´s new path.

"We are holding discussions and we will take a formal decision Friday," said party spokesperson Pampha Bhusal. The party´s national conclave had mandated the party to hold the party´s general convention by January and had entrusted the party central committee to fix the date and venue.

We are original Maoist: CPN-Maoist

KIRAN PUN KATHMANDU, Aug 16: The newly formed CPN-Maoist has claimed that more than 60 percent of "cream leaders and party cadres of the people´s war" have joined them and that they are the original Maoist party. The claim was made during the party´s politburo meeting at the party headquarters in Buddhanagar on Wednesday. The meeting, which came close on the heels of organization formation campaign, reached such conclusion after reportings of the bureau in-charges and review of the party´s activities across the country.

Maoist probe panel gets most complaints against Dahal

KIRAN PUN
KATHMANDU, Aug 13: With its extended deadline for receiving complaints of financial irregularities expiring on Sunday, the high-level probe commission on property and financial condition of the UCPN (Maoist) has received a barrage of complaints against Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and other senior leaders of the party for their “poor handling” of the party´s funds.

Though the exact number of complaints against Dahal and other senior leaders, including Prime Minister´s wife Hishila Yami, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Barshaman Pun, Janardan Sharma, Agni Sapkota, Prabhu Sah and Lekhraj Bhatta has not been revealed, knowledgeable sources told Republica that most of the complaints are against Dahal.

माओवादी समितिमा नातागोताको जालो

नेत्र पन्थी/नयाँ पत्रिका
काठमाडौं, २४ साउन
केन्द्रीय समिति भंग गरेर माओवादीले गठन गरेको महाधिवेशन आयोजक समितिमा नातेदारहरूको जालो छ । दश जोडी त श्रीमान्-श्रीमती नै छन् । अन्य नातेदारहरूको संख्या पनि धेरै नै छ ।
यसअघिको माओवादी केन्द्रीय समितिमा पनि केही जोडी दम्पती सदस्य थिए । उनीहरू स्वतः महाधिवेशन आयोजक समिति सदस्य भएका छन् ।

एफडिएको कार्यनीति तयार

रोशन खड्का, नारायण काफ्ले/नयाँ पत्रिका
काठमाडौं, २५ साउन
कम्तीमा आगामी चुनावसम्म संयुक्त रूपमा जाने सर्तमा प्रस्तावित संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गठबन्धन -एफडिए) को औपचारिक नारा र कार्यनीति सार्वजनिक भएको छ । करिब एक महिनाको अभ्यासपछि एकीकृत माओवादी र मधेसीलगायतका २० दललेे गठबन्धनको नारा र कार्यनीति सार्वजनिक गरेका हुन् ।
प्रधानमन्त्रीनिवास बालुवाटारमा बिहीबार बसेको २० दलको बैठकले मुलुककै ठूलो राजनीतिक शक्तिको रूपमा बृहत् मोर्चा निर्माण गर्ने औपचारिक निर्णय गरेको हो । गठबन्धनको नेतृत्व माओवादी अध्यक्ष प्रचण्डले गर्ने सहमति भएको छ ।

Kinship, not capability, counts in UCPN (Maoist)

KIRAN PUN
KATHMANDU, Aug 9: Here´s a saga of how a party that waged a decade-long insurgency for revolutionary change in society and the uprooting of nepotism and favoritism, among other things, has now become victim of its own prey.

In 2005, the Chunbang meeting demoted all the party leaders, except Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, by one level as per a campaign lunched to purify the party. But interestingly, the same meeting promoted Prakash Dahal, the son of the chairman, to regional bureau member, now the state committee.

Here is one more. When the UCPN (Maoist) shared the cabinet with the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML following the ceasefire agreement of 2006, influential party leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai was asked to recommend a list from his faction for inclusion in the new cabinet.

माओवादीले युद्धकै वेला भारतलाई लेखेको पत्र

रोशन खड्का/नयाँ पत्रिका
काठमाडांै, २२ साउन
जनयुद्धका वेला स्थापना गरेको 'जनसत्ता'लाई मान्यता दिन भारतलगायत विभिन्न देश र नियोगलाई पार्टीको तर्फबाट पत्र लेखेको माओवादीको तत्कालीन संयुक्त क्रान्तिकारी जनपरिषद्का संयोजक डा. बाबुराम भट्टराईले स्वीकार गरेका छन् । माओवादीले मुख्य अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय शक्तिलाई सम्बोधन गर्ने निर्णय गरेपछि ०५८ सालको माघमा पत्र लेखिएको डा. भट्टराईको भनाइ छ ।

Maoist army integration process remains stalled, riddled with complications

Prashant Jha

Almost ten months after a peace deal generated hopes of a successful integration and rehabilitation of former Maoist combatants, the process remains incomplete and riddled with complications.

Over 3100 former fighters remain in cantonments, awaiting integration into the Nepal Army (NA). Only half a dozen combatants out of 19,602 verified fighters opted for rehabilitation packages. Around 14,000 individuals opted for voluntary retirement and walked away with cash packages, but a section among them are disillusioned with both the state and the Maoist party leadership.

Integration

A seven point agreement between political parties on November 1, 2011 had stipulated that a maximum of 6500 combatants could be integrated in a specially created directorate under the Nepal Army. It provided for a degree of flexibility on age and educational qualifications needed for entry at different levels into the NA.

Growing President-PM rift exasperating political crisis

KIRAN PUN
KATHMANDU, Aug 6: Growing mistrust between President Ram Baran Yadav and caretaker Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has further aggravated the current political and constitutional crisis in the country.

The latest indication of the growing rift surfaced on Sunday when the president invited political leaders of the erstwhile Constituent Assembly and asked them to arrive at a consensus to overcome the current turmoil. The move appears to have put Bhattarai in a spot.

Those close to Bhattarai say the president´s frequent meetings with top politicians and people from other sections of the society is against his role as a constitutional head of state.

As his continued call for consensus among the parties failed to materialize, Yadav called the politicians to Shital Niwas and reminded them about their role in finding a way forward.

१४ माघमा माओवादी महाधिवेशन

नेत्र पन्थी/नयाँ पत्रिका
काठमाडौं, २० साउन
एकीकृत माओवादीको महाधिवेशन १४ माघमा हुने भएको छ । महाधिवेशन आयोजक समितिको शनिबार बसेको बैठकले मिति तय गरेको हो । बैठकले नेताहरूको कार्यविभाजनमा फेरबदलसमेत गरेको छ ।
आयोजक समितिको बैठकले महाधिवेशन अगाडि गाउँ, जिल्ला र राज्यस्तरका अधिवेशन गर्ने निर्णय पनि गरेको छ । महाधिवेशनका लागि १६ असोजदेखि १ कात्तिकसम्म गाउँ, १ कात्तिकदेखि १५ मंसिरसम्म जिल्ला र १६ मंसिरदेखि पुस मसान्तसम्ममा राज्य तहका अधिवेशन गर्ने निर्णय भएको माओवादी नेता अग्नि सापकोटाले जानकारी दिए ।

UCPN (Maoist) general convention from Jan 27

KIRAN PUN

KATHMANDU, Aug 5 : The ruling UCPN (Maoist) on Saturday announced that the party´s general convention would be held from January 27.

The party has not held any general convention for the last 22 years. The party had also failed to hold the general convention announced two years ago.
The party, however, is yet to fix the venue for the general convention. The party also announced a major reshuffling of party responsibilities, the first since the party split.

Important responsibilities in the party are held by leaders close to Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

All bureau in-charge and the party spokesperson have been chosen from among former standing committee members. While Shakti Basnet and Haribol Gajurel, who were former politburo members, have been promoted as in-charge of far-western bureau and Madhes bureau respectively, Agni Sapkota has been appointed party spokesperson. Similarly, Dahal´s confident Krishna Bahadur Mahara has been appointed chief of the party´s organization department, which is considered an important wing of the party.

Five-point deal is no longer relevant: PM

KIRAN PUN 
KATHMANDU, Aug 4: Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai on Friday said that the five-point agreement signed between the major political parties on May 3 is no more relevant following the dissolution the Constituent Assembly (CA).

Talking to a select few media persons at his residence in Baluwatar on Friday, the prime minister also said that the Nepali Congress (NC) will not necessarily be led the new government.

Bhattarai´s remark comes at a time when NC has been staking claim to leadership of the new government as per the five point deal. Major political parties in the five point deal had agreed to allow NC to lead the unity government after finalizing the new constitution.

YCL leaders warns of quitting party

KIRAN PUN 
 KATHMANDU, Aug 4: The Young Communist League (YCL) leaders have warned they will quit UCPN (Maoist), expressing disagreement over the expansion of 251-member general convention organizing committee. They said the expansion was against the party policy and procedure.

Submitting their 4-point memorandum to party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, they urged to him annul the nomination of the former PLA commanders who are being investigated for financial irregularities in the cantonments.

"Today [Friday] we sent memorandum to the party chairman Dahal through our chairman Ganesh Man Pun. Tomorrow [Saturday] we will resign en masse," Shyam Kumar Budha Magar, YCL central secretariat member told Republica. According to Magar, they will announce series of protests by mobilizing youths across the country to put pressure on the party leadership.

Maoists settle for 251-strong organizing body

KIRAN PUN

KATHMANDU, Aug 3: The UCPN (Maoist) has finally resolved a long-running dispute over the size of its general convention organizing committee although it has meant going against the decision of the recently held plenum.

As it tried to maintain the political equation among the three factions led by Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Vice-chairman Baburam Bhattarai and another Vice-chairman Narayankaji Shrestha, the party formed a 251-member jumbo organizing committee though the plenum had decided on a 175-member body.

However, the party picked only 231 members for the committee today and decided to add 20 more members to it, later.

माओवादीमा दुई सय ५१ सदस्यीय महाधिवेशन आयोजक समिति

रोशन खड्का/नयाँ पत्रिका
काठमाडौं, १८ साउन
एकीकृत माओवादीको महाधिवेशन आयोजक समिति दुई सय ५१ सदस्यीय हुने भएको छ । विभाजनपछि रहेको एक सय चार सदस्यमा एक सय २७ जनालाई तत्काल थप्ने र बाँकी २० जनालाई पछि थप्ने निर्णय पार्टीले गरेको हो ।
बुधबारको महाधिवेशन आयोजक समितिको बैठकमा अध्यक्ष पुष्पकमल दाहाल प्रचण्डले एक सय ७५ सदस्यीय समिति बनाउने प्रस्ताव लगेका थिए । तर, धेरैलाई समेट्न खोज्दा समिति धेरै ठूलो भएको छ ।
'हामीले तत्काल दुई सय ५१ सदस्यीय आयोजक समिति बनाउने निर्णय गरेका छौँ, केन्द्रीय सदस्यहरूको कार्यविभाजन शनिबारको बैठकले टुंगो लाग्छ,' प्रवक्ता दीनानाथ शर्माले नयाँ पत्रिकासँग भने ।
महाधिवेशन आयोजक समितिका सदस्य खगराज भट्टले छुटेका केही साथीलाई कार्यालयको बैठकले थप छलफलपछि थप्ने बताए । बुधबार बिहान बसेको एकीकृत माओवादीको पूर्वपदाधिकारी बैठकले एक सय ७५ सदस्यीय आयोजक समिति बनाउने सहमति गरेको थियो । तर, आयोजक समितिको बैठकमा गुनासो आएपछि सदस्य थपिएका थिए ।

Dahal proposes 68 new members

Proposal turned down outright
KIRAN PUN 
KATHMANDU, Aug 2: UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal´s plan to give full shape to the party´s general convention organizing committee (GCOC) with a membership of 175 was foiled as his proposal naming 68 new members was fiercely criticized by party leaders at a meeting of the existing organizing committee on Wednesday.

Dahal floated his proposal on Wednesday as a meeting called last week had broken up following objections by the other leaders. The party´s plenum last month had converted the 104-member central committee into the GCOC and entrusted the same committee with the responsibility of giving it full shape.

No sooner had Dahal floated the 68 new names at the meeting Wednesday than the leaders airing their views not only fiercely criticized him for proposing names in violation of the criteria set out by the plenum but also turned down his proposal outright.

Dahal found himself in trouble as even members such as Top Bahadur Rayamajhi from the taskforce formed to select the names stood against the proposal.

Dahal was suggested to propose the names after a meeting of office bearers held earlier in the morning failed to come up with a consensus list.

Can Dahal give his party's committee full shape?

KIRAN PUN 
KATHMANDU, August 1: As the troubled UCPN (Maoist) gears up for a crucial meeting of its General Convention Organizing Committee (GCOC) slated for Wednesday to fill its 71 vacant seats, commentators are watching how Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal will carry out the job, something he has been avoiding for the last four years.

As per the party statue, the GCOC, which came into existence after the recently concluded party plenum decided to convert its Central Committee (CC) into the GCOC, incorporates a total 175 members.

The UCPN (Maoist) had enlarged its CC membership to 148 following the merger with the CPN (Ekata Kendra-Masal) led by Narayan Kaji Shrestha and other fringe leftist parties. But it shrank to only 104 members after the Baidya faction broke away.

Chairman Dahal had called the GCOC meeting last week but it was soon postponed after failure to reach an understating among the various factions on the new names on the GCOC along with their responsibilities.