Posted on 05/17/2008 1:12:56 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Bagdogra (PTI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday hoped that Nepalese political parties involved in the electoral process have an obligation to make a success of the "democratic experiment" and extended India's support to the exercise.
"We feel that all political parties which took part in the elections have an obligation to make a success of this democratic experiment," Singh said in an interaction with reporters here after concluding the "most successful" visit to Bhutan.
On Maoists forming the next government in Nepal, the Prime Minister said that India has been in touch with the leadership of the erstwhile Maoist faction.
"They have been assuring us that they are going to begin a new phase in their existence to operate within the framework of the democratic system," he said.
"I have not given up hope. Our good wishes are for the ushering in of democracy in Nepal," he said.
Singh said India will work to ensure that the problems that have arisen among various actors in the Nepal political process are resolved amicably and that the new government formation process proceeds smoothly as anticipated.
Naxalites to host Nepalese Maoist leader in Kolkata - May 17, 2008 - Nepalese Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai is coming to Kolkata in early June. Interestingly, it is not the ruling Left Front but the Naxalites who are hosting him. Kolkata, where the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front has been in power for the past 30 years, is considered as the country's left bastion. But the Maoists' decision to have the first meaningful engagement with the Naxalites and not the CPI (M)- led front, is likely to raise quite a few eyebrows in political circles here. 'A decision taken by the central committee of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) to send a delegation to Kolkata has been convyed to us,' Kushal Debnath, one of the main organizers hosting the Maoists, told IANS over telephone from Kolkata Saturday. 'The delegation will comprise Baburam Bhattarai and some other senior leaders of the party,' he said. Bhattarai and the other central committee members of his party will address a rally and share the dias with a number of Naxalite leaders. The CPI-ML (New Democracy), the CPI-ML (State Organising Committee) and Santosh Rana's Provincial Coordination Committee, CPI-ML, are among the parties taking part in the rally. Debnath, whose Mazdoor Kranti Parishad is one of the organizers of the event, said discussions are being held with a number of other Naxalite groups to join the rally in Kolkata being hosted to celebrate the recent victory of the Maoists in the Constituent Assembly elections of Nepal. His links with the Maoists had been deepening since the armed rebels decided to join the democratic process in Nepal in 2006. Debnath had also visited Nepal during last month's election when he and 10 others were invited by the Maoists as 'observers' for the polls. The proposed visit of Bhattarai and his delegation next month will be the first official engagement between the Nepalese Maoists and the left parties in India since the former rebels' victory in the April Constituent Assembly elections. Bhattarai's wife Hisila Yami, who is also an important leader among Nepalese Maoists, had come to Patna last month to take part in a conference organized by the public diplomacy division of the external affairs ministry.
Maoists murder BJP leader in Jharkhand - May 17, 2008 - Ranchi: Maoist rebels killed a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Lohardagga district of Jharkhand, the police said here on Saturday. According to the police, the activists of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) abducted Mahadeo Sahu, president of Senah block, and two others Friday night. The Maoists released the other two men. After the killing Sahu, the CPI-Maoist left pamphlets at the spot alleging that the BJP leader was a police informer.
Maoists kill 2 men before second phase of Karnataka polls - May 16, 2008 - Maoist rebels have shot and killed two men in Karnataka, hours before the second phase of polling began in state election, police said on Friday. The Maoists, who say they are fighting India's government on behalf of the landless poor, have called for a boycott of the election in the state, home to the outsourcing capital of Bangalore. Few voters are paying any heed, police say. One of the victims was a teacher suspected by the Maoists of being a police informer, police said. He was shot on Thursday night as he returned home on a motorbike in a village about 380 km from Bangalore.
Naxals Gun down Congress activist - May 16 2008 - RAYAGADA: SUSPECTED Naxalites gunned down a Congress party activist at Gothalpadar village under Gunupur police limits on Thursday night. The deceased Raju Sahu’s father was killed by the Left wing extremists about six years ago. Sources said Raju was taking a stroll near the village pond at about 9.30 p.m. along with a friend Surendra Sahu when a group of armed and uniformed men attacked them. Surendra managed to escape. When Surendra returned to the spot with villagers, he saw Raju lying in a pool of blood. Villagers heard at least seven rounds of firing. Raju was a contractor and had recently got the job of a teacher.
On poll eve, Naxals kill two in Udupi district - May 16, 2008 - UDUPI: Naxalites have struck in Udupi district hours before polling in Karnataka's coastal belt. A gang of six Naxalites barged into the house of Bhoja Shetty, a school teacher, at 8.30 pm on Thursday and pumped bullets into him. Shetty's neighbour Suresh, who was with him, sustained severe wounds in the attack. He later succumbed to injuries. The Naxalites, who had laid low for some time, viewed Shetty, a BJP supporter, as a police informer. A few months ago, the Maoists had vandalized his house at Nadapal in Hebri police limits in Udupi district - the scene of Thursday's attack too - and threatened him with dire consequences if he passed on information about their activities to the police.
Maoists shoot three in Jharkhand - May 15th, 2008 - Ranchi, May 15 (IANS) Three people, including two women, were shot dead by suspected Maoist guerrillas and their bodies were recovered Thursday from Hazaribagh national park, the police said. According to the police, the three bodies were found by villagers in the national park area. The two women were abducted from Ichak block of Hazaribagh district Tuesday by guerrillas of a Maoist group, Jharkhand Liberation Tiger (JLT).
2 cops killed, 5 hurt in Maoist attack - May 12, 2008 - HAZARIBAGH/RANCHI/GAYA: A police officer and a CRPF jawan were killed and three policemen injured in an encounter with Maoists in Hazaribagh district on Sunday. Two villagers had to be admitted to hospital after they were caught in the cross-fire. The Maoists also targeted the construction industry in Jharkhand and Bihar, killing a staff and damaging equipment. Hazaribagh SP Praveen Kumar Singh said the encounter took place in the Dahudag forest. The Naxals killed Charhi police station OC Vijay Kumar Thakur and CRPF jawan Prashant Kumar Patil. Singh said Thakur was heading a joint special task force-CRPF team after spotting a 50-member Maoist group in the forest. "We had got information that Maoist regional commander Navin Manjhi was in the group," said the SP. The Maoists hit back at the police. Thakur was hit from close range and died on the spot. Another bullet hit Patil on the head, killing him instantly. Another CRPF jawan and two other STF cops were also injured. CRPF constable Rama Shankar Tiwari, who received serious injuries, was taken to Apollo Hospital in Ranchi. Two girls, Manju Kumari and Anju Kumari, who were passing by, were hit by bullets. The SP said Maoists fired more than 250 rounds. "We couldn't launch a counter-offensive. Our teams were busy shifting the injured to hospital,'' said Singh. Chaibasa police found the body of an employee of a construction company in Noamundi, who they believe, was killed by Maoists. The Maoists had earlier demanded money from the construction company. Maoists also warned Gaya police of "severe retaliatory action" if their four activists arrested on May 7 were not released. In Dhanbad, senior Maoist leader Pramod Mishra was arrested.
Chopper fails police in fight against Naxalites - Ranchi, May 12: CRPF jawan Prashant Patil and Charhi police station officer-in-charge Vijay Thakur may not have bled to the death while fighting Naxalites yesterday if the state government’s chopper reached the hills of Hazaribagh on time to evacuate them. The state’s Dhruv helicopter, meant to be used in relief and rescue missions and anti-Naxalite surveillance operations, couldn’t even take-off from here as it had developed a malfunction. Deputy inspector-general (Hazaribagh) Ajay Kumar Singh said that they had indeed made several requisitions for a helicopter to expedite rescue operations soon after yesterday’s encounter. “But we were informed the helicopter had developed some mechanical snag and it couldn’t be sent. I cannot comment whether the lives of both the policemen could have been saved or not. But it is for sure that it would have helped a lot,” he said. But eyewitness and CRPF constable Ramanand Kumar Singh believed a chopper would have definitely saved them. Carrying a wounded colleague behind his back, Singh was lucky to have missed the bullets that zipped passed his shoulder not once but many times. Fellow constable Patil of the CRPF’s 190 battalion and Thakur weren’t that lucky. “Both started bleeding profusely near me… one of the bullets fired by the Maoists hit Patil on the head and his cap fell off,” said Singh, now at the ICU of Abdur Razzaque Memorial Apollo Hospital being treated for “brachial plexes injury”. “They were writhing in pain without much help for the next three to four hours. If police reinforcements in form of a helicopter reached the spot, the lives of Patil and the police officer could have been saved,” added Singh, who has been with the CRPF since 1995.
Chopper for anti-Maoist operations flies ministers instead - "We hardly get the chopper for anti-Maoist operations. When we plan to launch an operation by using the helicopter, we are informed that it is being used by ministers,” a senior police official told IANS. .... "Our men (security personnel) could have been saved if the chopper had been used to rescue them. The helicopter is used for everything except for anti-Maoist operations, surveillance and rescue operations. We demand that the chopper be used by the police only,” said Ashok Pathak, vice president of the Jharkhand Police Association.
Jharkhand cop killed, three injured in Maoist attack - Ranchi, May 7 (IANS) A policeman was killed and three people were injured in a Maoist attack Wednesday in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district, police said. Sub-inspector Kolibar Purty, posted in Giridih district, was travelling to Ranchi along with two constables when suspected activists of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ambushed their jeep near Vishnugarh area of Hazaribagh at around 11 a.m. The Maoist rebels first hurled bombs at their vehicle and later fired at them. While the sub inspector was killed, the two constables and the driver were wounded.
Dozens of officials in Bihar quit after Maoist threat - May 5, 2008 - PATNA, India (Reuters) - At least 64 district politicians in one of the country’s poorest states have resigned en masse, citing threats from Maoist insurgents, officials said on Monday. Officials from the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar quit their party posts on Sunday after 37 of them were kidnapped and then released last week by insurgents, who accused them of failing to check police abuses on local inhabitants. "Many of them have cited threats to their lives as reasons behind their resignations," senior government official Deonandan Prasad Sinha told Reuters from Gaya, a district a few hours drive south of the state capital Patna.
Naxalites kill three cops - Hilltop Pokharia (Dumka), April 26: Maoist rebels trapped and ambushed a police team atop a remote hill in Dumka early this morning, killing a senior officer and two constables. A rebel and a villager were also killed in the crossfire in the hills of Pokharia under Shikaripara block, 55km from the Dumka district headquarters where Jharkhand police chief Vishnu Dayal Sharma was to hold a meeting with senior officers today. Acting on a tip-off that the police now think could have been a trap, a team led by DSP (headquarters) Chandan Kumar had climbed the hill and zeroed in on a hut where 10 to 14 Naxalites had taken shelter. Ajoy Singh, officer in charge of Raneshwar police station who was also part of the team, rebels hiding in bushes started firing the moment the cops reached. While Kumar was lucky to survive, Shamshad Ansari, officer in charge of Shikaripara police station, and constables Ramdayal Paswan and Nasir Ansari died on the spot. Sabisteen, a Bokaro Maoist, and Kalu Deheri, a villager, were also killed in the shootout. Manoj Deheri, a suspected rebel, was arrested.
I think the government of India has been extremely foolish to back, or to help in any way, these Maoist terrorists. They are not going to be happy with the results. If they think they can cut a political deal with vicious Communists, or that they will show any gratitude for their assistance, they are fooling themselves.
The alternative is either invade them (which is a bit dodgy) or allow them to become an effective vassal state of the people’s republic of China, and I’m sure India doesn’t want that....
Well, at this point they’re pretty much stuck with it. But they would have been smarter to have supported the king earlier in his fight against the Maoists, instead of helping to undermine him.
I know they don’t like Himalayan royalty, but it’s better than Communist terrorists.
Now, as you say, they have painted themselves into a corner.
The Royal Family completely discredited itself when one of it’s own went columbine on half the Royal Household. The succeeding line was already unpopular because the new heir is a notorious playboy who killed someone in a drunken hit and run incident. They Nepalise Royal Family has destroyed itself and the Maoists coming to power is the consequence....
The heir to the throne killed somebody on accident, but the Maoists have killed many thousands of people on purpose. The blame for the rise of the maoists does not belong with the king, the one person who fought against the maoists. The blame belongs squarely with the communist-allied government of India, who gave the Maoists aid and comfort as well as safe haven. India helped broker the deal between the maoists and the other communist political parties and then put a weapons embargo on Nepal to force them to allow the maoists and their allies to take over. India has destroyed Nepal, and India is next.
The disgraceful conduct of the Royal Family has given the Maoists the comparative credibility that has allowed them to come to power. The Shah dynasty is largely responsible for it’s own downfall and the plight which now afflicts Nepal....
That’s like blaming Batista for Castro, or blaming Chiang Kai-Shek for the rise of Mao. No, the communists and their useful idiots who preferred Maoist tyranny to monarchy are the ones who are to blame. It is the actions of the pro-communist Indian government which have been disgraceful, as well as treacherous. Those Indians who helped the maoists take over Nepal by opposing and isolating the king have helped the very same communist terrorists who are waging war on their own country, India. They are traitors to India, and have ensured that Nepal will now establish further links with Communist China at India’s expense.
“That’s like blaming Batista for Castro, or blaming Chiang Kai-Shek for the rise of Mao.”
Perhaps I am. I could add Tsar Nicholas II to that list as well. The trouble is, if it wasn’t for the fact these tyranical, corrupt a**hats were not misruling their country in the first place, people wouldn’t be turning to extreme solutions to get rid of them. So yes, they do have to share the blame for creating conditions that make it easier for communists to come to power. Communists don’t manage to seize power unless the regime they have replaced is a cruel and arbitrary tyranny. The Maoists didn’t stand a chance of gaining power till the King decided to try and make himself an absolute monarch....
I don’t justify communist atrocities at all. But the simple fact of the matter is, these violent revolutionary movements become successful when the government they seek to replace is terrible. That is a fact that needs to be faced up to, and no amount of right-thinking anti-communist ideology is going to change that...
Talk about cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face. Do you think that the Indian government was either leftist, ignorant, naive or just stupid?
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is a part of the current ruling coalition in India. They are traitors loyal to China rather than India. The rest are just stupid.
“No, Communists become successful because they are given aid and comfort by spineless, lily-livered useful idiots who believe that the governments the communists seek to overthrow are terrible.”
So, you reckon The Tsar of Russia, Batista, Chiang Kai-Shek etc were excellent leaders, and that the regimes they ran were bastions of freedom, the rule of law and fair play? Give me a break. They were bad regimes. That point is not debateable by any reasonable mind. What replaced them may well have been worse, but hatred for a bad regime does have the effect a afflicting it’s sufferers with blindness about the nature of the revolutionary movement which seeks to replace it....
You don't have to love what you call "bad regimes," you just shouldn't support even worse regimes taking over, like India did in Nepal. The UK and USA also bear responsibility and blame for this. The king had no legitimacy but the maoists do have legitimacy? Where is the international campaign to pressure the maoists who came to power pointing guns at the heads of voters as they are also doing all over India? There a double standard. Now that India's dirty work is done and the maoists are in charge, there will be no pressure on this new communist regime. Instead the Indian government fawns all over them even as they demand renegotiation of links between Nepal and India, and they establish brand new links with the Communist Party of China! Fools!
I tell you this, any people that elects communists does not deserve democracy, and will not have democracy.
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