Nepal King Sacks Government, Assumes Power

india-defence ^ | 1/2/2005 | NDTV, BBC, Reuters

[Srirangan]

The king has since then promised to install a stable democracy in Nepal, and vowed to fight and end the Maoist rebellion.

[flashbunny]

Attention all planets of the solar federation:

We have assumed control.

We have assumed control.

[SevenofNine]

It kinda sad that King have assume power second time in three years

That tell you something about govt don't want reform or crackdown or unable crackdown on terrorist
They are terrorists

[SunkenCiv]

the monarchy's reputation nosedived in 2001 when the crown prince, Dipendra, killed his father, the popular King Birendra, and several other royals in a palace massacre.

The steady decline of monarchy worldwide continues to baffle social scientists.

[Pylon]

It's good to be the King.

[injin]

This is so ridiculous , and it seems to happen every six months. The people of Nepal should sack this King , not the King sack the Government (again!). This man is very bad luck for Nepal , he himself does almost nothing to end the Maoist
rebellion , preferring instead to keep most of the RNA around him in Kathmandu , to protect his reign from overthrow.
And worst of all , if something should happen to Guyendra
his evil son Paras would ascend to the throne. Paras is something like a Lite version of Uday Hussein and this would be a tragedy for Nepal. DUMP the King! Declare a Republic , call home all Gurkha's and soundly defeat the Maoists once and for all. Demand that India cooperate in this effort and stop secretly aiding and abetting the Maoists out of fear of their own Maoists.
Nepal is a mess today and this illegitimate King only makes it worse.

[Srirangan]

>> Demand that India cooperate in this effort and stop secretly
>> aiding and abetting the Maoists out of fear of their own
>> Maoists.

That's one of the most uninformed statements I've read. India co-operates fully with Nepal in ending the Maoist rebellion in Nepal and the Naxalite rebellion in some Indian provinces.

Maoism is the fruit of China, not India. And I don't see any South Asian country in a position to 'demand' something from India.

[LayoutGuru2]

Whole lotta "sacking" going on over there. :)
Thanks for sharing the news.

[injin]

Here you are very incorrect
These Nepalese Maoist strictly resupply from India not China.
There has never been any indication that China is giving them any material supply , whereas many many Nepali Maoists have been arrested (and then often released) in India . They use Indian hospital facilities for their wounded routinely.The Nepali Maoists arms flow from arms dealers in Burma from as far away as Cambodia and also via the Tamil Tiger networks in Sri Lanka , all of these routes pass thru India.
Indian negotiations with the Naxalites basically amount to a
ceasefire truce , with no Naxalites being disarmed and none required to ceases their Maoist activities , only to stop shooting at the Indian Police and Javans. There are many direct links and solid contacts between the Nepalese Maoists
and their Naxal brethren , few of these links are being challenged in any meaningful way by Delhi. I wonder what Delhi tells the Nepali King when he comes begging to Delhi to "Please! do something...." as he did just last month ?

[kayak]

FYI

[Thinkin' Gal]

But the monarchy's reputation nosedived in 2001 when the crown prince, Dipendra, killed his father, the popular King Birendra, and several other royals in a palace massacre. He then turned the gun on himself.

Nepalese astrologers failed to forsee royal nosedive ping.

[Srirangan]

Well I believe it is you who are incorrect. The Nepalese border with Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh are very strictly monitored and patrolled. These states border western Nepal, which is in grip of the Maoist violence.

India has its own Naxalite rebellion, the states affected are Bihar, Jharkand, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Out of these states only Andhra Pradesh has a cease fire with the Naxalites. Geographically it would be impossible for the Naxalites in Andhra Pradesh to aid the Maoists in Nepal, as Andhra Pradesh lies in the far south of the country.

I do admit communism is a threat to the region, but it would be absurd to say India is supporting communism while India herself fights it. The mainstream communism in India has been democratized, and the rebel's make use of caste and ethnicity to fight democracy. But they too are fading away as prosperity and development reaches these people.

And make no mistake, China is the seed of all communism, especially the Maoist version of communism.

[Khurkris]

Its good to be King!

[Jaysun]

Damn! My airline tickets to Nepal don't have me leaving Alabama until February 3, 2005. My plan was to arrive there and simply declare myself leader. You haven't heard the last of me Senor Gyanendra!

[ValerieUSA]

I remember that palace revolt. It reminded me of something that might have happened in ancient Egyptian times - but with a modern twist.

[Bulgaricus]

Just in...King Dipendra has resigned in order to pursue further activities with the Janjaweed Militia in Sudan.

The DNC just shipped John Kerry and Barbara Boxer over to Nepal to restore order.

Sen. Kerry was quoted on arrival at Katmandu airport, "It IS good to be the new king, but I hope one wouldn't lose their head over it."

The retiring lady from California commented, "This is all obviously a plot by Karl Rove, President Bush and Condi Rice. We'll do everything possible to restore democratic party rule here with some help from CBS, Harry Reid, the North Korean politburo and the heroic revolutionary people of the New York Times."

[William of Orange]

The steady decline of monarchy worldwide continues to baffle social scientists.

gee I wonder why, they've been so succesful in the past, you know with playing landgrab and all that...

[injin]

Well I believe it is you who are incorrect. The Nepalese border with Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh are very strictly monitored and patrolled. These states border western Nepal, which is in grip of the Maoist violence.

It's a sieve....people and material flow in the cross border trucking and on foot , all along the Terei.

India has its own Naxalite rebellion, the states affected are Bihar, Jharkand, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.

From AP , up thru MP and Bihar anything can move , and does.
Same with across thru Assam . Any encounters can usually be settled with a few Rp. being offered to look the other way.

Out of these states only Andhra Pradesh has a cease fire with the Naxalites. Geographically it would be impossible for the Naxalites in Andhra Pradesh to aid the Maoists in Nepal, as Andhra Pradesh lies in the far south of the country.
Nothing is impossible for these terrorists. They have their networks and money makes them run , especially in India.

I do admit communism is a threat to the region, but it would be absurd to say India is supporting communism while India herself fights it. The mainstream communism in India has been democratized, and the rebel's make use of caste and ethnicity to fight democracy. But they too are fading away as prosperity and development reaches these people.

Here I absolutely hope you are right . India demonstrated that when her interests were directly challenged it could and would act against those other than in Kashmir , and that was in the combined OPs with Bhutan early last year . Very effective ! They need to do exactly the same with Nepal , but on a much bigger and sustained basis , with Gurkhas themselves leading the fight.

And make no mistake, China is the seed of all communism, especially the Maoist version of communism.

The 50's...the Nonaligned Movement ....arms from Moscow
to counter the Chinese pressure and influence...the Vietnam
War , the changing the name of the street that the US Embassy sits on...long long has India played paddy-cake with these commies and maoists. As they say in the States " the hens are comin home to roost"

To me it is so odd and crazy to see the Red Flag proudly walked in procession in Dehli and Kathmandu , when elsewhere in the world it has fallen into such disgrace. Are these people clueless? or do they just want to reinvent the wheel?

[Imal]

Earlier, the King had sacked Deuba in 2002 for failing to hold elections, but asked him to form the government last year as the rebels stepped up insurgency in the Himalayan kingdom.

Is this King Gyanendra or George Steinbrenner we're talking about here?

[Gengis Khan]

Thanks for the ping.