BY DIRGHA RAJ PRASAI : When the country is standing on the verge of dismemberment in the last three years when the relationship between the king and the people have been detached one can easily imagine can Nepal remain safe and unified when monarchy is actually abolished from the country? In a country with such geographical and ethnic diversities Nepal will fall into a severely dangerous situation because of the tug of war between the parties in the election for the president. This can be avoided if there is monarchy because monarchy is always impartial politically and of the political parties. All of us are against if there are anomalies within the royal institution, but those things could be sorted out through negotiation with the monarch. Due to the monarchial time, Nepal has been always showing goodwill towards India.
Cordial people to people level relations between Nepal and India has existed since ancient times. We have to keep friendly relations with India due to our similar cultural and religious traditions. But, since 2005, the cordial situation is humiliating day by day between Nepal & India. This is a matter of grief. The permanent institution- ‘Monarchy’ can put unites the cordial relation between Nepal & India. In between the two big neighbors- China & India, the monarchy had been playing a balanced role. Nepalese monarchy is identified the most convincing identity of Nepal’s independence and Indian culture and peace. Nepalese people need to reinstate the amiable Hindu monarchy. I think, majority Indian people want peaceful Nepal with monarchy.
The writer Mr. Prasai with the former president of India-1987
It is true that there are many countries which do not have monarchy still they could remain independent and prosperous. But in a diverse country like Nepal, monarchy is the only basis of national unity and Nepal cannot be compared with other countries. Indian conspirators are taking some deviant leaders of the political parties on their shoulders with the sole aim that it will be easy for them to control Nepal if monarchy can be displaced. But such a situation will be a happy one for India also. Some communist parties take monarchy as the root cause of Nepal’s all woes. This is not correct. No Nepalese king has ever acted or walked on the path which is against Nepal’s national interest.
Many countries where monarchy was displaced have now ceased to exist and several other have fallen into anarchy and civil war. It will be totally inappropriate without knowing fully the ground realities. It was not for whether to keep monarchy or not. The Nepalese constituent assembly is just a representative organization to formulate a new constitution and it does not have any right to displace monarchy. Can the future of the country be decided just because so called big political parties ganged up together? Those powerful nations, who in the past shed blood in Vietnam, North and South Korea, East and West Germany, Cambodia, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia, are now trying to drag Nepal into a civil war. So, if the political leaders, including the Maoists, tried to trample on this truth, one should know that the existence of Nepal.
Nepal is the origin of Hindu & Buddhist. This is the land where their civilization began. The national flag is the ancient origin of this land. As Nepal is the only Hindu country in the world with a Hindu king, Hindus all over the world have a great respect and faith for this country. Nepalese around the world and Nepal’s well-wishers are anxious about this conspiracy against monarchy by some deviant leaders.
The party leaders are trying to dig up a well when there already is water in our rivers. Nepal will not become a heaven on earth just because monarchy is actually abolished and republican system ushered in. When Nepal has already received so much respect and identity for being a Hindu kingdom, why are Nepalese trying to finish off its identity? What is more treason than this? The conflict between the political parties and the king came up because of the mistakes and blunders of Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML and the authoritarian thinking of the Maoist. Nepalese will win only if all the political parties, including the Maoists, realize this fact and give a respected position to Nepal’s royal institution.
Some people lacking information about Nepal’s geo-political stand point along with the cultural history as the king remained symbol of unity in diversity take as an obsolete and ancient institution, but not all countries with monarchy are deprived and destitute. In the context of Nepal, the political parties can always get along with monarchy. Even in simple terms, in republican countries with parliamentary system, a person biased towards a party becomes the president. Already presidential election is expensive there is added fear that the fighting between the communist and the parliamentary parties could break up the country. History is evidence that the parliamentary parties, mainly the Nepali Congress and the UML, who came to power after 1990 completely failed to steer the country and they handed over power to the King in 2001. Later when they failed to get position and power they climbed on the shoulder of the Maoists to launch an anarchic struggle.
The Nepalese people shall not remain quiet if these political parties try to destroy the identity of this country, their tradition and the basic foundation of this state. This uncertain and precarious situation can only be averted if a balance can be maintained among nationality, monarchy and parliamentary democracy. Nepal’s sovereignty and democracy as well as Indian religious culture and traditions can never be safeguarded by abolishing monarchy. Nepal’s monarchy is the guarantor for peace and stability of this region including India. We Nepalese people no longer want the unconstitutional rule of the so called visionless larger party leaders including Maoists. The Nepalese only believe in parliamentary democracy and always follow the constitutional path. Now, the only way would be the acceptance and restoration of benevolent and people-oriented monarchy. There is, thus, no way other than to form a national government of all sides, including the king (after reinstating), through a broad conference and find a way out to solve the country’s problem.
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Dear editor,
The India Post.
I am highly pleased that you have relesed the very good article about ‘Nepalese monarchy’by Dirgha Raj Prasai.
I extend thanks to Mr. Prasai also.
The permanent institution- ‘monarchy’ can put unite the national instigation as it remained since 250 years ago. Monarchy is still a popular institution. In between the two big neighours-China & India, the monarchy has been playing a balanced role. So, Nepalese people need to reinstate the people’s oriented monarchy. I hope, India will propose, for the sake of India also, Nepalese monarchy should be reinstated.
Thank you.
Ramananda Jha
Saptari,
Nepal.