Civil war In Nepal round the corner!

January 24, 2001
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Kathmandu: The government sponsored Ordinance Bill which was sent to the Royal Palace for its approval meant for the formation of the much-publicized Armed Police Force, APF, has already assumed the force of a law.

King Birendra-the constitutional monarch offered his Royal Seal on the said Bill Monday.

Now with the approval of the bill, the government is now free to wage a sort of war against the Maoists insurgents as it is equipped with the provisions to kill anybody under the pretext of the insurgents.

The Armed Police Force thus formed will be under the Home Ministry, which means that the Prime Minister would directly control “actions” against the insurgents, himself.

How Prime Minister Koirala will deal with this insurgency in the days ahead is any body’s guess simply because he and his coterie consider the insurgency to be a terrorist one.

The crusade that he will begin against the Maoists will in all probability ‘sow the seeds’ of a civil war which apparently were round the corner.

To recall, political parties other than Koirala’s congress opine that the Maoists issue should be dealt with politically instead of the use of the force.

A set of intellectuals opine that the King should have thought twice prior to giving his approval to the said bill which indeed, presumably, is a draconian one.

How the insurgents will react to this bill and its use henceforth will determine the extent of damage in terms of lives and property when the two warring sides come face to face.