Hidden Memo of ´One Madhes and One Province´ Conspiracy
Prakash Bom
July 05, 2008
Definitely, it has not yet been public whether main political parties have ever been doubtful of those Madhesi political parties´ agenda, which demand repulsively one Madhes and one province or one autonomous Madhes, what if it is vested with a future format of disintegrating the nation. However, they must have smelled a rat from such a grand ambitious agenda, which can have a scheme of a long-term political strategy to disintegrate the nation.
If such a smell is not substantial, then why do these Madhesi leaders who represent Maithali, Bhojpuri and Avadhi dialects of Hindi lingual group of Terai in Constituent Assembly are not willing to accept the fact that indigenous nationalities of Terai such as Tharu and Dhimal are not part of their Madhesi lingual group. Therefore, Terai´s both indigenous and Pahadi nationalities can by no means be Madhesi with their ethnicity, culture and linguistics.
Skepticism in politics sometimes is more productive than counterproductive, predominantly regarding national integrity. Therefore, the reason why these Madhesi leaders are so obnoxious, particularly Madhesi Janadhikar Forum´s chairman Upendra Yadav, for giving other ethnic groups of Terai their own autonomous states out of ´one Madhes one province´ agenda is an element of conspiracy that these Madhesi leaders are vested with the hidden memorandum of a long term regional socio-political, economic, physio-geographic and demographic strategies of northern states of India.
For example, if they succeeded with the supplementary bill for the constitutional provision of an autonomous federal state of ´One Madhes and one provice´ it will assure India water resource monopoly over Nepali rivers for its two large states Bihar and UP. The smell of a rat is unavoidable therefore that these Madhesi leaders are invested with Indian´s regional interest to take unnecessary advantage of federal system with misleading political propaganda.
Madhesi Janadhikar Forum´s chairman Upendra Yadav´s statement on July 4, 2008 published on The Hindu that establishing a single province of "one Madhes one region" wound not disintegrate Nepal is one of the instances of political propaganda based on the false argument – "if establishing autonomous state would mean disintegration, then the United States of America and India would not be what they are."
For Mr. Yadav´s information that United States of America´s federal states are union states. Today on July 4, 2008 it is union´s 232 years. Each state of America had first joined the union then became the federal state. None of United States´ state is declared autonomous state except Puerto Rico as self-governing commonwealth. However, the states have evolved according to time and circumstance with more responsibility bearing local government systems, which can function as self-sustainable autonomous government.
India too is a union of states. But federal states of India as union of states have not evolved as United States´ states in local government level. Therefore, it is still considered as political system that has some federal features, which are circumscribed with a built-in unitary core. There is no autonomous state with self-governance in India because there is no such provision in the constitution. Most states of India basically formed originally as linguistic states.
Politically, any other party leader who makes his or her statement public on line of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum´s chairman Upendra Yadav – "Establishing a single Madhesi autonomous state on the basis of one Madhes on province" without realizing the crux of Madhesi agenda will therefore obviously help disintegrate the nation. The issue has at this transition period become serious political responsibility of all Nepali nationalities on the glob to find out the fact about Madhesi agenda´s probability for a long-term political-strategy with India.
One of the elements of agenda, which might evolve in next decade if not earlier, is an attempt to merge Madhes with India as a state with affirmative privilege status. Since the federal system of Nepal has no union of states for the formation and if Constituent Assembly set the constitution provision out of the unitary state structure for Madhesi to be an autonomous state on "one Madhes one province" basis then an autonomous state can easily breakaway from Nepal to join India.
In order to join the union of India of the federal system it has to fulfill certain constitutional criteria of India such as linguistic, size of the territory, demography and length of physio-geographic boundaries. Not necessarily all Madhesi leaders, but Madhesi Janadhikar Forum´s chairman Upendra Yadav for sure is aware of these criteria and therefore he is particularly insisting on ´one Madhes and on provice´ from Mechi to Mahakali for greater demography and boundaries.
Primarily, Madhesi people´s movement for federal system of government was inspiring for public awareness. However, when the movement exceeded with violence and SPA government under Nepali Congress leadership of GP Koirala politically failed to handle the situation then India had to involve. Since then some Madhesi political leaders, especially Madhesi Janadhikar Forum´s chairman Upendra Yadav has become ambitious with their agenda with the long-term political strategies. Even nationalist Madhesi political parties´ leaders have been succumbed to this agenda without knowing politics of it. But most of nationalist Madhesi leaders have learned to refrain themselves from the agenda.
I am sure there are thoughtful politicians who can see the consequence of Madhesi agenda in term of socio-political and economic (particularly the domestic) strategy that will chop Nepal into two slices one with all the cream and juice and other arid and dehydrate. In my opinion, it is Terai, which can make Nepal rich with its resources of agricultures and industries with the vast market of India. Once Terai builds up with east-west transport system of double-line electric railway system it will be conglomerate industrial Terai as one of the globally notable producers and suppliers of South Asia. Madhesi agenda is therefore national crises that can in many ways threat the national integrity and undermine the prosperity of entire nation.
Nepal´s federal government system must be based on the ground that the greater the number of federal states stronger the national integrity. Since Nepal is not forming its federal states with the union but restructuring state from the unitary government system into federal to run states and local government on the electoral representation basis for the direct participation of people in nation building processes for the socio-political and economic development, the states should be many but not just "one Madhesi province" for entire Terai.
At this point in history, if Nepali Congress led SPA government endorsed a large state as per Madhesi demand ´one Madhes one province´ and Constituent Assembly votes it for the constitutional amendment then it will be disaster for the entire nation. The country will have political unrest for a long period of time, which will in the end be disintegrated without political mentors and leaderships. The Madhesi demand for ´one Madhes one province´ or for a large autonomous state, henceforth, as agenda is vested with the political conspiracy that can possibly disable the entire nation, if not disintegrate it without more ado.
If such a smell is not substantial, then why do these Madhesi leaders who represent Maithali, Bhojpuri and Avadhi dialects of Hindi lingual group of Terai in Constituent Assembly are not willing to accept the fact that indigenous nationalities of Terai such as Tharu and Dhimal are not part of their Madhesi lingual group. Therefore, Terai´s both indigenous and Pahadi nationalities can by no means be Madhesi with their ethnicity, culture and linguistics.
Skepticism in politics sometimes is more productive than counterproductive, predominantly regarding national integrity. Therefore, the reason why these Madhesi leaders are so obnoxious, particularly Madhesi Janadhikar Forum´s chairman Upendra Yadav, for giving other ethnic groups of Terai their own autonomous states out of ´one Madhes one province´ agenda is an element of conspiracy that these Madhesi leaders are vested with the hidden memorandum of a long term regional socio-political, economic, physio-geographic and demographic strategies of northern states of India.
For example, if they succeeded with the supplementary bill for the constitutional provision of an autonomous federal state of ´One Madhes and one provice´ it will assure India water resource monopoly over Nepali rivers for its two large states Bihar and UP. The smell of a rat is unavoidable therefore that these Madhesi leaders are invested with Indian´s regional interest to take unnecessary advantage of federal system with misleading political propaganda.
Madhesi Janadhikar Forum´s chairman Upendra Yadav´s statement on July 4, 2008 published on The Hindu that establishing a single province of "one Madhes one region" wound not disintegrate Nepal is one of the instances of political propaganda based on the false argument – "if establishing autonomous state would mean disintegration, then the United States of America and India would not be what they are."
For Mr. Yadav´s information that United States of America´s federal states are union states. Today on July 4, 2008 it is union´s 232 years. Each state of America had first joined the union then became the federal state. None of United States´ state is declared autonomous state except Puerto Rico as self-governing commonwealth. However, the states have evolved according to time and circumstance with more responsibility bearing local government systems, which can function as self-sustainable autonomous government.
India too is a union of states. But federal states of India as union of states have not evolved as United States´ states in local government level. Therefore, it is still considered as political system that has some federal features, which are circumscribed with a built-in unitary core. There is no autonomous state with self-governance in India because there is no such provision in the constitution. Most states of India basically formed originally as linguistic states.
Politically, any other party leader who makes his or her statement public on line of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum´s chairman Upendra Yadav – "Establishing a single Madhesi autonomous state on the basis of one Madhes on province" without realizing the crux of Madhesi agenda will therefore obviously help disintegrate the nation. The issue has at this transition period become serious political responsibility of all Nepali nationalities on the glob to find out the fact about Madhesi agenda´s probability for a long-term political-strategy with India.
One of the elements of agenda, which might evolve in next decade if not earlier, is an attempt to merge Madhes with India as a state with affirmative privilege status. Since the federal system of Nepal has no union of states for the formation and if Constituent Assembly set the constitution provision out of the unitary state structure for Madhesi to be an autonomous state on "one Madhes one province" basis then an autonomous state can easily breakaway from Nepal to join India.
In order to join the union of India of the federal system it has to fulfill certain constitutional criteria of India such as linguistic, size of the territory, demography and length of physio-geographic boundaries. Not necessarily all Madhesi leaders, but Madhesi Janadhikar Forum´s chairman Upendra Yadav for sure is aware of these criteria and therefore he is particularly insisting on ´one Madhes and on provice´ from Mechi to Mahakali for greater demography and boundaries.
Primarily, Madhesi people´s movement for federal system of government was inspiring for public awareness. However, when the movement exceeded with violence and SPA government under Nepali Congress leadership of GP Koirala politically failed to handle the situation then India had to involve. Since then some Madhesi political leaders, especially Madhesi Janadhikar Forum´s chairman Upendra Yadav has become ambitious with their agenda with the long-term political strategies. Even nationalist Madhesi political parties´ leaders have been succumbed to this agenda without knowing politics of it. But most of nationalist Madhesi leaders have learned to refrain themselves from the agenda.
I am sure there are thoughtful politicians who can see the consequence of Madhesi agenda in term of socio-political and economic (particularly the domestic) strategy that will chop Nepal into two slices one with all the cream and juice and other arid and dehydrate. In my opinion, it is Terai, which can make Nepal rich with its resources of agricultures and industries with the vast market of India. Once Terai builds up with east-west transport system of double-line electric railway system it will be conglomerate industrial Terai as one of the globally notable producers and suppliers of South Asia. Madhesi agenda is therefore national crises that can in many ways threat the national integrity and undermine the prosperity of entire nation.
Nepal´s federal government system must be based on the ground that the greater the number of federal states stronger the national integrity. Since Nepal is not forming its federal states with the union but restructuring state from the unitary government system into federal to run states and local government on the electoral representation basis for the direct participation of people in nation building processes for the socio-political and economic development, the states should be many but not just "one Madhesi province" for entire Terai.
At this point in history, if Nepali Congress led SPA government endorsed a large state as per Madhesi demand ´one Madhes one province´ and Constituent Assembly votes it for the constitutional amendment then it will be disaster for the entire nation. The country will have political unrest for a long period of time, which will in the end be disintegrated without political mentors and leaderships. The Madhesi demand for ´one Madhes one province´ or for a large autonomous state, henceforth, as agenda is vested with the political conspiracy that can possibly disable the entire nation, if not disintegrate it without more ado.
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