Krishna
Hari Pushkar
The
Government of Nepal is practicing faulty inclusion laws that have put people
strategically more excluded in the name of inclusion. There are serious
controversies on some of the questions over the inclusion issue, it remained
unanswered till now, besides repeated pressure from the targeted group who seek
inclusion due procedure of law.
It
is opprobrious to illustrate that the government doesn't seem properly clear
what the justification behind the inclusion are, who are the targeted people
and what are the identities and its indicators that need to be considered while
processing through the system of inclusion. Why and what will be the ratio of
inclusion and its bases, how and where they should be included, and what are
the preconditions of inclusion etc seem uncertain except few communities in
inclusion process of Nepal. Everything is going erodes, rough and random, the
chaotic situation has started to bring terrible consequences on the socio-ethnic
harmony of Nepal but respective authorities seem careless, blind and deaf.
Unbelievable!
Some
of the people have already approached with various members and authorities of
legislation, executive and judiciary to settle down the issue but still the
case is remained unheard and snubbed.
So,
it is panic to understand why state is offering such prejudiced inclusion
policy to enhance more "exclusion in the name of inclusion". It is
beyond the understanding that why the state is being involved in such power
game that have freaking test.
The
state should more clear that it should not repeat such wrongdoings and same
exclusion process that were attempted in the past. State must realize that
Maoist insurgency, madhesi mass movement, indigenous movement, women movement,
tharu movement, various rights movement, ongoing regional insurgency etc have
considered "Inclusion" as a major agenda but just after few years of
partial peace process, our state again seems forgotten the main reasons that
they fought and even now fighting in various regions of Nepal. State must be
conflict sensitive, and should review the situation immediately that how and
where it is going wrong in their promises, if they do not want to see
recurrence of the same age as it was in the past.
A
case of Madhesi people's inclusion in public services, there is no legal
definition has produced by state yet besides there is clear antediluvian
definition and well known list of madhesi casts and communities. Surprisingly,
it is clear in similar case and situation of indigenous (Aadibasi and Janjati).
The million dollar question raised that why state has listed the cast and
communities of indigenous (Aadibasi Janjati) and why not for Madhesi? Honestly
writing, there is clear-cut demarcation, any member of non-madhesi can identify
the pure madhesi people in a second except few cases, but when madhesi seek
legal definition, state say dramatically, it is full of confusion, why, what is
the intention of state?
People
argue that if Madhesh and madhesi have no specific identity than why the
government makes several wanted and unwanted agreements to resolve the issues
of Madhesh and madhesi saying madhesi and madhesi are integral part of Nepal,
fool making! How could the same state and government can refugee to identify
the same madhesi people legally when they look forward to process for
inclusion, although government body perfectly identify madhesi when state make
political agreement to fulfill their vested interests, does not it
disappointing?
Nowadays, some of sociopolitical pundits, human parrots and self-established
ancient elites explain that madhesi are those who live in Madhesh that means
apx 55% populations of Nepal are madhesi because Madhesh is their home. Let's
assume for a while they are right, but let me ask the question to the dullard,
than why they have allotted only 22% quota for inclusion in civil service? Why
not 55% quota? If they define madhesi is all those people who live in Madhesh.
The
mentally corrupt people have allotted 22% only counting just the population of
particular cast and communities of Madhesh and madhesi but they file their
application shamelessly even they are beyond the member of 22%, so does not it
an immense cheating? Allotting quota only for 22% and officially allowing now
all 55% people? If they feel they are real product of madhesi father, than they
should fight to increase the quota from 22% to 55%, do they do or have tries
ever? Otherwise it will not fair to claim as madhesi product human even though
they are not! Or they should not hesitate in saying their biological fathers
are madhesi before to get madhesi certificate to the non-madhesi?
Secondly'
they must look at the past, present structure of Nepalese politics,
bureaucracy, defense and PEs and security service etc, where they find more
than 60% representations are from Madhesh (Madhesbasi but not madhesi)
including the 90% former prime ministers after post democracy era of Nepal, so
why state need to consider the non-madhesi defined madhesi to consider under
inclusion process? Yes, they know because these people represented the
non-madhesi cast and communities only, but they just live and migrated to
Madhesh due to fulfill their various vested interest and objectives. It is
rabidity to think that someone governs automatically the same ethnicity and
identified as same local communities, if someone just shifted their home from
one region or ethnicity to another and one country to another.
If
they are correct, can the non-madhesi consider the all Indians people as Nepali
who have been living in Nepal, can they provide full identity as Newar or Bahun
if they have been living in Nepal closer to Bahun or Newar community?.Yes,
answer will be negative, similarly how come the non-madhesi living in Madhesh
can be considered and regarded as a madhesi? The non-madhesi should rethink the
letter and spirit of constitution! Are they sure that non-madhesi living in
Madhesh is the target of inclusion under madhesi quota?
Nowadays,
some of the CDOs are issuing madhesi certification to Non-madhesi, supreme
court is begun to prove non-madhesi as madhesi ignoring the ground reality,
non-madhesi has started to capture madhesi quota that are basically targeted to
madhesi people. State is ignoring to hear the complaint against non-madhesi, non-madhesi
leaders are happy to see the exclusion process of madhesi people in the name of
so called inclusion. But they must know that history may repeat, either they or
their future generation need to pay for the cost of real inclusion, if they
ignore now. Their future generation has to face the war and have to bear the
higher compensation, if justice is denied to madhesi people in current
situation.
There
are several non madhesi people have awarded madhesi certificate strategically
to capture madhesi quota, several other people capturing also Aadibasi-Janjati
quota by non Aadibasi Janjati, just by changing their family name similar to
Aadibasi-Janjati. The complaint against forgery are being filled but found
either ignored or manipulated without justification. The consequences may not
affordable by state and government once it diverted into pathetic conflict, now
many victims believes such growing trained as state sponsored activities, so
state authority and government must be careful and awake to response the impact
of such hegemony.
It
is possible that communal violence expands against such non-madhesi people or
they face attacks by local insurgents or aggressive madhesi community, if they
abuse the identity of Madhesh and madhesi. It is hundred percents clear that
such non-madhesi culprits have to pay high cost if they ignore or undermine or
play with the identity and ethnicity of madhesi people. It is totally
unacceptable for madhesi, so government must pay high attention to address the
issues. Few non madhesi has applied and already appointed under madhesi quota
but state is silent now, but what if the some guy come shamelessly and apply
under women quota dressing himself as a women, does the state allow or remained
silent if complaint lodged against such culprits?
The
state should immediately analyze the situation and declare the list of madhesi
cast and communities by a cabinet decision urgently, otherwise state may face
another war or insurgency if it is not addressed in time. Our government must
know that basic reasons and ground of most of the civil war and insurgency are
either communal and ethic issues or exclusion. So, continuous ignorance and
delayed response the ethnic and communal issue in time cannot be considered as
wise. Therefore, government of Nepal must constitute the high-level taskforce
to investigate the mal-practices and response the distortion and impunity as
quick as possible.
If
the state honestly believes that madhesi should consider under inclusion than
the government must start necessary urgent treatment and handling on the issue
or end the so called inclusion for the madhesi to watch and see the upcoming
responses from the folk of true Madhesh and madhesi. Inclusion is pure an
antithesis of exclusion, so it cannot be dared to push people into more
exclusion in the name of Inclusion process.
Source:
http://newsblaze.com/story/20120103140733abha.nb/topstory.html