Feudal forces consolidated by status-quoist forces of Nepal have indulged in anti-change strategies for long. The Nepalis toppled the direct royal regime through a 19-day blockbuster mass movement in April 2006. The Maoist insurgents, who were involved in the decade-long armed insurgency against the existing feudal monarchy in the country, took the lead in the peaceful movement. Excited by this peaceful move of the insurgents, millions of people spontaneously took out to the streets and supported the Maoist insurgents for the attainment of republican system in Nepal. The status-quoist forces of Nepal were appalled by the people’s uncompromising stand for the establishment of the republican Nepal.
As the Nepalis continuously defied the 19-day military curfews and firmly stood against any form of monarchy, the status-quoist forces within the movement leadership framework did make a secret understanding with the monarchy at the advice of New Delhi and the US Administration. The dissolved House of Representatives was reinstituted in order to provide longevity to the dying monarchy.
After the House was restored, the status-quoist forces did everything to maintain monarchy; however, they were compelled by people to make some pro-public declarations as well.
In the meantime, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sent its leaders to Kathmandu to instigate Nepal’s communal parties to exercise towards reviving monarchy. A visionless group called Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) suddenly emerged violently. Overnight thousands of professional and trained mercenaries from India were used against the Nepali communities. The Terai people were frightened. The MJF was not heard before. It wildly massacred 29 civilians in Gaur in 2007. The status-quoist parties of Nepal were very happy because the killed ones were the party supporters and workers of the former insurgents. And the killers were free from any legal interrogations and actions. Because of impunity, they continued their communalist politics more vigorously.
Today, more than 50 percent of Nepal’s Terai region (Indo-Nepal border) has been affected by the imported communal violence and decent politics is tolerated there. Only one-sided communal politics has been allowed there by communal leaderships. Thus, with zero political visions, the communal forces aided by Indian communal forces have been endangering Nepal’s democracy. Especially, the MJF, aided by external forces as a contra force, has been playing a counterrevolutionary role at present. And many independent scholars of the Terai region have been demanding that this force be de-communalized and revolutionalized for the overall transformation of the suffering masses in the Terai region.
The Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP), one of Nepal’s conservative parties, with rapport with the BJP, has been active to restore the feudal monarchy.
There are some others trying to move to and fro, with a vacillating idea. Should such rightist, feudal and communal forces rise again, the Nepalis will have to take a harsh step for the final settlement of their national political crisis.