Monarchy battle at Nepal's parliament

Times of India on its website writes about the Latest status of Monarchy in Nepal

 

After fighting from the jungles for 10 years, Nepal's Maoists have finally taken the battle against king Gyanendra to parliament, with prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Tuesday agreeing to call a special session of the house and ask legislators to decide the once all-powerful monarch's fate.

Nepal's new constitution allows parliament to make the momentous decision if it thinks the king is trying to block the constituent assembly election that is supposed to seal the fate of his 238-year-old dynasty. If two-third of the MPs vote to abolish monarchy, Nepal's royal family would become a page in history.

Three days after the Maoists rustled up more than the number of legislators' signatures needed to demand a special house session, Koirala began consultations with the speaker, Subhash Chandra Nembang, to decide on the correct course of action. While both agreed that a special session would have to be called, the date was not named immediately since many of the sitting MPs are at present in their constituencies, having started campaigning or the 22 November election.

Maoists Loot Poll Awareness Materials in Nuwakot

Maoist cadres looted election awareness and publicity materials from a workshop held by Conclave for Support for Constiuent Assembly, Women's Law and Development Forum and Bal Balika & Mahil Uddhar Samuh jointly in Kalikasthan of Rasuwa district on Monday.
Workshop coordinator Basant Bahadur Basnet told this daily that the workshop was being held in Kalika Himalaya higher secondary school when Maoist cadres led by Maoist district committee member Prem Tamang and Young Communist League district secretary Nakul barged into the classroom at 5 pm, snatched up all the teaching materials and walked away with these.
The particpants in the workshop were undergoing a mock voting exercise when the Maoists came and looted all the material, said Basnet. He added that they looted 5,000 sample ballot papers, 5,000 information booklets, 100 calendars, 20 swastika symbol stamps, all the stationery, handbills, posters and banners.
Maoist Rasuwa district incharge Anil Sharma (Birahi) admitted that Maoist cadres looted the poll awareness materials, and said that the organisers were spreading propaganda against the Maoists.
He said that the materials would be returned if the organisers agree not speak against the Maoists. Workshop coordinator Basnet denied that there was any anti-Maoist propaganda in the workshop.