Eastern Nepal Burning Under Terrorism

By Diran Prasai

Terrorism has been rising in Nepal. Its rise in the Eastern part is shocking and alarming. The government does not care about the lives of the people. In the absence of security, the people have no option than to flee the villages and the cities. Thousands of Nepalese are sheltering in the adjoining parts of India and other countries. Nepal's Eastern part now has dozens of terrorists outfits.

The Maoists which rampaged in the past still continue to act like terrorists. After rejecting the government they are protesting in the street against the president's action, all over the country. They are showing their real face to the public by torturing people, setting fire to public property and personal property. Everybody is scared of them and worried about their future in their motherland.

The maoists participated in the Constituent Assembly elections and formed the government but they did not make any changes in their behavior. From their past activities lots of group are now forming and following the maoists' principles to come to power by extortion, kidnapping and killing day by day.

The leaders of the Maoists are themselves engaged in extortion. They are forced by their commanders to do these illegal acts. The middle-level Maoists are acting as revenue collectors who in turn have to handover a big portion of the extorted money to the commanders. This is how the extortion is becoming a part of life in the Maoists party.

The Maoist culture has also been copied by the Terai (plain land) organizations. The Terai Mukti Morcha, The Terai Tiger, The Terai Virus Killers, The Madhes Jana Jagaran and a few others. All these terror networks are scattered around the country. There are also some organizations like Kirat Mukti Morcha and Tharu Sangram that demand an independent nation within our small nation, Nepal. Each and every organization resorts to violence at the smallest of disagreements. There is every possibility that an opponent is inhumanely killed and many people already lost their lives over the past decade.

The fight for power between and within the parties neglects the security of the people. The people have experiencing no government since the Maoists themselves formed the Government in the center through the rigging of the Constituent Assembly elections.

The unchanged behavior of the Maoists made people think of their safety on their own and the best option remaining for them is to flee their homes. Due to the violence in the Eastern part of Nepal, up to fifty thousand people have already left their homes.

The ever growing numbers of terrorist outfits will make more people flee in the near future. No one wants to lose their life. No one wants to hand over their hard earned money to the terrorists just because they ask for it. Thus, the only thing remaining is to leave the home where you have grown up, where you have your beautiful past and where you have dreamt of having a beautiful life for the rest of your life.

The tragedies of the Nepalese people are immense. The people in the Eastern part of Nepal are living under such human tragedies. No one is there to listen to their pains.