Published: March 13, 2010
Within Nepalese Nationality: The Communist Anarchism?
By Dirgha Raj Prasai
There is no uniformity on who are communists and how they rose up in different countries around the world. In Russia, the communists arose because of poverty and not of nationalism. In China, communism started because of poverty as well as a threat to nationalism.
In Nepal, the rise of communists is not due to poverty but because of nationalism. When the communists stood up against India in 1951, the communist party was banned and the ban was lifted five years later by King Mahendra. But the Nepalese communists that used to oppose and criticize India have become servile to India and have become their agents.
The tug-of-war on dogmatism among international communists and due to useless conflict and in-fighting has wekened Nepalese nationalism. In addition, Nepalese communists are confused. Some are in parliamentary politics, some support a communist dictatorship and some think being communist means they can kill, resort to violence and loot and seize the property of others.
A study of the history of communism and communists tells us they are still obsessed with murder, violence and revenge. But there is no situation now for the communists to cast their influence through violence, intimidation and destruction.
A political museum near Phnom Penh in Cambodia contains human skills and the inscription says 3,314,768 people were killed by the Khmer Rouge of Pol Pot from April 1975 to January 1979 in the name of strengthening the communists. Similarly, more than a million were killed in Russia in two years from 1918 to 1920 to create a classless society. In addition, 3.5 million more were killed by the communists led by Stalin from 1934-1939 in the former Soviet Union in the name of communization of property.
Even those who contributed to establishing the communist regime were killed if they differed with Stalin. Stalin died when the rampage of killing and terror was at its peak in 1953. After Stalin, Khrushchev came to power and he exhumed the body of Stalin and it was dragged across the street to portray Stalin as a traitor to the Soviet Union.
In the same way, millions of Chinese were killed from 1949 to 1965 in the name of consolidating communism and communist rule in China. Now, China has reformed the communist ideology and its regime and is trying to take human freedom and discipline together. Chine gets international recognition for this.
Nepal is a country sandwiched between China and India. Because of its geo-political situation, Nepal's sovereignty has always been very sensitive. Nepal has no threat from China in the north as it has always remained in favor of Nepal's sovereignty and independence.
China does not support any kind of outside interference in Nepal. But Nepal has always been in awe of India's interference and plots. As diplomat Keshar Bahadur KC and Congress leader BP's son Prakash Koirala say, if it was not for China, Nepal would have lost its independence. For Nepal, its successful foreign policy is to maintain a balance between China and India. But the Indian side never thinks this way.
The fundamental of Nepalese unity is the monarchy, being a Hindu Kingdom and with Nepali as its national language. The Kings of Nepal and Nepalese nationalists have not allowed it to be disrupted. Now, it is time for the nationalist and progressive forces to come together to save this country from corruption and foreign interference. They should come up with plans and programs that would improve the economic and social conditions of the regions and the people that are poor and undeveloped.
Four years ago, Maoist Chairman Prachanda said that there should be a new kind of unity between the Maoists and the nationalists who support the monarchy. He also said there are nationalists around the king who love this country very much. May be power brokers on behalf of foreigners and those who are for foreign intervention oppose this idea but this is a welcome and positive statement from the Maoist leader.
This is a way to safeguard this country from Indian intervention and clutches. This, however, is possible only in an arrangement in which the king and the political parties work together. But the Maoists are not clear in their thinking. It is now all the more clear that this country cannot protect its sovereignty without the monarchy. Now, when the King has been totally misused and ignored, the Terai witnessed such a spate of violence and anarchy that never happened before, can this country remain one if there is no king?
What the Communists should understand is that had the Ranas, during their 104-year-long rule not maintained the monarchy even if in the form of a figurehead, the existence of Nepal would have finished. But Krishna Sitoula ( the most culprit & nonsense person, devotee of Girija Prasad - leader of Nepali Congress), who has been accused by his own Nepali Congress party as a RAW agent, and a traitor, says that monarchists can never become nationalists.
Our question to the traitor - Sitoula and other hangers-on like him is - are only those who are agents of RAW nationalists?
In Nepal, the monarchy and the Royal institution is taken as a reserve and protective force and the present situation of total chaos, disorder and anarchy can only be brought to an end if the communists and the nationalists of all parties accept the monarchy. Retaining the Hindu Kingdom and ethnic diversity under the umbrella of Nepali language and joining hands with the monarch and the monarchists can resolve many issues.
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