Say ‘no’ to Federalism

By Rudra Pangeni
Here is an interview taken to Mr Krishna Adhikari, the central member of Rastriya Janamorcha Party. It is the party who has called Nepal closure and the strike with few demands and issues. Their major demand is: to say no to federal structure on which all others agree. To end up the feudalistic central ruling system and take up the local self-government with democratic decentralization based on unitary state mechanism, cancellation of the treaty 1950 to stop encroachment to the boarder, for strengthen the republic etc. Their agendas must have been made a topic of discussion in a round table to take confidence of this party although this party does not have any significant representation in the party. It is high time to get consensus from this party because this government standing for day to day administration and restructuring role as well as the constructive stand for facilitating in writing constitution.
Rudra : Are Nepalese taking your Banda without trouble and crippling? Is it the responsible party making up a stone to the wholeness of Banda which has become a common happening nowadays?
Krishna Adhikari: We cannot disagree. It costs the normal day life of the people. Our band is not called just abruptly. We have been raising our voice against federal structure of the state. We have discussed with intellectual groups. The alarming happening, the authenticating the federal structure will be leading to further division as per as many tiny states with self decision and finally demanding the federal state as per the caste system. There is room for making the nation disintegrated.
Rudra: Why to go with socially accepted wrong methods with such a genuine national issues. The issues have the seriousness but the Banda molests it. What do you say here?
Krishna Adhikari : It is problematic to the citizens. But the government does not pay attention to our issues. Our issues have been recklessly kept aside by constituent assembly. We are obliged to bear the panic as a pregnant woman has to come across with the sorrows for a good baby. That’s why the sorrows the future we see guides us towards integrity of Nepal and her citizens.
Rudra: why you are alone in this issue since all have already decided on it?
Krishna Adhikari : By politically, geographically, economically the caste based federalism is alarming. How can the government sustain or pay to the large number of Member of Parliament. By federalism all the tiny states will have self decisions and power. The unevenly distributed natural resources and opportunities.
Rudra: Is that model being practiced anywhere in the world?
Krishna Adhikari: There are many nations who have failed due to federal structure. Some are successful in federal but their need to be in federal structure is different. Few nations have taken it to join or integrate one another, the countries having colonial experience followed this, and the largest size of the big nation required the federalism. There is no such background for federal structure in Nepal, the caste identity and self decisive power pushes the nation towards the separation.
Rudra: To cancel is the issue your party has put forward. Premier Prachand has recently finished his India visit. Is he successful in this matter, which was also at the top list of your agendas?
Krishna Adhikari: No it cannot be said successful. Maoist does not have the self-confidence in its existence. They are not unlike the previous rulers.
Rudra: What do people expect from your party?
Krishna Adhikari: Our party is the mother party of communist ideology. Even Maoists and other parties is the product of our party.
Rudra: Aren’t you afraid of people who may disobey the banda?
Krishna Adhikari: we are sure that the people support us. They know the important of our issue in this time.