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Since the Delhi Agreement between seven parliamentary parties and the insurgent CPN (Maoist) of 22 November 2005, the people of Nepal have been waiting in vain for the promised realisation of an inclusive democratic system. Although the then putsching monarchy was abolished and a constitution was passed in 2015 after long power struggles between the political parties, even this was the sole work of the exclusively male leaders of the three major parties, predominantly male Bahuns. The appropriate participation of all social groups, as provided for in the interim constitution of January 2007, did not take place. In this respect, the constitution of 2015 even represented in part a step backwards compared to the interim constitution.
Thus, apart from the abolition of the monarchy, not much has changed since the 1990 system. Numerous fundamental human rights continue to be disregarded. There is no inclusion of all social groups. All power and the majority of all state functions are still in the hands of male Tagadharis, especially male Bahuns. The latter make up only 6 percent of the population, but the identification of the state and its society and culture, in short the nationalist image of the state of Nepal, is still based on the culture and partly narrow-minded, anarchic, patriarchal and socially discriminating view and thinking of this small minority. Under the Oli government this trend has even intensified. As long as this state of affairs continues and the failed generation of political leaders of all parties is replaced by a younger generation that is inclusive, open-minded, receptive and not exclusively oriented towards personal power interests, there will be no end to the crisis situation.

Timetable:

5456 days since Delhi agreement of political parties
5304 days since King Gyanendra was forced to end his putsch
5092 days since Comprehensive Peace Agreement; government, leading party politicians, former Maoists and army leaders still prevent conclusion of the peace process
5037 days since promulgation of the Interim Constitution
4587 days since elections to CA-I
3956 days since CA-I committees presented suggestions for the new constitution (discussion in CA prevented by leading politicians)
3195 days since SRC presented suggestions for the federal structure (majority suggestion rejected by Nepali Congress)
3078 days since dissolution of CA-I
2537 days since elections to CA-II
2108 days since promised Constitution by CA-II failed
1971 days since non-inclusive deal by male Tagadhari leaders of the three big parties
1867 days since promulgation of non-inclusive and so far still not really implemented constitution through illegal procedure (text of constitution)
1741 days since unilateral and non-inclusive first amendment of the new constitution
1013 days since the federal system should have been implemented; still missing: laws, infrastructure, fiscal regulations, staff, naming of states and capitals, etc.
0988 days since KP Oli became PM: most of the necessary working processes not really completed, yet; instead, growing violation of fundamental rights, federal chaos, unabated nepotism, corruptionand power struggles
0311 days since the Samajbadi Party Nepal left the coalition government after PM Oli refused any discussion to make the constitution more inclusive though this promise had been decisive for cooperation

Links to articles: Documents and websites:

30/10/2020: Somehow, federalism rightly flagged up : There is no convincing reason for the government to take so many irrational decisions, by Achyut Wagle (kp), No risk communication strategy yet as Covid-19 infections and death toll soar, by Arjun Poudel (kp), Window on the future : Prevention is the only cure for coronavirus this winter in Nepal (nt), Impoverished families in Udayapur have no access to Covid-19 testing : Poor people with Covid-19-like symptoms forced to stay home as they can’t pay for expensive tests, by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp), Covid-19 and the new Great Game : Nepal has to tread carefully in a bipolar world in which its northern and southern neighbours are on opposite sides (nt), Local government moves Musahar families to homes without basic amenities : Kankai Municipality has built 14 houses without road connectivity, electricity and water supply, by Parbat Portel (kp), Large number of people from Sudurpaschim Province are leaving for India for jobs after Dashain festival, by Mohan Budhaair (kp), Correcting the course : We must build our opportunities but not at the cost of the environment and people (kp), Naravane visit a positive step to repair ties but has little to do with boundary dispute, experts say : Indian Army chief is arriving in Kathmandu next week amid frosty relations between Nepal and India and on the heels of the controversy over the trip of a top Delhi spy last week, by Anil Giri (kp), Rumors of political change intensify in Nepal after RAW chief’s visit : "Is Nepal vanishing from the global/regional strategic radar?" asks Dr Bhattarai as Pompeo visits the Maldives, but not Nepal, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Double whammy: air pollution and Covid-19 : Winter air pollution will complicate the struggle to manage the pandemic in India and Nepal, by Sonia Awale (nt), बुहारी : लैंगिक विभेदको जीवन्त तस्बिर , by Ghambar Nepali (np), संसदीय व्यवस्था, जनवादी केन्द्रीयता र सामूहिक नेतृत्व : केन्द्रीकृत वा जनवादी केन्द्रीयता वा सामूहिक नेतृत्वबाट राजनीतिक दलहरू सञ्चालन हुँदासम्म लोकतन्त्रले गति लिन सक्दैन । संविधानले दिएको व्यवस्था भनेको संसदीय प्रणाली हो, यससँग बेमेल अभ्यासहरूलाई क्रमश: छोड्दै जानु नै युक्तिसंगत बाटो हो, by Krishna Hachhethu (ka)

29/10/2020: Goel came last week. Questions remain if Delhi has handed its Nepal policy to spiesIndia’s intelligence chief visited Kathmandu as Modi’s envoy, leaders close to Oli say. What analysts find missing about the trip is envoys’ visits are announced beforehand, by Anil Giri (kp), Covid cases expected to surge in villages in next two weeks : Experts urge authorities to prepare district hospitals as they expect Dashain returnees to transmit the virus, by Arjun Poudel (kp), Virus in the villages : Dashain has been a low-key affair this year. But it might have helped spread the coronavirus (kp), Constitutional Agenda For Youth Mobilisation, by Mukti Rijal (rn), Himalayas poised for a series of big earthquakes: Study (kh),
see also news programmes of Kantipur TV : morning (English), evening (Nepali)

28/10/2020: Biplav warns of action against those creating business out of pandemic (kh),
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27/10/2020: see news programmes of Kantipur TV : morning (English), evening (Nepali)

26/10/2020: see news programmes of Kantipur TV : morning (English), evening (Nepali)

25/10/2020: see news programmes of Kantipur TV : morning (English), evening (Nepali)

24/10/2020: Politics Without Frontiers, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn), Nepal : Justice stalled for conflict victims. Amnesty International submission for the UN universal periodic review, 37th session of the UPR working group, January 2021 (Amnesty International)
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