Marwari community wants their representation in interim parliament

Marwari community has also demanded their share in the forthcoming interim parliament, which is to be formed after the promulgation of interim constitution.

Speaking at the national convention of Nepal National Marwari Council, its acting chairman Atma Ram Murarka said that the community, too, has decided to enter into politics and demanded at least two seats for the community in the interim legislature.

Deputy Prime Minister Amik Sherchan, addressing the concluding session of the council, assured the representation of Marwari community in the interim parliament.

Marwari community is a leading business community of the country.

The interim parliament has been proposed to include 330 members – 48 of whom will be nominated to represent various organisations and communities. nepalnews.com sd Jan 06 07

aba dekhyo ta raja birodh garna yini haru kina agadi ayeko hola. aba dekhyo ta jaat anusar ko thau magda bideshi le pani magda raichan bhanera.

mero ghar bata pani euta representative hunu parcha interim parliament bata...

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मारवाडिहरु नेपालि अर्थतन्त्रका धमिराहरु हुन। नेपालमा प्रसाशकहरुलाइ भ्रष्ट बनाउने, कालो बजारिया गर्ने मुख्य बर्गनै यीनीहरु हुन। गोल्छा जस्ता आलसको तेलको ड्रममा स्टिलको पाटा तस्कर गरि ल्याएर सकलि स्टिलको पाटा भारतमा निकाश गरि पैसा कमाउने जस्ता चलाखिनै यिनिहरुको खुबि हो। त्यो बिषालु आलसको तेलले नेपालमा हजारौंलाइ कमलपित्त रोगले सताएको थियो। यस्ता तस्करिहरुलाइ एक एक गरि माला उनेर जेलमा कोच्नु पर्दछ।

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शाहबंसका हिस्सादारि ब्यापारी खेतानले पनि आन्दोलनको समयमा ज्ञानेको पक्ष्यमा राजतन्त्र जोगाउने बक्तब्यपनि निकालेका थिए। अब यस्ता मुलाहरु अब संबिधानसभामा प्रतिनिधि जाने। यी मुला तस्किरीहरुला नख्खुमा कोच्नु पर्दछ।

they all should represent as nepali in praliament, noy as muslim, marwari , kirat and so on. Does any in US seante represent as Muslim, europian american, asian american, african american, scandinavian american or so on?

agrapanthi jui sunnus ta. Nepal lai America sanga tulana nagarnus. America ma American kaslai bhanincha just White lai matra. Aru lai ki ta native american, african american n so on. Nepal is not a country of immigrants. Marwaris can be nepali by getting a citizenship but cant be a gorkhey. Nepali parliament ma indian lai kasari rakhne. India ko parliament ma nepali ko ko cha. Nepali bhanyo ki udaidihalcha politics le..hami chai kina consider garne. Marwari haru le gareko kura chai kina birsine. saiyaun nepali haru lai thagera 2 numbari dhanda garne ahile chance ma dance. haha first nepali lai secular state nai banaunu hunna raicha natra dhamira le khane raicha. bottom line nepali parliament ko kura chodum sathi yedi tyyo time nai ayo bhane ma pani jungle chirchu america bata farkera. desh le ragat magey mero bali chadaunu bhane jastai. kasari jogine natra dui dhunga bich ko tarul le. socially boycott garnu parcha yesta haru lai. ek side ma nepali ko pasal cha arko ma marwari ko pasal cha bhane, baru saman na paos nepaliko pasal ma kehi dinn wait garumla tara marwari ko bata nakinne. ghar ma bhada nadine, jagga nabechne, kam ma narakhne. madhishey le magnu bhanda badhi right ta hamro darjeeling lai gorkha land banaunu parcha. Nepali kaile gayera india ko minister huna paucha new delhi ma? yeha ta bistarai bistarai khutta techna agadi badhdaichan. hahahahahahahahahaha kunai dinn aula nepal ko primeminister ko ho bhanda "matrika yadav, shrivastav, agarwal, etc" nepali le napaula seat. thaha cha i m sounding like a red neck nepali but see there is a point..hamilai suhaucha coz nepal isnt america. to save our country we have to do it. extremist bhayena bhane lagihalcha ni yaar.
kasailai chitta bujhena bhane maff paun tara yedi tapai chokho nepali ragat ho bhane tapai haru le pani yedi nai soachnuhuncha.
pahada ko choro
BAHUN KO CHORO

yedi ***yehi

bahunketo,
what a point yar. there should be person like you to preserve the soveringnity of our country. madwari lay chance payo bhane prime minister haina shree 3 maharaj padkauchan. be strong guys. there are things to be liberal but not this. we are not america which contorl whole world but a small country whose soverignity is very fragile
jayamatadi

Captain Haddock wrote:
>This delay can prove to be detrimental to the credibility of democracy..

Captain,

I wouldn't say detrimental to the "credibility of democracy". I mean our democracy as it stands now is "under construction". So, theoretically at least, it's too early to question it.

However, the delay is already proving detrimental to the situation of "law and order" and "ethics of professional groups". After Jana-andolan, we were supposed to have an all powerful government and an improved situation of law and order and some kind of patience and co-operation from the professional groups to the government accordingly. What we see is the opposite and for a very understandable reason.

The legitimacy of the government of SPA is incomplete without support/participation of the Maoists. It is this semi-legitimacy that has compromised the authority of the government. This hopefully will change once the Maoists join the government.

However, coming days won't be easy. Koirala and Prachanda have two different resolve for Nepal and Prachanda now will have both the government and the PLA (cantonment hardly matters) to bargain with.

Nepe

Just sharing a quick rumination on the delayed peace process.

This definitely is due primarily to Koirala's naivety that he can have his cake and eat it too (keep monarchy and disarm the Maoists too). However, I also wonder about our collective contribution. Some months ago, I had talked about what I would like to describe as "destination-phobia".

Here was my explanation:

".. हाम्रो मुलुकको लोकतन्त्रको गन्तव्यमा पुग्ने यात्रा अथवा संघर्ष यति लामो भयो कि हामीले यात्रालाई नै जीवन ठान्न पुग्ने अभ्यस्तता प्राप्त गरेका थियौं शायद । गन्तव्य त हाम्रो लागि सधैं भोलीको, अनेक शिविरहरुपछि पुगिने, आकार पनि राम्रोसित ठम्याउन नसकिने टाढाको वस्तु रह्यो ।

अचानक गन्तव्य सजीव, सशरीर हाम्रो सामु उभियो भने हामी कस्तो अनुभव गर्दा हौं ?

हामी nervous हुन्छौं होला, हामी निसासिन्छौं होला, किंकर्तव्यविमुढ हुन्छौं होला । हामीलाई यो अपरिचित गन्तव्य भन्दा आफ्नै चीरपरिचित यात्रा नै सहज र ईच्छित लाग्दो हो ।

भारतका स्वर्गिय कवि Khumar Barabanvi को प्रस्तुत गर्न लागिएको शेरले एउटा यस्तै क्षणलाई कैद गरेको छ ।

मेरो पथप्रदर्शक लौन मलाई दिग्भ्रमित बनाईदेउ
म सुन्दैछु मेरो गन्तव्य म नजिक नजिक आउदैछ रे

मेरे राहवर मुझको गुमराह कर दे
सुना है कि मन्जिल करीब आ रही है

- http://www.dkhadka.com/home/04_Khumar_051406.htm

I wonder if our collective destination-phobia is contributing to all kinds of delay we are seeing.

Nepe

thank u jayamatadi bro tetti mitho sabda haru prayog gareko ma.
k garnu jayamatadi jiu ghochai sidhai mutu mai lagdo rahecha afno desh ma yesto aanyol samasya ayema.
BAHUN KO CHORO

To say that the Marwaris (read: so-called Indians) will
end up controlling the rest of us in Nepal, if given even
a slightest chance, is to have zero confidence and no
faith in our own abilities to do business and thrive in Nepal and beyond.

Sure, there are "bad" Marwaris, just as there are, well, "bad" bahuns or "bad" Chettris or "bad" Newars (however one defines "bad") everywhere.

But so what?

The good exists with the bad everywhere, and that's human nature.

Just because Nepali jails are -- intriguingly -- filled with janajati men and women does NOT mean that therefore all janjatis are criminals, some Marwaris' "crimes" here and there do NOT mean that therefore ALL Marwaris are to
be avoided in the process of today's nation-building work.

If anything, based on my experience in Nepal and with both Nepali and Marwari businesspeople in Nepal and elsewhere,
I dare say that more and more Nepalis need to learn from the Marwaris:

a) the virtues of being hardworking,
b) being savvy about running profitable businesses in a focussed manner,
c) employing Nepali professionals and workers,
d) being thrifty and frugal in one's daily life,
e) being community-oriented,
f) looking out for the welfare of the poorest sections of one's community, and so on and on.

Let's not forget that some of the world's savviest business people -- the Europe-based Indian steel tycoon Mr. Mittal included -- are Marwaris.

That said, we all know that the present-day Nepali state is made up of many 'nations': bahuns, chettris, newars, rais, gurungs, marwaris, raute, tharus sherpas and so on and on. This is our reality.

Better to use the strengths of each Nepal-based ethnic group in times ahead than to engage in some paranoia-filled divide-and-rule politics.

Personally, I am impressed with some Marwari youths who hold Nepali citizenships that I meet in Nepal.

They are well-educated, well-travelled, well spoken, smart, getting into new lines of businesses which demand for transparency and better accounting rules to attract investments, and, most of all, can laugh at themselves
for being, well "maday" in Nepal.

My INFORMAL advice to my younger brothers once: Hang out with the smartest kids in your class, for you'll learn more from them than from the teachers.

Likewise, my INFORMAL advice to younger Nepali businesspeople: Hang out with smartest Marwaris that you can find in Nepal, for for you'll learn more from them than from your MBA courses.

oohi
ashu

Well said, Ashu. I too am all for fair and proper representation of all people.

If Madwari Nepalis are denied representation today, for one nefarious reason or the other, who will they deny representation to tomorrow? Sherpas? Kaami-Damai-Podeys? Chamaars? Tharus? Tamangs? Rais? Limbus? Bhutias? <> NBCs (Newar Bahun Chettri)? Heck NO!!!

I want my Nepal to be the model of democracy where all its people are equal and deservedly get full protection and representation (and taxation, I might add).

If you are a citizen then you have all the rights, privileges and obligations of the citizenship, period. Your race, sex, religion, ethnicity should not be an issue here. If you disagree with this basic tenet of citizenship, you are stupid ignorant jackass with wannabe KKK redneck tendencies.

Yeah you heard me.

If you disagree with this basic tenet of citizenship, you are stupid ignorant jackass with wannabe KKK redneck tendencies.

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just imagine marwari as our PM or president
Laddu pedas, minimum weight 200 pounds, moto for life all for money money for your self, National food Began tikka and Ghee, His majesty marwari government, marwari road, and plenty more..............they are not even one of us .........history tells us engish took india in same fashion........Having studied in india i know their mentality towards nepal and on us...........There may be exceptions but exceptions cannot be example. Business on one side and politics on other. Let them be the blood not the brain of our country PEACE

" Better to use the strengths of each Nepal-based ethnic group in times ahead than to engage in some paranoia-filled divide-and-rule politics. "

Ashu - My thoughts exactly! I am sometimes amazed at the looser mindset some of us bring to Sajha - we just seem to relish being victims no matter what the issue.

Good to see you around on Sajha. I read your blog on reading Nepali literature and your article in the Nepali times "Loving the Neighbors". Great write-ups - both of them - there is a lot of food for thought and call for action in both those articles.

:)

"better to use the strenghts of each Nepal-based ethenic group in times ahead than to engage in some paranoia-filled devide -and -rule politics." Well said Ashuji and Captain Haddock it is quite frustrating to see you play a dahi chiure role at times. I support the Marwadi's too and they do deserve a place in the government after all they are an integral part of how our country runs." We were always united as char jaat chatish barna eutai fulbari," before and now we are seeing that every jan jati wants their own identity, why is that so???? the present situation is already deviding the nation, don't play it innocent you know very well and this problem will widen more and gets worse. You all should realise that our country is not ready for such a big change as the saying goes "cut your coat according to the cloth" or "ghati herera haddi nilnu"i We are still not ready to do away with the king like it or not and definitely not in exchange for Maoists have some compasssion for your own country. jai Nepal!!!

Dimple - Obviously you and I approach the issue of the monarchy from two very different angles. To one of your points, I think we are ready for a republic. I don't know if you want to start a discussion here on the pros and cons of this but there have been plenty of other thread on this subject including some on which I have commented and most of arguments of both sides have been covered in those threads.

As for ethnic aspirations, when will we be ready for it, if not now? Kathmandu's power elites have for too long marginalized those who do not look like them or talk like them or think like them. We are living in historic times and Nepal is undergoing a major restructuring of state of society. Giving room for ethnic ambitions does not necessarily mean losing your national identity - on the contrary, it means changing it, and beginning to think about nationalism in more inclusive way than what some of us are used to.

O.K Madddog, read a lot about the news.But realize that there is a serious problem with monarchy.He United Nepal, definitely YES. But talk about the rulers after Prithvi Narayan Shah, did anyone do any good. And in this 21st century to put a tyrrant monarch and a mad prince, I guess only a hardcore royalist like you will support. What if the monarchy is included in fuelling those riots like in Nepalganj? already his henchmans in the Name of Biswa hindu or something had done same thing in birgunj.

I come from Nepal and am equally proud if not more than you of being a nepali.

bahunketo jee,
dhanna namannos. hami hindu rastra lie jogauchau. tapain hamii jasta 2-4 saput milera kalam chalau. ani herdai janus.k k huncha.nepal matadi lie akhanda bhumi ko rup dilauchau.
jayamatadi

Everyone who claims to be a Nepali should be proud to be one irrespective of the fact whether they are bahun, chhetri, Newaar, gurung, tamang or magar etc. etc. We should consider ourselves worthy nepalese only when we can accept everyone living in Nepal as fellow citizens regardless of their caste and creed. It is their deeds that makes them worthy or otherwise not their caste. comeon people we shouldn't forget our roots and if we do so we will collapse just like a big tree would fall if the roots were pulled out likewise the king is also our roots and without him Nepal will fall in the hands of a herd of hyena's hungry to gobble what remains. The Jungle is better off with the Lion as a king so is Nepal betteroff with Gynendra as the leader. I really don't trust the present set of so called leaders to lead nepal. This is how i feel as a loyal Nepali humble in all ways. I support maddogg too!!

"The Jungle is better off with the Lion as a king so is Nepal better off with Gynendra as the leader."

Dimple -

Would you be offended if I said wake up and smell the coffee! In case you didn't notice, he almost lost his throne, had it not been for that "hyena" you might call Girija Prasad Koirala who, for reason's Nepe and others are unlikely to forgive, delayed the inevitable and saved him his crown for the moment.

Many royalists have accepted the new reality in Nepal, and have their feet closer to the ground on the future role of monarchy. I think expectations like the one you expressed is what got the Monarchy into the deep trouble that it is in now and will only sink it deeper if King Gyanedra seeks to fulfill them.