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Govt’s 20kg Karnali rice scheme ridiculed by CPN-UML students

2016-09-09

The government decision to provide 20kg rice to the family celebrating birth of a new member or mourning loss of a loved one in Karnali region has been ridiculed by the All Nepal National Free Student Union (ANNFSU) in Jumla district. The ANNFSU on Friday submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal through the District Administration Office on Friday, asking him to stop “rice politics” and come up with a long term development plans for Jumla and other districts in the region. The student wing of the main opposition, CPN-UML, also submitted 20kg of locally grown rice to the district administration as a symbolic protest. Lokendra Raj Giri, the ANNFSU district chairman, said the scheme brought by the Dahal government is an insult to the people of Karnali. What Karnali needs is schools, hospitals and road networks, he said. The prime minister’s own party, CPN (Maoist Centre) has also criticised his government’s decision. The government should focus on the overall development of Karnali instead, said Bir Bahadur Kunwar, the Maoist Centre coordinator in Jumla. जन्म र मृत्युमा २० किलो नि:शुल्क चामल उपलब्ध गराउने सरकारको निर्णयको कर्णालीमा विरोध हुन थालेको छ । एमाले निकट अनेरास्ववियू जुम्लाले शुक्रवार जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यालयमार्फत प्रधानमन्त्री पुष्पकमल दाहाललाई २० केजी चामल पठाएका छन् । अनेरास्ववियू जिल्ला अध्यक्ष लोकेन्द्रराज गिरीसहितको टोलीले निमित्त प्रजिअ विष्णुप्रसाद न्यौपानेमार्फत २० किलो चामल प्रधानमन्त्रीलाई पठाएका हुन् । प्रधानमन्त्रीको घोषणाको विरोधमा चालम पठाएपछि गिरीले भने,‘कर्णालीलाई चामल होइन, विकास चाहिएको हो ।’ प्रधानमन्त्री दाहालले बिहीबार संसदमा सम्बोधन गर्दै कर्णालीमा जन्म र मृत्यु संस्कार गर्न प्रति परिवार २० किलो चामल अनुदान दिने घोषणा गरेका थिए । विद्यार्थीले चामलसहित बुझाएको ज्ञापनपत्रमा कर्णालीको विकासको लागि यहाँको स्रोत साधनको परिचालन हुनुपर्ने र शिक्षा, स्वास्थ्य, रोजगारी र यातायातमा ध्यान दिनुपर्ने माग गरिएको छ । विद्यार्थीहरुले प्रधानमन्त्रीलाई कर्णालीमा फल्ने कालीमासी धानको चामल पठाएका हुन् । कालीमाली विश्वकै अग्लो स्थानमा फल्ने धान हो ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Other forms of non-violent protest
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 12
Actor 1 - Affiliations UML and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Other state institutions
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth

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