In pursuit of recognition: regionalism, Madhesi identity and the Madhes Andolan
Routledge, 2012
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The People’s Movement of April 2006 and the events that followed in its wake are likely to be recognized as watershed events in Nepal’s political history. Not only was King Gyanendra forced to abdicate executive power and hand the nation’s sovereignty back to the people, the country also saw an end to the decade-long Maoist conflict. But despite the high expectations and optimism engendered by these developments, the unlikelihood of any major transformation in the socio-political environment soon became clear when the political parties did all they could to wean the Maoists away from violence but shied away from addressing the concerns of Nepal’s marginalized groups who had been equal partners in the movement for the restoration of democracy. Matters came to a head, literally, on 16 January 2007, when the MadhesiJanaadhikar Forum (MJF), translated into English as theMadhesi People’s Rights Forum (MPRF), led protests in Nepal’s southern belt, particularly the Central and Eastern Tarai, against the Interim Constitution promulgated a day earlier for not addressing questions of federalism and realignment of electoral constituencies. This was the beginning of the Madhes Andolan, or the Madhesi Movement, which lasted for 21 days,1 during which 30 people were killed and some 800 woundedwhile government offices and private property were widely vandalized.2
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In pursuit of recognition: regionalism, Madhesi identity and the Madhes Andolan
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Sijapati, Bandita |
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Veröffentlichung: | Routledge, 2012 |
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DOI: | 10.4324/9780203118269-16 |
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