FSF Chairman Upendra Yadav has threatened that the country would witness an unexpected situation if the ruling parties imposed the Constitution without further amendment and has demanded to provide suitable compensation to the families not included in the country’s martyrs’ list, but who had contributed to the Madhes movement.

All Nepalese have contributed to the Madhes movement by suffering a lot due to the scarcity of essential supplies, and I am glad that Yadav has demanded compensation from the government to every Nepalese family.

Yadav’s threat is irrelevant and meaningless because an unexpected situation has existed for a long time now.

Kul Ratna Bajracharya, Kathmandu

Good start

“I will execute the land use policy at the earliest as I had approved the policy on the day I assumed the post’, says the incoming Minister for Land Reform (Land use policy to be implemented: Pandey, THT, Page 5, Aug 18).

It is high time that the youth minister strictly implemented the policy as it might help in conserving isolated pockets of pristine leftover paddy fields at the outskirts of the Newar Valley such as at Sankhu (THT Photo, Page 1, Aug 17).

Needless to say, the minister’s noble initiative will run foul of the land plotters’ vision of turning all remaining greenery into grey dusty wastelands.

The minister should, however, defy all odds and implement his vision at any cost in the larger interest of environment, culture, aesthetic and the health of the people.

Manohar Shrestha, Kathmandu

Support role

Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bimalendra Nidhi, in his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi recently, is reported to have sought India’s supportive role in implementing the Constitution of Nepal while stating that Nepal attached high importance to its relations with India.

Whether India plays a supportive role or not, it would be of prime importance to get the supportive role of all of the marginalized ethnic communities of Nepal.

Prior to seeking the supportive role of India, the writers of the constitution should have sought supportive roles of all communities instead of the promulgation of the constitution in a hurry.

I doubt that a supportive role by the marginalized communities would be possible if the intent of the constitution is to continue the marginalization of the marginalized.

The best chance to get the supportive role of the marginalized communities would be the urgent representation of them in the organs of the state by incorporating with full rigidity in the constitution.

Rigid proportionate representation of all of the 130 ethnic communities at the organs of the state by aiming at a U-turn from federalism in the future might be the best road map to exit from the long unsolved period of political transition.

Pragya Ananda, Kathmandu