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Nepal likely to greet political tragedy of unimaginable scale: Deuba

In Maharajgunj of Kapilvastu district while addressing a program, February 19, 2012, former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba also pointed towards approaching political calamity. He is scared in advance.

“Moving continuously from one crisis to the other, there remains the threat of a momentous crisis. We are heading towards a misfortune,” firmly opined Deuba.

The Senior Congress leader who is not taken as a prolific speaker however, stated in a determined manner that Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda of Unified Maoists is to be blamed primarily for the current state of crisis.

“The parties have failed even to unlock their debate over the system of governance because of Dahal for he wants to become President of the republic.”

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The country could once again enter into another phase of violent conflict because of the Maoists; he said and added, the Maoists’ ethnic politics is to be blamed primarily for the current deterioration.

Election is the only option if parties fail to draft the constitution within May 27, 2012, he concluded.

By the way, some three months are left for the “most wanted” demise of the blood sucking CA body.

Nepal actor welcomes home transgender daughter

KATHMANDU - A top Nepali comedy actor told Sunday how he helped his son become one of the country's first post-operative transsexuals and a "perfect lady" with a $26,000 sex change.

Santosh Pant said 18-year-old Caitlin, born as Pratik, was recovering at home in Kathmandu after successful surgery in Thailand last month.

"My son from childhood used to say that his body and soul were not matching each other. He had a male body but he said that his soul was of a female," Pant told AFP.

"He had been asking us for his gender reassignment and we were convinced by his logic. He told us that he would transform into a perfect lady if the transplant was carried out in early age."

There are only thought to be a handful of post-operative transsexuals in Nepal, a deeply conservative, mainly Hindu country that nonetheless has some of the most progressive policies on sexuality issues in Asia.

"He is now 18 and a delay in surgery, according to him, could have made him look ugly. We did not want to see him sink into depression and took him to Thailand last month," said Pant, 51.

The actor, a household name in Nepal who ruled the airwaves for more than 10 years from the mid-1990s with the hugely-popular sit-com "Hijo Aja Ka Kura", said Caitlin plans to travel to the US to study pharmacy.

Caitlin, who had hormone therapy for a year before the operation, was not available for interview.

But her mother Pratbha told the Nepali-language Kantipur daily newspaper: "After the death of our elder daughter in accident, we have always been expecting a daughter in the family.

"When she was in my womb, I prayed for a daughter. My dream has come true after 18 years and I am very happy."

Sunil Pant, Nepal's first openly gay parliamentarian, who runs the Blue Diamond Society pressure group, described gender reassignment as a "new concept" in Nepal.

"Two of our members have undergone reassignment and I have heard there are some others," he said.

"I am very happy for the courage and support demonstrated by the Pant family. I would like to congratulate the new girl for being successful in transferring her personal conviction into a reality." 

Nepal people wish end to politics of violence: NC Prez. Sushil

Octogenarian Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala has said that the Unified Maoists’ Party must face retaliation for their non-compliance to the past agreements.

Ruled by majority elderly leaders and frustrated youth section of cadres led by none other than Gagan Thapa who prefers to remain out of the country much of the time, for Nepali Congress it is almost impossible to win political battle with the presumed erratic Maoists’ party let alone proving to be an equal match, observers have it.

NC is a decaying party.

Had big media not been ‘mysteriously’ friendly to Gagan Thapa, he too would have vanished in the Kathmandu crowd, claim observers.

Sushil also claimed in Burtibang of Baglung Distirct, February 19, 2012, “The general public want immediate end to the politics of violence and bloodshed due to the Maoists instability which is continuing to take newer heights.”

“We have no alternative other than to retaliate since the Maoists have been totally ignoring all the past agreements,” claimed Sushil whose utterances generally vanish in the ethereal medium but yet he goes on speaking.

Nepal government partners add strength to PM Bhattarai: Media

The coalition government partners, Unified Maoists Party and Unified Democratic Madhesi Alliance have agreed to give continuity to the present government led by Baburam and possibly to provide it a national shape as well.

A meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluatar, February 12, 2012 where the leaders representing the Madhesi alliance and the Unified Maoists Party were present. The leaders representing Unified Maoists Party (Bhattarai panel) only participated at the meet.

The chairperson of Madhesi Janadhikar Form (MJF) -Ganatantrik Jayprakash Prasad Gupta who is currently country’s minister for information and communication informed the media after the meeting that the coalition partners have decided to provide continuity to the present government.

“We have closely scrutinized performance of the present government during the meeting and accepted that there is the need for greater coordination between the government partners in order to concentrate the focus on constitution drafting process,”

Present during the meeting were Chairman Pushpa Kamal and party vice chairman Baburam of Unified Maoists and representing the Madhesi alliance were MJF-Loktantrik Chairman Bijaya Gacchedhar, chairperson of Madhesi Janaadhikar Form (MJF) -Ganatantrik Jayprakash Prasad Gupta, Chairperson of Sadvawana Party Rajendra Mahato, Chairman Mahanta Thakur of Tarai Madhesh Loktantrik (TMLP) and Chairman Mahendra Yadav of TMLP-Nepal.