Thousands
have come out onto the street to show their disagreement with the guthi bill.
And unless you’ve turned a blind eye to the news, you must have come to know
about it.
Guthis
have been around for a long, period of time. They have continued religious and
cultural traditional practices, organized those practices well and preserved
them well for the coming generations to continue. There are a number of Guthis
all around the valley that have been peacefully operating and going about all
these years. These guthis have their own lands and properties that they conduct
events and festivities in. And that property does not belong to one sole person
or head, it belongs to the concerned guthi; to the community. When things have
been going about this way for so long, why the issue now to the government? Are
the guthis not entitled to the land and property that they own bought on their
respective funds? Are the guthis not entitled to raise a voice against the
injustice to them?
Perhaps
an eye opener to the issue is the water canon used on the protesters at
Maitighar. I wonder where they got all that water from to attack on innocent
protesters when there’s barely water available on the taps at homes to sustain.
Is it finally the Melamchi water that they have been bragging about since the
past oh so many decades? Aah! But that is a whole other matter! Coming back to
the original matter: were the protesters progressing to any kind of violence to
gain attention to their purpose? Of course not. And it was public holiday: mind
it. And what else; this news is not getting the coverage it is supposed to; I wonder
why?
The
passing of the bill will cause a huge impact on the culture and traditional
practices of not only the valley: but the whole nation. Who will take
responsibility then?
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