POLITICAL EVENTS OF 2017 TO 2036 BS
After the incident of 1st
paush 2017 BS, king mahendra formed a council of ministers under his
chairmanship. On 22nd paush 2017 BS, he declared the panchayat
system. He formed the panchayat minister. Under this ministry, panchayat
direction department and panchayat development department were established to
strengthen the panchayat system. The country was divided into 14 zones and 75
districts. To legalize the partyless panchayat system, he proclaimed the
constitution of Nepal 2019 on 1st paush 2019 BS.
Janakpur Incident :
In 2018 BS, Durgananda jha threw a bomb at the vehicle in which king mahendra
was travelling. This incident is called the Janakpur incident. For the
involvement in this incident, durgananda jha, arbinda kumar thakur and dalsingh
Thapa were announced the capital punishment. On 25th magh 2020 BS,
durgananda jha was executed whereas remaining two were sentenced to life
imprisonment.
The first amendment of
the constitution of 2019 as made in 2023 BS. A new programme was implemented by
king mahendra called "back to village national campaign" in 2024 BS.
King mahendra died in 2028 BS.
Jhapa Revolt :
some youth who were motivated by the communist ideology revolted against the
government in jhapa in 2028 BS. This incident is called jhapa revolt.
Sukhani Assasination :
Ramnath dahal, Narayan Shrestha, Krishna kuinkel, netra prashad Ghimire and
biren rajbansi were arrested for their involvement in their revolt and all of
them were shot dead by the than government in the place called sukhani, illam
in 2029 BS. This incident is called sukhani assassination. They were arrested
on the charge of the murder of dharma prashad upadhyaya, the then member of
national panchayat (parliament of panchayat system).
A fire broke out in
singha durbar in 2030 BS and many important documents got destroyed. Kirtinidhi
bista was the prime minister of Nepal at that time.
Timburbote Incident :
The panchayat government killed ramlaxman, capt. Yagya bahadur Thapa and
bhimnarayan Shrestha in okhaldhunga in 2031 BS. This incident is called
timburbote incident. On 26th mangsir 2032 BS, the constitution of Nepal
2019 was amended for the second time and a new slogan was brought called
"politics for development". This amendment made 'back to village
national campaign' as the constitutional organ
To continue the panchayat
system, many people were killed by the then government. Ratna kumar bantawa was
shot dead in the bank of deumai river of illam on 27 chaitra 2035 BS. Similarly,
rishiraj devkota (ajaad), and jay govinda shah were also killed by the panchayat
government. New policies and strategies were adopted to sustain the panchayat
system and to suppress the voice of the people. But the democrats the
government and running political activities from india and border areas.
Referendum
Referendum is a
democratic way o taking public opinion in which every adult citizen of a
country is asked a straight forward question or has to choose between two
alternatives about any important national issue.
Cause of referendum :
On April 1979 AD, students organized a huge procession against the death sentence to former prime minister of Pakistan zulfikar ali Bhutto and tried to deliver the letter of condemnation to the embassy of Pakistan in Kathmandu. But the police stopped them on the way and lathi charged them. Many students were injured. After this incident, student organizations started united movement against the panchayat system. Initially their demands were related to education but the government did not pay attention. Later on, movement was continued against the political system and political parties also joined them. Huge demonstrations were organized throughtout the country. The panchayat ruler tried to suppress it but agitation increased day by day. So, on 10th jestha 2036 BS, king Birendra declared the referendum. In the referendum of 2036 BS, people were asked to choose between two options. They are :
a) Reformed Panchayat system, and
b)
Multiparty democratic system.
On the chairmanshipof
bhagvati prashad singh, the then chief justice, a fifteen member member
national election commission was formed to hold the referendum. The poll for
the referendum was held on 20th baishek 2037 BS. 24 lakhs people
voted in favour of panchayat system and 20 lakhs people voted in favour of multiparty
system. Victory of partyless panchayat system was declared and Nepalese people
had to wait ten years more to get their rigts until the people's movement of
2046 BS.
Major Historical events from
2017 to 2036 BS
- On 22nd paush, 2017 Declaration of panchayat system.
- 1st falgun, 2019 Promulgation of the constitution of Nepal – 2019 BS
- 2018 Janakpur incident
- 25th magh, 2020 Durgananda jha, arbinda thakur and dalsingh Thapa were declared capital punishment for their involvement in Janakpur incident.
- 2023 First amendment of the constitution of Nepal -2019 BS
- 2028 Jhapa revolt
- 2029 Sukhani Assassination.
- 2029 Division of Nepal into four development
- 2030 Fire took place in the singha durbar
- 2031 Timburbote incident
- 26th mangsir, 2032 second amendment of the constitution of Nepal – 2019 BS
- 10th jestha, 2036 Declaration of referendum by king birendra
- 20th baisakh, 2037 Poll of the referendum held.