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- In the first meeting of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of Shram Sanskriti Party, Hark Sampang, raised the issue of the violation of the Darchula border and the cancellation of the MCC agreement.
- Sampang informed that preparations are being made to lay the foundation stone of the bridge in Darchula by starting collection of assistance.
- Analysts have pointed to Sampang’s political maturity as a positive and sensitive issue regarding nationality.
22 Chait, Kathmandu. Harak Sampang, chairman of Shram Sanskriti Party, wrote on his Facebook page on the 17th, ‘When you go to Darchula, you don’t ride a bike, you feel like a leopard.’
Soon after, on the 18th of Chait, another status came to him – Let’s go to Darchula again to make it again, Hai Shramdata Ho. The foundation stone is laid on the 24th. Gossip does not build a country, let’s get ready to sweat.’
In the first meeting of the House of Representatives on the 19th of Sampang after writing this for two consecutive days, he introduced the issue of border and nationality of Nepal.
Aware of the fact that Nepali land in Darchula has been encroached by India and the Nepali people are facing problems due to non-cooperation from the Indian side, Sampang has tried to focus his future mission towards Darchula.
Having launched a Shramdan campaign in Dharan in the Far East, he has emerged with power on the national political stage, and now he is trying to take his campaign to that land in the Far West. They have put forward a plan of labor donation to build a bridge there.
His activities and his speech at the first meeting of the Parliament indicate that he is now trying to make his national agenda national.
While addressing the first meeting, he raised the issue of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact, an American cooperation project with the United States, which has been in dispute in the Parliament for a long time in the past.
He opined that the contract should be cancelled. He raised topics ranging from the need to monitor the activities of neighboring countries to the need to go to the United Nations to determine the four forts of Nepal.
Sampang’s opinion in the House of Representatives meeting was as follows:
This country should remain till the earth. Our country’s flag with the sun and the moon should remain. MCC, which was started with the purpose of military strategy to protect the country’s independence, geopolitical balance and non-aligned foreign policy, should be repealed.
The Nepal government should actively monitor the activities of the neighboring countries in the border areas. Nepali army should be deployed to protect the border after going to the United Nations and other agencies and ascertaining the four forts of our country, how much is our geography.
Analysts say that the future direction of the Labor Culture Party can be estimated from this statement, which sounds like the leader of the Communist Party.
Professor Krishna Pokharel, president of Sampang, says that natural and positive things have been raised. Pokharel’s analysis is that he may have tried to capitalize on the nationalism of the Nepalese people.
“I don’t know how long it will last. Until now, there is consistency in Hark Sampang’s thoughts and behavior. This is not to say about the issue of nationality, but to raise it in the true sense, people like this kind of issue,’ says Pokharel.
Recalling that former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli capitalized on the Chuchche map and the stand taken during the blockade, Pokharel says, ‘The party that raises such an issue can create space.’
According to analyst Shyam Shrestha, Sampang has repeated the same thing that Sampang has been raising before the election in the House of Representatives meeting.
“Sampang has been talking about nationalism even before the election,” says Shrestha, “The policy he has adopted is the right one for a country like Nepal.” Ho Chi Minh did the same.’
There is no contradiction between the views held by Sampang in the House of Representatives and the Labor Culture Party’s manifesto. This party has said that ‘we will not allow the country to be divided by any social or political means that divides the geography of the country’.
The manifesto also mentions the use of the army to prevent border encroachment. Under the heading of geographical integrity and border security, it is said, ‘border encroachment will be stopped by keeping the army on the border. Any internal or external activities that challenge the integrity of the country and transgress the borders will be stopped.
Secretary General of Shram Culture Party Aren Rai says in the House of Representatives that Sampang has expressed his views according to the party’s policies and decisions. The chairman has expressed the party’s official opinion. Shouldn’t the issue of MCC and other countries be raised not only by our party but by everyone?”, Rai countered.
Right after the election, Sampang started collecting support to build the Nepal-India border bridge. He wrote on Facebook asking for help, ‘According to the announcement to build a suspension bridge instead of Tuin in Darchula, Rs. If you want to help more than 10, please help.’
General Secretary Rai informed that assistance is being collected to build a bridge on the border river. He said that voluntary assistance has been raised and the foundation of the bridge will be laid soon. “We are preparing to lay the foundation stone of the bridge from the President,” Rai, who was elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Khotang, told Online News.
Professor Pokharel says that regardless of the number in the parliament, Sampang seems to be doing mature politics. He says, ‘In a country like ours, which is divided between two countries, the issue of nationality is sensitive and a matter of everyone’s interest.’