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Smita Magar in Kathmandu
काठमाडौं, February 27, 2008-The Magar communities celebrated the 26th Magar Day on 27th February in the capital, demanding proportional representation in the Constituent Assembly (CA) polls and that Lakhan Thapa Magar be declared as the first martyr of the nation.
Inauguration of 26th Magar Day by minister Prithvi Subba Gurung, and Nepal Magar Association (NMA) Jhak Bahadur Thapa Magar.
Starting the celebration with nearly 1,000 Magar participants, the rally moved from the Bhadrakali to Ratnapark and finally to Bhrikuti Mandap where the formal program was conducted.
Inaugurating the program, Minister of Cultural, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prithvi Subba Gurung urged leaders of the Magar community to present the facts and essential documents that prove Captain Lakhan Thapa Magar to be the first martyr, so that he can begin the process of declaring Thapa Magar the first martyr of the country. “I request Magar community leaders to present the facts that prove Thapa Magar to be the first martyr as soon as possible. I give my words, if facts support, I will myself put forward the process to declare Thapa Magar first martyr of the country,” said Gurung during the program.
He continued: “For centuries the Magar community has been ignored by the state’s ruler and so it has suffered for its ethnic identity, equal rights and representation in the country’s administration. Now, through upcoming CA polls, Magars will write their own history. It is an opportunity for Magars to write their history and ensure their rights and representation in the country.”
Nepal Magar Association’s President Jhak Bahadur Thapa handed a memorandum to Minister Subba Gurung in which the following three major points are highlighted: Magars are to be given the Magarat Autonomous State, Captain Lakhan Thapa Magar will be declared First Martyr of the country and implementation of the full proportional CA poll system on the basis of ethnic population.
Co-ordinator of Magar Youth Association Mohan Thapa Magar delivering speech.
Mohan Thapa Magar, coordinator of the Magar Youth Association (MYA), said that the State has been ignoring the sacrifice of the Magar community. “Every ruler has been using Magars as the pillar of their rule/regime, whether the Rana regime, Shah Regime or Maoist, but once in power they forget the blood spilled by Magars for the betterment of the country,” he said. “They have been insulting our sacrifice, but this time we will fight for our identity, rights and representation,”.
He added “Our main goal at the moment is to establish the Magarat Autonomous Region and for that Magar youths are more ready than ever.”
Kumar Thapa Magar, Vice-President of Democratic Magar Association giving speech.
Kumar Thapa Magar, vice-president of the Democratic Magar Association, emphasized the declaration of Lakhan Thapa Magar as the first martyr of the country and said, “My salute to those Magars of Rupandehi district who established Lakhan Thapa’s statue at the place of King Birendra. Now, it is time for Magars of Kathmandu to put the statue of the first martyr at the place of King Tribhuban’s statue that is at Shahid Gate.”
On the Lakhan Thapa Magar Day, 2nd of Falgun in Rupandehi, Magars established Lakhan Thapa Magar’s statue where once stood King Birendra’s statue which was destroyed during in the beginning of Madhesh Movement last year.
Jhak Bahadur Thapa Magar, President of NMA said that NMA will bring many programs, protests to pressurize government to declare Lakhan Thapa Magar as first martyr, establish the Magarat Autonomous State and implementation of full proportional CA election system. “Our protests and voices will not stop until our demands are fulfilled,” he added.
At the same occasion, President of Tamang Ghedung Association, Dhan Prasad Tamang said that like other janajatis he hoped Magars will fight to get Magarat Autonomous State and its ethnic identity with full proportional representation in CA. “We will be helping each other to fulfill these demands,” Tamang added.
Kshyam Thapa Magar, former President of Nepal Magar Association of South Korea, handing over 1 lakh 73 thousand and 3 hundred to NMA said, “It is a plight of nation and Nepalese people that when an ethnic community is demanding autonomous state it is taken as the splitting of nation.”
Personalities like Bom Kumari Budha Magar, Bhoj Bikram Budha Magar, Hong Kong Rana Magar, Fatik Thapa Magar and others also spoke, calling for all of the Magar community to join hands and fight for the ethnic identity, rights and maximum representation in the coming Constituent Assembly.
Photos: Smita Magar
Magar Day is being celebrated on the occasion of the establishment of day of Nepal Magar Association, known as Nepal Langhali Association until 2048 B.S. Nepal Langhali Association was established on Falgun 15 of 2039 and its first National Convention in Damauli decided to celebrate the day as a Magar Day. Last year Magars celebrated their Silver Jubilee.
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