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SIKKIM FALLS OFF SIKKIM MATTERS CHINA YEARBOOK Who Reads Manifestos? ndia and China are taking summit in Islamabad — was also It is a bit ironic that the first manifesto to land in the public small but significant steps to STOPPRESS hosted by Dai in his home city of domain happens to come from an organisation that has Iwards building confidence, Guiyang in Guizhou province. consistently claimed to be apolitical. To give SIBLAC its with the Chinese foreign minis- before Chinese premier Wen As they took a boatride down due, in a democracy it is rather difficult to remain apolitical. try ordering the “removal” of Jiabao visits India later this year. the local river, went sightseeing In fact, it is even unhealthy. Any responsible person should Sikkim from its official yearbook, While both sides continue to to Buddhist temples and have political preferences and leanings. It would be all too printed around March, and both maintain silence on the quality checked out underground grot- well to hope that such preferences are guided by intelligent sides agreeing on third round of and content of the talks, they said toes in the area, the ambience is observation, but that would be too utopian and not even talks on the boundary issue, to be the removal of Sikkim as an in- believed to have helped prolong practical. There are after all, always more than one right held next month. dependent state from the Chinese their conversations in “mutually choice. If perfect parties existed, a multiparty democracy Diplomatic sources here said yearbook constitutes the second advantageous directions”, the as we see in India would cease to exist and with it would go the two Special Representatives step in the process agreed upon sources said. the colour, the excitement and the innovation we force from on the boundary talks, Principal when PM Vajpayee visited China The diplomatic sources also politicians every five years [if things sail smoothly, much Secretary Brajesh Mishra and last summer. The first was to de- pointed to recent “signals” that faster if the tidings are rough]. Chinese Senior vice-minister Dai lete the Sikkim mention from the indicated a thaw in bilateral rela- Elections are interesting because these are the times when Bingguo, agreed to carry forward Chinese foreign ministry website tions. Such as the broadcast by the we make the political bosses approach our doorsteps their political dialogue in Delhi in in October. The last step in the government-owned Chinese tele- instead of lining outside their’s. This is also the time we March, notwithstanding the fact process will occur when Beijing vision, of Chinese ambassador to force them to think. While soul-searching is a bit too much that election process in India changes its maps in accordance India Hua Junduo’s New Year to ask for, we do manage to extract apologies, force them would then be in full swing. with those printed by cartogra- party in the third week of January to mend the fences and the best of all, make promises. The Significantly, both Mishra and phers worldwide. (it was broadcast over and over thinking and promising combine in the manifesto that every Dai are said to have in principle Mishra, who went to Beijing again) before that of France, as party prepares listing the ideas that fuel their bid to power. agreed to reach some conclusions for the second round of talks in well as telecast by CCTV of In- These are important documents, but sadly, jumpy nerves on the guidelines and parameters January — only days after he re- dian cultural performances and touchy sentiments make them too politically correct to of the boundary settlement, even turned from the India-Pakistan show any promise. Sift through any of the past manifestos and you will notice that no tough measures are ever assured even though they are required for the long-term good. That is where most manifestos go wrong. They have become mere books recording sops that the voting masses can Street battles expect. These documents no longer even reflect the ideals on which respective parties are based. Take the last elections for example. The three players in the fray, all made more or less the same promises and Is this the new frontline assurances. We can expect more of the same. Be prepared for Nepal? for lengthy expositions on the sanctity of the Tripartite Agreement, the importance of Article 371F, the uniqueness NARESH NEWAR of the Sikkimese people and the Special Status. Frankly olitical parties and their affili- speaking, these points need no further elaborating. Respect Pated student leaders intensi- for these issues are expected not just from parties, but also fied street protests this week, ac- individuals and the people of Sikkim have been forced to cusing security forces of brutal live with these issues since 1979 when they were first crackdowns. The government re- flogged by politicians. No one expects any party to come sponded by putting army and po- on record and say they will dilute any of these guiding lice under a unified command to principles of Sikkim’s identity and we need no more meet the escalating protests. reiterations on how they need to be protected. What Sikkim The streets of Kathmandu should ask of its leaders is a blueprint for progress and looked like a war zone with burn- development. These don’t necessarily mean hiked salaries ing tyres and vehicles. On Thurs- and perks, but the roadmap for Sikkim’s next five years. day, the student unions declared Real plans on how Sikkim will be weaned away from central a bandh in Lalitpur and Banke grants to become self-reliant and proud. Real proposals on districts. Students and teachers, how the education system will be spruced up to produce unaware of the bandh, were winners and not just fodder for the unemployed youth caught in cars that were stoned in associations. The draft proposal on how rural tourism will Patan. Dozens of other vehicles be delivered, of how cardamom and ginger will mean more were damaged. In Nepalganj, than just an annual ritual of selling to middlemen and an hundreds of bus passengers were actual trading activity in which Sikkim plays a role in the stranded at the Indian border.