The Fifth Monarch Jigme Kesar Namgyal Wangcghuck is called to India to ensure that every step in Thimphu is in tune with trumpet played from New Delhi. Two year after the revision of Indo Bhutan Treaty 1949, a year after the enthronement of the king, the declaration of a royal democracy, election in Bhutan and comeback of the Congress (I) with a majority in the Delhi, South block wants to ensure that Bhutan is still in its cocoon.
Until 2007, Bhutan was virtually an Indian protectorate state with Indo- Bhutan Treaty 1949 holding Bhutan’s foreign affairs under its surveillance. The 1949 treaty was rephrased into Indo Bhutan Treaty 2007 and signed on February 8 by Indian Foreign Affairs Minister Pranab Mukharjee and then Crown Prince Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck. The amendment particularly promoted Bhutan to take independent decision over her foreign affairs.
Soon after Bhutan’s independence in the treaty, the People’s Republic of China and United States of America expressed their necessities for establishing their embassies in Bhutan. Now Bhutan is under decision time to say “Yes” or “No” to China and USA. Bhutan’s “Yes” to either or both the countries shall give an unexpected fever to India, and her “No” a source of continuous pressure on herself.
Territory and terrorism
India is worried about the Bhutan’s exchange of land with china in its north and west, the land that has strategic advantage for all the three countries. Bhutan shares 470-kilometer long partially demarcated border with China. China wanted a direct diplomatic relationship with Bhutan for all issues. China wanted to give Bhutan 495 square kilometers area of land in exchange for an area of 269 square kilometers of land of Sinchulumba from Bhutan’s North West. Sinchulumba is in militarily strategic position that touches the border with Sikkim and is very close to Chumbi valley. Both Bhutan and China had agreed to talk further, which has worried India.
Both the governments in New Delhi and Thimphu have lost the control of their rational over their people’s demands. A good number of India’s neo political activists and separatist groups are at a run in Bhutan’s jungles. Thimphu’s political opponents in exile are urging Delhi to change its side; to withdraw its existing support to the kings’ government and prop the struggle for people’s government in Bhutan. Instead, for a mutual hold on the power two governments are blind at the people’s concern.
Article 2 of Indo Bhutan Treaty 2007 mentions that “…. Neither Government shall allow the use of its territory for activities harmful to the national security and interest of the other”. This clause is abused to harass the political activists even when they are in other countries. India is expected to ask the new king to flush out the Indian separatist groups hiding in Bhutan, with an assurance in return to check the Bhutanese in exile from returning to Bhutan via India. This sinister ploy has have worked in the past.
Regarding the extradition of Bhutanese democratic leader and Thimphu’s head ache Rongthong Kuenley Dorji who is under house arrest in India for last 13 years, South bloc shall assure Bhutan that they’ll keep him confined and his voice silenced.
It may be noted that although the Bhutan has been declared democratic with a constitution, only the people from the earlier autocratic regime continue to exercise their rule. None of the present ministers or MPs had advocated a word for democracy, which the king was compelled to let under pressure from the people in exile and international community. Those who raised voice for democracy were banished from the country and were prohibited from taking part in inside- the- country activities, those who advocated for the autocratic royal system were let to continue their rule in the name of democracy.
Bussiness
On the business front, New Delhi shall ask Bhutan to use the Calcutta port to its fullest and reduce the reliance on Dhaka port in Bangladesh. It shall also aware the king on the possibilities of Chinese goods taking market in Bhutan and may suggest ways to mitigate it.
New Delhi may ask the king to be considerate if the Indian business community and Indians living in Bhutan decide to form an organization by name Non- Resident Indian (NRI) inside Bhutan. Bhutan is one of the three countries in the world where NRI does not exist. The other two countries are North Korea and Pakistan.
Bhutan’s hydro power shall remain a binding force between two parties. It is a source of royal income and royal happiness to Thimphu, and a source of energy to Delhi.
Roads and Airport
India had been skeptical in funding for an international airport in Gaylegphug and East west highway connecting Bhutan’s southern districts. Neither did it fund nor did it permit any donor to fund Bhutan’s national projects. The cause of India’s reluctance behind the international airport in Gaylegphug is that the true owners of the land were evicted and are now living in exile either in refugee camps in Nepal or in countries of Europe, America or Australia. India expects yet fears their return some day soon to put a claim on their land.
Regarding the road, when the people of the southern districts have to go to the next district they have to traverse via India. India is concerned about the networking and empowerment of the Southern Bhutanese people who were long deprived of their rights and freedom. Recently, Asian Development Bank granted US$36 million for the construction of roads joining southern districts. It shall also reduce the people’s interaction with the Indian people and their business.
Chief Guest
The Bhutan’s young monarch may ask a few astrologers to predict a gratifying date to visit India, how ever India may consider its republic day celebration appropriate for invitation and assignation. India has a tradition of inviting guests from neighboring states to grace republic day parade on January 26 every year. The political calendars show an overlap of events on the auspicious of Indian Republic Day 2010; the possibility of the new king of Bhutan gracing the parade as the chief guest as well as taking orientation classes in Delhi, signing various agreements and memorandum of understandings.
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Is this a real story or a fiction?
I think:
You must be the first person to know it.
If false, it is a good fiction, we will know by January 30: 40 days left.
If true, you must have a good link with either Tashicho Dzong or south bloc..
I will wait for one month to believe it.
Govinda is a mother of all liars; he is making his living by lying to God fearing Japanese. According to him, if Obama is making State visit to Israel, he is being called for orientation by Benjamin, or vice versa. Is there a logic to his statement? This only show how he look at Bhutan through his prejudiced eyes. Other than what he had assumed, everything is fine in Bhutan. All Lhotsampa’s living in Bhutan are doing well and the international communities know about that.
Thakur,
How much was paid to you to write this. How many Lhotsampas do not have the relatives in Camp and Abroad? How can you be happy when there is no freedom of media. What happened to live broadcaste of parliament sitting?
How many of lhotsampas have been made labour in the roadside in Bhutan. Are you happy because your are chamch or are you mad.
Be honest man
Kado
The inclusion of chairman of the royal Privy Council Lyonpo Chyenkhab Dorji amongst King’s delegation indicates the Royal Annuities Act is finally taking shape. An agreement on sum is what Chyenkhab Dorji’s intimation with Indian official is sought. Between us.
Dear Govinda,
Madhavp is working for you free, atleast say “thank you my dear”
I heard that great leaders always have few negative people around them.Infact they are highly paid in general.
A leader will face this team of negative minded people as preperation for the real talk.
1.Before any press conferences.
2.Before public speaking.
3.Before visiting any countries.
Even the draft of the written speech is given to this folks for comments.
Do you know what? A leader in more prepared and in return the image of the country is always at the higher leabel.Further he is ready to answer any questions.
Go ahead my dear..continue your service with Govinda.
You are in a hibernation for a month until you get the outcome.
Lets know you did BELIEVED OR NOT.
Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year 2010.
I like the article written by Mr. Govinda Rizal which is highly analytical and based on the facts. There is no question of falsifying or just making the prediction on anything. The sequential events and all the drama of the RGOB is instrumental in determining the steps that the royal regime may take the next.
I like to call Mr.Govinda to bring more articles of this nature so that all can understand the extent of ethnic cleansing occurring inside Bhutan. The king is creating dramas to eyewash the international communities.The RGOB is so cruel that it didn’t consider the plight of its own people.
The Lhotsampa of Bhutan are suffering the most at the hands of the autocratic regime. The regime is still asking to produce NOC (No Objection Certificate)for schooling ,promotion, business establishment,and even for the simple matter like attending the training or conference abroad.The southern Bhutanese are deprived from all the sphere of lives,including their basic rights.
But still, there are people like Thakur who supports the royal regime in order to suppress the people just to gain the political mileage and to attain the selfish gain.Mr Thakur can you come open and pin pointedly say that you are not deprived of your fundamental rights?
Devi B. Adhikari
Arizona,USA
Poor DB Adhikari,
Don’t cry over there in USA. We the Bhutanese here in Bhutan are enjoying glory of our visionary kings.Even the dogs loitering along the streets are lucky enough to be born in Bhutan. Lhotshampas who left the country in 1990s dug their own grave. In fact they should be learning from their past mistakes and advise their children to think twice before they leap.
Jai Pelden Dukpa
Sadly for Govinda, his spirits would roam in the netherworld for want of rest. He speaks as if he resides in Bhutan but the articles he writes, it is no where near Bhutan. It doesn’t matter what people like Govinda would like to say in online fora but I have one simple request for him,thats, can he help people being resettled to settle in peace in west?” Instead of barking across the fences, you would be doing great favour to his own people by helping them settle down. Many of them are facing threats from the people within the camps. I think they have suffered enough not from Bhutan but from the people within the camps and from those Nepali buying officials to get a free ticket to west. Recently I met someone claiming to be a refugee from Bhutan. He claimed that he was from Chirang. I have lived ten years in Chirang and I fairly know the place. I asked him which block he came from and he took very long time to answer. I knew from his look that he didn’t come from Chirang or Tsirang as it is called now. While the true refugees are dying for want for basic needs, there are million others who have already celebrated dasain in their their name. Its a pity that people like Govinda are trying to finding for news coverage without being in Bhutan. If Govinda tjhinks that he is a true Bhutanese who have left the country for reasons that he feels compelling,I ask him to find an independent representative who can verify what is truth and what is not. I can bet that Govinda is nowhere near my shit also. Its time to provide relief to the people who have already suffered. For heaven’s sake, help the people in the camps be resettled well in the west. They really deserve it. People like Govinda should try bringing the real issue of Nepali people taking undue advantage of the refugees and going to west in their name. If you can’t take care of these things right under your nose and play a dirty game of spraying dust for Bhutan in Media, then go to hell.
wow!jigme
Dear Pelden,
It may be true in your case, but I firmly believe that you don’t represent the entire views of Bhutan. Your life style and your comfort will not make any difference in Bhutan. The RGOB should be able to give all the fundamental rights to all the citizens. I know how biased is the RGOB. It has treated the southern Bhutanese like the children of the step mother.
Pelden for your information the US Govt. has done all the good and taken lots of care to all of us. I am able to live like any other citizen of this great country. The people from all over the world dreaming to come to the US at least once in their life time, simply because this is a great nation who gives special attention to its citizen.
We had all the love and faith in Bhutan too, the people were nice, gentle and friendly, but the RGOB , I mean the king and his advisers were so cruel and ruthless that they made a skeptical plan to expel the southern populace. Which was truly unjust and crime against humanity.
Pelden, I know the life in Shemgang, Southern districts and in the east. The people in these regions are suffering from utter poverty and without basic amenities. May be you belong to the Nglong community and your life is better than the others . Don’t judge others by your luxury, judge by the treatment meted by the ruler.
Don’t think that we left the country for joy ride, it was a sheer compulsion, it was the matter of life and death. It was government sponsored ethnic cleansing. It was not our choice . It was a forced circumstanced. 1990s tragedy was the government created human disaster.
Pelden, I don’t know how lucky are the stray dogs in Bhutan. I think it was the worst part of the RGOB’s policy to kill the dogs enmass, like the Nazi concentration camps. Let you know, one thing for sure the western country including US have the animal rights better than that of Human Rights in Bhutan.
I wish you guys get true freedom and democracy in Bhutan so that all the people can taste the hard owned political freedom there .I mean not just the few people enjoy all the resources and wealth of Bhutan but it should be equally shared among the different communities.
DB Adhikari
USA
Settle down boys.I appreciate all Drugpas are taking part too in discussion and making their opinions.Well done .Keep up boyz.
ooh how big suprise ! bhutan stll in baby stage . today the world reach in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>? but bhutan”s monarch is yet baby of india. oh baby go on under your parents(india)ok.your now not mature infront of world.And….. hello baby JIGME KESAR you don’t afriat with your parents? ? ? ? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????? .how can i say bhutanese ,i feel shy . plz you just think one more about your nation and people>>>>……..??????????????