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popular struggles and movements
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- 1NEPALnepal...'third wave' country
won democracy in ...1990 - 2KING BIRENDRAaccepted transition frm complete monarchy to constitutional democracy...
killed in mysterious massacre of royal family in 2006.. - 3KING GYANENDRArefused to accept the democratic rule...
in feb 2005,
dismissed the PM..
dissolvd the populalrly electd parliamnt... - 4POPULAR MOVMNT... APRIL 2006peopl demanded regain of cntrl ovr the govt..frm king
- 5SPA... 4 DAY STRIKE...SEVEN PARTY ALLIANCE..
[major parties]
strike at the country's capital...
KATHMANDU - 6MAOIST.. OTHER ORGANISATIONS JOINED HANDS...MAOIST...followers of MAO, leader of CHINESE revolution
- 7NO. OF PROTESTERS...mre thn 1 lakh per day..
APRIL 21...
reachd 3 and 5 lakhs - 8PEOPLE STUCK TO THEIR DEMANDS...restoration of PARLIAMENT...
an ALL-PARTY GOVT.
new CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY... - 9APRIL 24 ,2006...LAST DAY of the ultimatum...
king forced to concede all 3 demands... - 10GIRIJA PRASAD KOIRALA...SPA chose him as PM of new GOVT...
- 11RESTORED PARLIAMENT...passed laws..
MAOIST and SPA came to an agreement on how the new constituent assembly would b elected... - 12BOLIVIA..POOR COUNTRY...LATIN AMERICA
- 13WORLD BANK...pressurised the govt to give up it's contrl over muncipal water supply...
- 14BOLIVIAN GOVT...sold it's rights for city..COCHABAMBA..to a MNC
- 15MNC INCREASED PRICES...prices increased by 4 TIMES...
WATER BILL..RS.1000...where avg income...RS.5000 per month - 163 STRIKES..2000, JAN FEB APRILNEW ALLIANCE..
LABOUR..HUMAN RIGHTS..COMMUNITY LEADERS. - 17JAN,2000alliance..sucessful 4 day strike...govt agreed to negotiate..calld off strike..
yet nothing happened... - 18FEB,2000police resorted to the brutal repression of people...
- 19APRIL,2000another strike by people...
govt imposd martial law... - 20POWER OF PEOPLFORCED OFFICIALS OF MNC
TO FLED AWAY...
made govt to concede all the demands..
contract was cancelled with MNC...water supply was restored to municipality at older rates - 21{differences} NEPAL MOVEMENT: *against foundations of country's politics.. *for establishing a democratic govt...{differences}
BOLIVIA STRUGGLE:
*ONE issue..
*claimed on elected democratic govt.. - 22SIMILARITIES...*instances of political conflict,led by popular struggles..
*MASS mobilisation..public demonstration of mass support..
*both instances involve critical role of political organisation... - 23—
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- pressure groups and political groups...
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- Vaishnavi Gadage · Jan 2017
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- Jan 19, 2017
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