popular struggles and movements

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