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India shows its big heart to Nepal Maoists - Rest of World - World - The Times of India
KATHMANDU: Ahead of the celebrations of the 64th Independence Day, India has shown its big heart to the former Maoist guerrillas of Nepal, responding with alacrity to save the life of a Maoist legislator who incurred eighty percent burns after an accident.
Ram Kumari Yadav, who was elected to parliament in 2008 from constituency 6 in Dhanusha district adjoining India, will not be taking part in the fifth round of prime ministerial election to be held in the House on Wednesday when her party chiefPushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda tries again to become the new premier in Nepal. Instead, she will be in the hands of doctors at the burn, plastic and maxillofacial surgery ward in New Delhis Safdarjung Hospital, fighting for her life.
My mother-in-law was admitted in the hospital today, the burnt lawmakers son-in-law Ram Bahadur Yadav told TNN. An air ambulance flew in from New Delhi today with a medical team of three to take her there. The doctor said she had a chance of recovery as the burns, though extensive, are superficial and the internal organs have not been badly damaged.
According to the son-in-law, the MP, in her 60s, had smelled cooking gas coming out of the kitchen in her residence in the capital early Friday morning and had gone inside to investigate. When she turned on the automatic gas oven knob by mistake, she was immediately engulfed in a blaze of fire. By the time her sleeping family, alerted by her cries for help, rushed to her rescue, she had already sustained extensive burns. The doctors at the Bir Hospital, where she was taken for treatment, said they did not have the facilities required to treat such a severe case and recommended she be taken to India.
Most of the Maoist top leaders rushed to the hospital after hearing the news, including Prachanda, his three deputies and even Matrika Prasad Yadav, another rebel leader from Dhanusha who however has now left the party. The leaders decided to bury their differences, for the time being, with India and approach the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu for urgent help.
Accordingly, Maoist foreign affairs in-charge Krishna Bahadur Mahara sent an SOS to the embassy, requesting it to facilitate Yadavs treatment in India. The earlier letter the former rebels had sent to the embassy this month was reportedly in a different tenor, seeking action against an embassy official accused of having threatened another Maoist MP on the phone. Nepals parliament has been in an uproar over the allegation with MPs asking the Indian official to be declared persona non grata and sent back. They have also flayed former Indian secretary Shyam Sarans visit to Kathmadu as Dr Manmohan Singhs special envoy, calling it a breach of protocol. The Maoists have blamed Sarans visit for Prachandas failure to win simple majority in the prime ministerial election.
However, despite the India bashing, the embassy rose to the occasion and contacted the Safdarjung authorities, urging them to give top priority to Yadav. It also organised the services of an air ambulance to transport the MP to New Delhi at the earliest. Accompanying Ram Kumari Yadav were her youngest daughter Sunita and a son-in-law, Ram Kumar Yadav. Ram Kumari Yadav is the wife of a senior Maoist leader, Ram Briksh Yadav, who has a Maoist brigade named after him. He died before the Maoists began the Peoples War and the Maoists accuse the then ruling parties of having a hand in his murder. The Yadavs son, Shekhar Yadav, was killed by security forces during the insurgency.
KATHMANDU: Ahead of the celebrations of the 64th Independence Day, India has shown its big heart to the former Maoist guerrillas of Nepal, responding with alacrity to save the life of a Maoist legislator who incurred eighty percent burns after an accident.
Ram Kumari Yadav, who was elected to parliament in 2008 from constituency 6 in Dhanusha district adjoining India, will not be taking part in the fifth round of prime ministerial election to be held in the House on Wednesday when her party chiefPushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda tries again to become the new premier in Nepal. Instead, she will be in the hands of doctors at the burn, plastic and maxillofacial surgery ward in New Delhis Safdarjung Hospital, fighting for her life.
My mother-in-law was admitted in the hospital today, the burnt lawmakers son-in-law Ram Bahadur Yadav told TNN. An air ambulance flew in from New Delhi today with a medical team of three to take her there. The doctor said she had a chance of recovery as the burns, though extensive, are superficial and the internal organs have not been badly damaged.
According to the son-in-law, the MP, in her 60s, had smelled cooking gas coming out of the kitchen in her residence in the capital early Friday morning and had gone inside to investigate. When she turned on the automatic gas oven knob by mistake, she was immediately engulfed in a blaze of fire. By the time her sleeping family, alerted by her cries for help, rushed to her rescue, she had already sustained extensive burns. The doctors at the Bir Hospital, where she was taken for treatment, said they did not have the facilities required to treat such a severe case and recommended she be taken to India.
Most of the Maoist top leaders rushed to the hospital after hearing the news, including Prachanda, his three deputies and even Matrika Prasad Yadav, another rebel leader from Dhanusha who however has now left the party. The leaders decided to bury their differences, for the time being, with India and approach the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu for urgent help.
Accordingly, Maoist foreign affairs in-charge Krishna Bahadur Mahara sent an SOS to the embassy, requesting it to facilitate Yadavs treatment in India. The earlier letter the former rebels had sent to the embassy this month was reportedly in a different tenor, seeking action against an embassy official accused of having threatened another Maoist MP on the phone. Nepals parliament has been in an uproar over the allegation with MPs asking the Indian official to be declared persona non grata and sent back. They have also flayed former Indian secretary Shyam Sarans visit to Kathmadu as Dr Manmohan Singhs special envoy, calling it a breach of protocol. The Maoists have blamed Sarans visit for Prachandas failure to win simple majority in the prime ministerial election.
However, despite the India bashing, the embassy rose to the occasion and contacted the Safdarjung authorities, urging them to give top priority to Yadav. It also organised the services of an air ambulance to transport the MP to New Delhi at the earliest. Accompanying Ram Kumari Yadav were her youngest daughter Sunita and a son-in-law, Ram Kumar Yadav. Ram Kumari Yadav is the wife of a senior Maoist leader, Ram Briksh Yadav, who has a Maoist brigade named after him. He died before the Maoists began the Peoples War and the Maoists accuse the then ruling parties of having a hand in his murder. The Yadavs son, Shekhar Yadav, was killed by security forces during the insurgency.
