Searching for her missing husband for 23 years

His happiness, which was taken away on the day of Maghe Sakranti in 2058, did not return until two and a half decades had passed. The husband and wife planned to cook and feed their children that day . There was a knock on the door at 5 o'clock in the morning.

Jashoda opened the door hoping that some guest had come. But there were no guests at the door, were armed forces . They arrested Jasoda's husband Surya Prasad Sharma and took him away. He did not even give a reason why he was arrested. So Jasoda, who went after the army, was stopped at the gate of the barracks. After taking Surya inside, Jasoda came back crying .

After that every day in the morning and evening she is going to hear the news of her husband . If we call, a week ago, the army reached out to Telecom and asked them to cut the line . It was a time of crisis. It was a risk to reach the army barracks from time to time. But they returned him from the gate for a couple of days saying that he was taken for questioning.

then began to send insults gradually . Gradually, as the months passed, Jasoda's interest was ignored . It was the army's insistence that he was arrested because he was a Maoist activist during the Surya crisis, which was a student protest while studying in the campus. But Surya was not active in the armed movement, says Jasoda.

She spent four years searching for her husband. She went to the Supreme Court and requested Surya to be searched. The Supreme Court directed the government to inform the truth about him . That was not enough.

She complained to the International Human Rights Committee. Advocate Mandira Sharma helped take her complaint to the international level through the Advocacy Forum. The committee issued a directive order to the government of Nepal in October 2066 to publicize the condition of the sun within 120 days. But the Sun has not yet been discovered.

Also, in the comprehensive peace agreement, there was an agreement to publicize the reality of all the dead and missing persons within 60 days . But since 23 years, Jasoda has been looking for a husband . Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the leader of the armed struggle, became the prime minister three times. But there was no search for the missing including Surya.

For a long time she walked crying, shouting and giving up. He has not been heard from anywhere . Also, the instructions given by the committee to give 2 lakh rupees as compensation have not been followed yet. Jasoda's eldest daughter Jyoti was 11 years old when Surya was arrested. Younger daughter Aarti was 9 years old and son Biplab was 7 years old.

He had to suffer a lot in raising and teaching children. As there was no income, she sold the farm and educated her children. He didn't even get the scholarship quota given by the state. She complained that she was forced to sell her farm after finding a loan.

'No one came to my house when the festival came, even if they came, I heard that the army and the police would give trouble,' Sharma said, 'When I left home to look for my husband, I didn't even find a friend to feed my children.' . Even after the peace process, neighbors and relatives did not care much about him.

Reaching the place called by the human rights organization, advocacy forum, etc., she kept crying and asking to tell the truth about her husband . Now she has no hope that her husband is alive. But the state has not told the truth. "I want to know the truth," she said, "what was my husband's fault, what was done?" Please tell me the reality.'

After the peace agreement, Jasoda joined the Maoists. Now he is a member of the provincial committee of the Maoists. She was elected as a member of the district coordination committee from the ward member of Baglung Municipality. Now her children are grown up. After studying higher education . Therefore, there is an opportunity to forget the pain by reaching the coordination committee. She complained that she could not move forward even if she wanted to because she had not read

. As a political worker, she has told her problem to the leadership. But he complains that it is not serious. "Now, I have met the Prime Minister and explained my problem," she said, "the victim's case will not be heard." What is stopping the government from announcing the dead? She questions that.

There is no organization he missed to put his problem . Advocates Gobind Bandi and Yogendra Bhattarai supported them when they reached the Human Rights Commission and the Supreme Court and demanded that the status of the husband be made public. His elder brother Thirnath Sharma was also an advocate. He was detained for 78 days and subjected to extreme torture on the grounds that he was Jasoda's brother.

Theernath, who was released after becoming disabled, died in 2067 after a long period of bed rest. Thirnath's wife Yamuna and her children did not get any relief and were not even listed among the conflict victims. Jasoda's younger father's son Harikrishna was also arrested by the army and released a few days later. After all his relatives were suffering, even the neighbors could not support and help.

The TRC bill has been passed by the majority of parliament. Human rights organizations have commented that the bill is also insufficient. Jasoda also hoped to get justice . "No matter what law comes, there is no hope of getting justice," she said, "If it comes correctly, the TRC bill should give justice." She said that they should be given the right to know who is guilty of the incidents from the state and the rebel side.

There are still 17 people missing from the armed conflict in Baglung. Their families are still searching. "Justice should be given to the victims by telling them what happened," said Lakshmidevi Jisi, president of the human rights organization Baglung. .