The government led by Balendra Shah, with a two-thirds majority, issued a direct order ordering the eviction of landless squatters and unorganized settlers living on the banks of the rivers in the Kathmandu Valley. The city suddenly became lifeless with the news of the forcible use of dozers on the landless squatter settlements.

The settlements were evacuated amidst a peaceful and dense siege by guns, sticks, police, boots and the army. The squatter settlements did not get any chance to adopt their self-defense strategies this time. After the settlements were evacuated, the squatters are living very comfortably in the government's many holding centers.

In the run-up to the elections, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) President Ravi Lamichhane had made a loud announcement, 'If a dozer is used on the squatter settlements, I will be the first to come and beat my chest.' The dozer will not be driven in the huts of the poor, but in the palaces of the corrupt.' Balendra had also made many promises to the slum dwellers of Jhapa during the election campaign to collect their votes. And after coming to power, the promise letter also mentioned solving their problems.

Let's go back to the days when the dozer was driven in the slum dwellers. That was like a transitional period dealing with the terrible lack of statelessness. On Saturday, April 12, in the name of security, facilitation and management, the Armed Police Force, Nepal Police, and City Police from all over the valley stood in a line in all four directions of the Thapathali slum.

The military force had completely destroyed the morale of the local community and individuals. And, there was no environment for the slum dwellers to mount any resistance. No journalist or activist was allowed to enter the gate entering the slum. A pamphlet with the words 'Media Zone' was pasted on the wall on the left side of the road. All the journalists, content creators, and YouTubers were gathering news from outside and inside the settlement. They were not allowed to demonstrate. The police had torn up the paper with the slogans. The people of the settlement were crying, some were angry, some were scared and were carrying things out of their homes in despair.

Some were forced to take their belongings to their relatives and friends' houses. However, those who had no friends or relatives had their belongings lying right there near the rubble that had been crushed by the dozer. They were deeply saddened to see the small huts and houses that had been built with the meager wealth they had earned through sweat and struggle for years, collapsing with a single blow from the dozer.

Many of us did not see that the government brutally suppressed the voices of rebellion and resistance by showing numerous police, army, boots, sticks, and guns and the fear that arose from it. And, we silently and quickly created a fake narrative that the squatters' settlements were removed. The truth is that the state treated its own citizens within the state like murderers or criminals by violating/violating the rules, procedures, laws, acts, and the constitution. This step by Walendra has given a clear message that power is always cruel to the weak, and never belongs to them. And, the government has made the landless Dalits, squatters, and unorganized settlers feel the orphaned feeling of statelessness this time.

Since the government took advantage of the opportunity and ordered the eviction of the squatters within two days, there was no time to file any writ in court, nor was there any stay order or complaint with the local government. As soon as possible, the Zen-jis went to file a writ, but the news came that 'the case will be heard only on Monday'. By then, on Saturday and Sunday, the dozer terror had already evacuated the slums in Thapathali, Gairigaun in Sinamangal, and Manohara in Jadibuti. The state had already proven that the face of power is cruel and inhuman. Now, in the second phase, the dozer has forcibly occupied the slums in Balkhu, Bansighat, Teku, Shankhamul, Anamnagar, Balaju, and Machhapokhari.

Like a war with an enemy nation, the government targeted its own weak citizens, making citizens stateless within its own country. After the state created a humanitarian crisis through guns and the army, and after being unable to see the damaged picture of his own house being demolished by the dozer, Robin Tamang committed suicide by hanging himself in the toilet. Indra Bahadur Rai of the Sukumvasi settlement in Balkhu also died after being swept away in the Bagmati River. In this way, the state encouraged two people to commit suicide. In this way, this government also failed to become a 'government' of the weak. And, it continued to commit legal crimes and human rights violations.

Before being removed from the settlement, proper management should be carried out including identification, data collection, verification, rehabilitation and rehabilitation of the real landless squatters. However, here, when people are displaced in a forcible command style without any legal process, all rights, including women's rights and children's rights, have been violated. Even when he was the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Balendra Shah had made road expansion work in Kathmandu his main action plan. He had expanded the road by removing parking on the sidewalk. However, the sidewalk was not just a sidewalk. It was a place where laborers, farmers, and wage laborers lived their daily lives. They used that sidewalk to run their lives and the lives of their families. They would roast corn in the morning and evening, sell children's hats and clothes, and sell fruits in a cart. And, they would run their lives. However, Walendra could not understand that the poor mentality that the poor should be driven away to enhance urban beauty neither makes local governance beautiful nor successful. Initially, the ruler becomes soft and populist. Gradually, he takes over the power, army, police, social media, constitutional bodies and all the courts of the state and imposes 'soft' dictatorship. Walendra Shah is walking on the same path. When he was mayor, he had tried many times to displace landless squatters and unorganized settlers. However, feeling that the federal government was becoming sluggish, he continued to move forward in a presumptuous style.

He has moved forward by violating his own promise after becoming the Prime Minister and violating the rules and procedures. Whereas he was elected by assuring the landless squatters not to be afraid or panicked during the election campaign. After coming to power, he axed the sacred vote and mandate of those squatters.

The entire settlement that the bulldozer demolished was not a settlement of the poor - it was the heart of the state. If the land belonged to the state, then the people living on that land were also citizens of the state. A state is not complete with geography alone. A state cannot be formed without population, without a definite geography, without a constitution, without police or military force. Therefore, a state is formed only when the citizens give it legitimacy. The state protects the citizens. It is the duty and responsibility of the state to protect the human rights and self-respect of the citizens. If the government deviates from the constitutional path and process, the risk of the constitution falling off the track remains high.

The state committed the crime of forcibly displacing squatters without any prior preparation, without any alternative, and without a rehabilitation-management framework. This has raised serious questions about their basic rights, human rights, self-respect, and the country's democracy. The destruction of citizens' homes is the destruction of the house of democracy - self-respect is destroyed, and the dozer is driven into the heart of human rights.

Article 37 of the Constitution provides for the right to housing for every citizen, Article 16 provides for the right of every citizen to live with dignity, Article 17 provides for the right of every citizen to equality, Article 42 guarantees the right to social justice, and Article 40 guarantees the rights of landless Dalits. Human rights treaties, agreements, and Supreme Court decisions have also stated that squatters should not be forced to settle without any alternative, rehabilitation, or proper management.

Proper management should be carried out including identification, data collection, verification, rehabilitation and rehabilitation of the actual landless squatters before they are removed from the settlement. However, here, when people are forcibly displaced in a command style without any legal process, women's rights and children's rights have been violated. Encroaching on the fundamental rights of citizens written in the constitution is an unconstitutional act. Choking the throats of the weak without rules, procedures and good governance cannot be a democratic value.

The government has kept the displaced people from the squatter settlements in ashrams or lodges. They are suffering from food and drink inconvenience, wind and rain and lack of medical treatment. Children's education is becoming uncertain. Disability and the health of pregnant and lactating women are starting to have a complex impact. 8/9 lactating women have been kept in the same room in the hotel. The lack of nutritious food has caused the body of pregnant women to rot and their limbs to tremble. The government, which has failed in its management, has not even provided information about the holding centers for fear of its own opposition. There is a media ban there.