Leader Gyawali also claimed that populism, anarchism, and extreme right-wing tendencies are prevalent in Nepal.
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UML leader Pradeep Gyawali has said that ideas and philosophies in Nepal have become narrow and limited to Facebook and X. Leader Gyawali said at a discussion program on the history of philosophy book organized by Budh that interest in philosophy and intellectual debate are in crisis in Nepal.
Recalling the words of famous Indian philosopher and writer Devi Prasad Chattopadhyay, he expressed concern over the situation of decreasing interest in ideas and philosophy. did. Chattopadhyay mentioned that ‘at a time when India needed philosophy the most, there was a drought in interest in philosophy and intellectual debate’, Gyawali said that a similar situation is starting to be seen in Nepal too.
‘A famous philosopher and writer of India is Devi Prasad Chattopadhyay. He had said in a context many years ago, that today, when India needs philosophy the most, unfortunately, at the same time, there is a huge drought of interest in philosophy, the analysis of philosophy, an attraction to philosophy or activities related to it, he had said. Taking into account the same thing, in the case of Nepal, today too, the debate on philosophy and overall ideological questions, theoretical policy questions, is becoming more and more narrow. Ideas are becoming narrower in tweets of 240 characters or in Facebook texts of a few hundred words,' he said.
He also claimed that populism, anarchism and extreme right-wing tendencies are prevailing in Nepal. He said that the crisis on nationality, democratic rights, human rights and open political space is increasing.
‘The government is moving towards an elected dictatorship based on populism, anarchism and extreme right-wing extremism. It looks like it is elected and has come from the popular vote, but the overall behavior of this government is towards a dictatorship. Trade union rights have been taken away, students have been deprived of the rights they obtained from the Panchayat in 21 Baal, they have been intimidated in various ways, we have already seen the plight of the squatters,’ he said.
