EDITORIAL
Prime Minister Pushpakamal Dahal’s long-awaited wish for visiting India has been fulfilled. Although both the Prime ministers — PM Dahal and his host Indian PM Narendra Modi — have made a big claim and remarked the visit as fruitful and a major breakthrough in bilateral relations between the two countries, maybe, for India, it is highly beneficial but for Nepal, it is a loss business. We understand the message given by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi by sending Nepal’s secular leaders to the Mahakaleshwor Temple in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. The Nepali prime minister and ministers were seen performing special pooja even by cladding special clothes (yellow Dhoti and Sal). This is directly linked with the mural of Akhanda Bharat (or indivisible Hindustan). In an interview with an Indian television network, our Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud said that Nepal has no concerns and is not an issue to react to the mural that also included the Nepali territory and is placed at the new Indian Parliament building. Be that as it may, this could be Modi’s idea of transforming those secular leaders into the spiritual world. Besides, the long impending plan of India is to inhabit Nepal’s water, defence and foreign affairs like Bhutan. The continuous Indian efforts are for achieving these goals, no matter, who comes into power in India.
Nepal is to face political instability and become economically ruined until Indians achieve these goals. Nepal saw one after another political turmoil including the ten-year-long “people’s war” sponsored by India.
The political parties in the ruling alliance in Nepal don’t hold any value as they all are sponsored by the Indians or say all the leaders are their own men. Nevertheless, the Indians have felt the problem that these Indian-paid leaders are not sincere and obedient. For example, the political change in April 2006 was the result of the 12-point Delhi agreement. Indians wanted their ownership in the new constitution. When our leaders denied listening to the Indian instruction, India has not recognized the 2015 constitution. Prime Minister Dahal had to wait for about five months to get an opportunity for presenting a “letter of credence” to Modi after assuming office. Just hours before PM Dahal’s departure for Delhi, President Ramchandra Paudel had approved the citizenship amendment bill unconstitutionally. We can assume which level of pressure was mounted on our leaders.
Indian PM Modi, at the joint press conference after the bilateral talks, lauded that the relations between Nepal and India are always “hit” and going to turn into “supper hit”. PM Modi who was not even ready for offering minimum honour to the guest, suddenly changed his mood and apprised Nepal-India relations. Which formula did PM Dahal use during the “one-on-one” talks from which Modi’s mood was changed, a question remains unanswered. Unless we get strong patriotic leaders and unless we stop being used by the Indians under their design, we cannot strengthen our sovereignty, independence and freedom.
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