So true. Nepal has always tried to play smart. But problem is they are not that smart at all. When you have a unimaginably difficult terrain in your north, it is actually stupid to show India their China card again and again. If they really are placing their best bet on Lhasa-Kathmandu rail link, God help them. That project is a disaster.Lol.
What do you know about the relation between India and Nepal?
Nepal has two choice .Stop everything with India and chose the China across Himalayan mountain for everything through the passage that is always close 90% of a year .Inhospitable terrain.
For us Madhesis can also play .This is one option .
There is a lot of people living in Nepal with the help of dole out from India our pension etc .
This is not the first time the Nepal playing games.
During 90S ,Rajiv Gandhis time ,they did this .
You know what?
Last week several time they tried for a meeting with Indian authorities .
But couldnt even see them.
Even now they are complaining .
If they play ,we can also play.
Lol even China cant manage themselves in our border .Let alone the their so called power .
Still a lots of options .
Nepalaese themselves will kick their elites out .
The thing is India only needs to deal with China .
Chinese knows what we are .
We can be self reliant and fight for long time.
We have resources for that.
And in this democracy .135 crore people will support our govt irrespective of party lineage.
Democracy is slow but far more resilient.
India has been very careful with its words and that is understandable. But there is always a tendency to see restraint as weakness in this forum. Most people simply does not understand the dynamics of Indo-Nepal relations, the Nepalese domestic psyche and what India can actually do to Nepal if it wants to do. Time have answer of everything. We need to just wait and watch.