Don't Interfere in Our Internal Affairs: Nepal PM Oli Warns India

[punit]

denying rights to 50 % of own population is recipe of disaster !

(Press Trust of India file photo)

KATHMANDU: On a day when customs points along the India-Nepal international border saw renewed tension, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today warned India not to interfere in the Himalayan nation's internal affairs.

Tensions inflamed by anti-Constitution sentiments flared anew today with agitating activists of Madhes-based political parties clashing with the police in Nepal's southern city of Birgunj. An Indian national died in police firing in the Nepali border town -- the victim was a resident of Raxaul across the border in Bihar.

Hours after the death of the Indian national, Mr Oli at a public function in Kathmandu criticised the Indian policy concerning Nepal, particularly after the promulgation of the new federal republican Constitution on September 20.

The much awaited charter has evoked strong resentment from the southern Nepali Terai region where the Madhesi political parties as also indigenous groups have launched a violent protest alleging that their interests have been again ignored.

Mr Oli accused India of "propping up" the Madhes-based political parties to impose blockades at major customs points along the 1751-km open border between the two neighbours.

"Why is India rallying behind the four Madhes-based parties," he asked, adding that it was Nepal's responsibility to address the grievances of the various agitating groups.

"The Constitution is not targeted against any country," he said, adding that it was promulgated with 96 per cent of the Constituent Assembly members voting in its favour.

Following the death of the Indian national in Birgunj, the Madhesi political parties warned that they will not sit down for talks with the government in Kathmandu.

Nepal is reeling under severe and chronic shortage of fuel, essential commodities and medicines due to the border-blockade.

Nepal has accused India of imposing an unofficial blockade at the border while New Delhi maintains that transportation of essentials and other goods was hampered by the ongoing violent agitation within land-locked Nepal.

The agitating parties in a statement said talks with the government were unlikely to make any headway in the new emerging context.

Meanwhile, Rekha Sharma, a minister representing the Unified CPN-Maoist party, said the agitating parties should not whip up sentiments related to the killing of the Indian.

"It will only digress the positive environment for talks," Mr Sharma said, urging the Madhes-based parties to change the modality of their demonstrations.

Terming the incident "very unfortunate", Nepali Congress lawmaker Ramhari Khatiwada told IANS that the party was "closely monitoring the situation".

"The way the ruling parties and the Madhesi groups are dealing with the situation, it is going to be very difficult to deal with," he said.


Don't Interfere in Our Internal Affairs: Nepal PM Oli Warns India

Yet another neighbor that has become the victim of Indian's Terrorism..

What Internal Affair .. any tension in Nepali madhesh areas will directly affect the neighboring states ( UP and Bihar) due to open border and unrestricted people movement.

 

[Stag112]

People are so stupid and forget history.

When Indonesians of Chinese origin were attacked in Indonesia, China indeed did ''interfere'' in Indonesia's affairs, even when they are not a neighbor and had no security implications. Google it.

I expect Pakistanis to be grade 1 hypocrites when it comes to India and China though!

 

[GR!FF!N]

They can blame us as much as they can.But it doesn't going to help the situation,does it??

The more they will delay,more complicated it'll become.Did India ever "Publicly Warned Nepal" or any such thing??Nepali Leaders tried to show their Bravado.looks like another "Rajapakse" in making. Rather we should call this episode "Bahadur".



Meanwhile I really feel sorry for the Nepalis who are getting crushed between Madhesis and these "Power Mongering" Communist Leaders.

And yes,please seal the border,then India will not "Interfere" in Nepal.Because every time Nepal gets "Fu*ked Up",They run for India.

Meanwhile In Nepal........................

Indian killed in Nepal police firing amid protests near border

Ethnic Madhesi protesters throw stones and bricks at Nepalese policemen in Birgunj, a town on the border with India. (AP)

In an incident that will add to the tense internal confrontation within Nepal and to chill in bilateral ties with India, the Nepal Police has killed an Indian citizen while firing at protestors in the Nepali border town of Birgunj. India has expressed ‘deep concern’ at the killing of ‘an innocent Indian’, even as Nepal has claimed that he was killed when police was trying to restore order after clashes with protestors.

The incident and clashes on Monday are a set back to the ongoing dialogue process between the government and Tarai parties, and could cause even greater disruption in supplies across the border, sources indicated.

The incident happened as tensions escalated in Birgunj when the Nepal Police, early on Monday morning at 5 am or so, attacked Madhesi protestors and burnt tents at the border to clear way for movement of goods. Images of the burnt tents were circulated by Madhesi parties as proof of the action and harassment.

The border has been blocked for almost 40 days with groups in Nepal’s Tarai using it as a tool to generate pressure on Kathmandu to oppose the new constitution and seek amendments.

Smoke from tires bellows set on fire by the ethnic Madhesis at Birgunj. (AP)

Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs described the day’s events differently. It denied the use of any force when the police tried to clear the border in the morning, alleged that the protesters had pelted stones, and claimed that among those arrested from the site, were two Indian citizens.

It said that during the period when the border was open till 10.30 am, over 200 Indian trucks stranded on the Nepali side moved to India, but the Indian side, according to the statement, did not release vehicles from the Indian side.

Dissenting Madhesi parties reacted against police action, thousands of Madhesis congregated in the town and at the border through the day, and confrontation escalated even as local officials imposed a curfew.

Ashish Kumar Ram aka Sonu Ram was a resident of Raxaul. According to a Nepal Police statement, Madhesi protestors had burnt a local police office on the Nepali side of the border; they turned more aggressive when the police used lathi-charge and tear gas; and then the police resorted to firing, in which Ram was injured. The Home Ministry added that Ram was a part of a group of protesters using and throwing ‘petrol bombs’.

But this version was disputed by an eyewitness and human rights groups. Sunita Sah, a Madhesi district leader, who was at the border, told HT on the phone from Birgunj, “It was about 1.30 in the afternoon.


We were protesting against Nepal police for its brutality when they resorted to force. I saw a young man, handsome looking, in a black vest, using an alternative route through the adjacent village return from Birgunj towards Raxaul. The police caught him.” Sah said they begged the police from a distance not to harm him - but the police shot him point-blank.

In a statement, the Tarai Human Rights Defenders Alliance said it was deeply concerned at Ram’s killing and said he ‘received a live bullet on his head when police opened fire on protestors’. It quoted his father, Ashok Ram, as confirming that Ashish had gone to Birgunj on some personal work and was shot on his way back.

Demonstrators affiliated with various political parties take part in an anti-India protest in Kathmandu. (Reuters file photo)


The organisation added that another local resident had been seriously injured and said that the police had been using live ammunition despite the stay order against use of excessive force by the Supreme Court.

The incident has caused anger in the bordering Indian town of Raxaul. Mahesh Kumar Agarwal, a local businessman who has been running a mess for the Madhesi protestors, told HT, “Till now, Nepal police had been killing Madhesis. Now they are killing Indians also. We want action against them and compensation for the family. The boy was an only son and comes from a poor background.”

In a statement, besides expressing deep concern at the firing and the killing of an ‘innocent Indian’, the Indian embassy reiterated that the issues facing Nepal were ‘political’ and could not be resolved by force.

“Causes underlying the present state of confrontation need to be addressed by the Government of Nepal credibly and effectively.” The statement said that Indian transporters and freight operators had again voiced concern at the ‘deteriorating situation’ and India had advised them to ‘exercise caution and not put themselves in danger’. With increased protests on the Madhesi side and the tense standoff, border crossings were closed on Monday with even the limited supplies shrinking.

Indian sources told HT that Monday’s incident once again confirmed the logic of why India has been urging Nepal to find a political resolution to the Tarai crisis and its cross border ramifications.

The border is open, there is free movement of people, unrest in Tarai is bound to affect Indian citizens and interests. “Nepal government is playing with fire. It needs to get its house in order and this can only happen if it talks and listens to disaffected sections of the population, not through force.”

The security crackdown is expected to cause a setback in the government’s talks with the Madhesi parties. On Sunday, the government had officially agreed to review the issue of federal demarcation through a political agreement. But the current environment, Madhesi leaders said, made them doubt the government’s intentions. They promised to intensify the agitation.

Indian killed in Nepal police firing amid protests near border | world | Hindustan Times

 

[samv]

You are wrong. The rise of India is a boon for all the smaller countries in South Asia.

If you say so. India has been nothing but a curse to its neighbouring countries.

 

[manlion]

If you say so. India has been nothing but a curse to its neighbouring countries.

Hypocrite like they honored Tamils rights , now shedding tears for Madhesis India is the biggest curse to Tamils - e.g imposing Hindi, using Tamils to fight India's war in Lanka

 

[Gibbs]

They can blame us as much as they can.But it doesn't going to help the situation,does it??

The more they will delay,more complicated it'll become.Did India ever "Publicly Warned Nepal" or any such thing??Nepali Leaders tried to show their Bravado.looks like another "Rajapakse" in making. Rather we should call this episode "Bahadur".



Meanwhile I really feel sorry for the Nepalis who are getting crushed between Madhesis and these "Power Mongering" Communist Leaders.

And yes,please seal the border,then India will not "Interfere" in Nepal.Because every time Nepal gets "Fu*ked Up",They run for India.

Meanwhile In Nepal........................

Indian killed in Nepal police firing amid protests near border

Ethnic Madhesi protesters throw stones and bricks at Nepalese policemen in Birgunj, a town on the border with India. (AP)

In an incident that will add to the tense internal confrontation within Nepal and to chill in bilateral ties with India, the Nepal Police has killed an Indian citizen while firing at protestors in the Nepali border town of Birgunj. India has expressed ‘deep concern’ at the killing of ‘an innocent Indian’, even as Nepal has claimed that he was killed when police was trying to restore order after clashes with protestors.

The incident and clashes on Monday are a set back to the ongoing dialogue process between the government and Tarai parties, and could cause even greater disruption in supplies across the border, sources indicated.

The incident happened as tensions escalated in Birgunj when the Nepal Police, early on Monday morning at 5 am or so, attacked Madhesi protestors and burnt tents at the border to clear way for movement of goods. Images of the burnt tents were circulated by Madhesi parties as proof of the action and harassment.

The border has been blocked for almost 40 days with groups in Nepal’s Tarai using it as a tool to generate pressure on Kathmandu to oppose the new constitution and seek amendments.

Smoke from tires bellows set on fire by the ethnic Madhesis at Birgunj. (AP)

Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs described the day’s events differently. It denied the use of any force when the police tried to clear the border in the morning, alleged that the protesters had pelted stones, and claimed that among those arrested from the site, were two Indian citizens.

It said that during the period when the border was open till 10.30 am, over 200 Indian trucks stranded on the Nepali side moved to India, but the Indian side, according to the statement, did not release vehicles from the Indian side.

Dissenting Madhesi parties reacted against police action, thousands of Madhesis congregated in the town and at the border through the day, and confrontation escalated even as local officials imposed a curfew.

Ashish Kumar Ram aka Sonu Ram was a resident of Raxaul. According to a Nepal Police statement, Madhesi protestors had burnt a local police office on the Nepali side of the border; they turned more aggressive when the police used lathi-charge and tear gas; and then the police resorted to firing, in which Ram was injured. The Home Ministry added that Ram was a part of a group of protesters using and throwing ‘petrol bombs’.

But this version was disputed by an eyewitness and human rights groups. Sunita Sah, a Madhesi district leader, who was at the border, told HT on the phone from Birgunj, “It was about 1.30 in the afternoon.


We were protesting against Nepal police for its brutality when they resorted to force. I saw a young man, handsome looking, in a black vest, using an alternative route through the adjacent village return from Birgunj towards Raxaul. The police caught him.” Sah said they begged the police from a distance not to harm him - but the police shot him point-blank.

In a statement, the Tarai Human Rights Defenders Alliance said it was deeply concerned at Ram’s killing and said he ‘received a live bullet on his head when police opened fire on protestors’. It quoted his father, Ashok Ram, as confirming that Ashish had gone to Birgunj on some personal work and was shot on his way back.

Demonstrators affiliated with various political parties take part in an anti-India protest in Kathmandu. (Reuters file photo)


The organisation added that another local resident had been seriously injured and said that the police had been using live ammunition despite the stay order against use of excessive force by the Supreme Court.

The incident has caused anger in the bordering Indian town of Raxaul. Mahesh Kumar Agarwal, a local businessman who has been running a mess for the Madhesi protestors, told HT, “Till now, Nepal police had been killing Madhesis. Now they are killing Indians also. We want action against them and compensation for the family. The boy was an only son and comes from a poor background.”

In a statement, besides expressing deep concern at the firing and the killing of an ‘innocent Indian’, the Indian embassy reiterated that the issues facing Nepal were ‘political’ and could not be resolved by force.

“Causes underlying the present state of confrontation need to be addressed by the Government of Nepal credibly and effectively.” The statement said that Indian transporters and freight operators had again voiced concern at the ‘deteriorating situation’ and India had advised them to ‘exercise caution and not put themselves in danger’. With increased protests on the Madhesi side and the tense standoff, border crossings were closed on Monday with even the limited supplies shrinking.

Indian sources told HT that Monday’s incident once again confirmed the logic of why India has been urging Nepal to find a political resolution to the Tarai crisis and its cross border ramifications.

The border is open, there is free movement of people, unrest in Tarai is bound to affect Indian citizens and interests. “Nepal government is playing with fire. It needs to get its house in order and this can only happen if it talks and listens to disaffected sections of the population, not through force.”

The security crackdown is expected to cause a setback in the government’s talks with the Madhesi parties. On Sunday, the government had officially agreed to review the issue of federal demarcation through a political agreement. But the current environment, Madhesi leaders said, made them doubt the government’s intentions. They promised to intensify the agitation.

Indian killed in Nepal police firing amid protests near border | world | Hindustan Times

WTF ? Was a Indian doing amidst a separatist protest in Nepal ? Especially with such high profile internal unrest ? Highly unlikely a "innocent" bystander

 

[GR!FF!N]

WTF ? Was a Indian doing amidst a separatist protest in Nepal ? Especially with such high profile internal unrest ? Highly unlikely a "innocent" bystander

Tens of Thousands of Indians live in Nepal.The thing I wanted to highlight was "Even After SC's stay order,Police Fired,and that too for Killing(Police Fires below knee height for dispersing mob,they generally fires body shot for killing.This one,if news was right as claimed was "Execution").

And as reported,he possibly was stuck in this protest and tried to figure out another route when shot.Its not much of a unheard story as innocents generally become victims of such incidents.

 

[Gibbs]

Tens of Thousands of Indians live in Nepal.The thing I wanted to highlight was "Even After SC's stay order,Police Fired,and that too for Killing(Police Fires below knee height for dispersing mob,they generally fires body shot for killing.This one,if news was right as claimed was "Execution").

And as reported,he possibly was stuck in this protest and tried to figure out another route when shot.Its not much of a unheard story as innocents generally become victims of such incidents.

Not a very convincing explanation.. Indian intelligence has a long history in espousing civil unrest in neighboring countries, This may well have been one caught out

It quoted his father, Ashok Ram, as confirming that Ashish had gone to Birgunj on some personal work and was shot on his way back.

 

[GR!FF!N]

Not a very convincing explanation.. Indian intelligence has a long history in espousing civil unrest in neighboring countries, This may well have been one caught out

well,in that aspect,World should deport all Americans as CIA spy,All Pakistanis as Terrorists and All Sri Lankans as "War Criminals".Such discrimination possibly is applied only for PDF(And possibly under mad men like Idi Amin),not for a civilized country.

I ask you,which Intelligence Agency doesn't have a "Reputation" for such adverse activities??But terming a civilian as "Spy",well,atleast Nepal didn't term him as spy.

 

[Gibbs]

well,in that aspect,World should deport all Americans as CIA spy,All Pakistanis as Terrorists and All Sri Lankans as "War Criminals".Such discrimination possibly is applied only for PDF(And possibly under mad men like Idi Amin),not for a civilized country.

I ask you,which Intelligence Agency doesn't have a "Reputation" for such adverse activities??But terming a civilian as "Spy",well,atleast Nepal didn't term him as spy.

I didn't imply that, That would be akin to the world deporting all Indians as rapists, But what i did intent to highlight is the story given is murky by your own source, You mentioned thousands of Indians live there which is probably true but it's quoted the deceased father saying he went to Nepal on personal work.. Conflicting to say the least especially with the situation on the ground he was in midst of a riot

Again given the role of RAW and other such orgs in the past nothing cannot be ruled out

 

[Echo_419]

(Press Trust of India file photo)

KATHMANDU: On a day when customs points along the India-Nepal international border saw renewed tension, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today warned India not to interfere in the Himalayan nation's internal affairs.

Tensions inflamed by anti-Constitution sentiments flared anew today with agitating activists of Madhes-based political parties clashing with the police in Nepal's southern city of Birgunj. An Indian national died in police firing in the Nepali border town -- the victim was a resident of Raxaul across the border in Bihar.

Hours after the death of the Indian national, Mr Oli at a public function in Kathmandu criticised the Indian policy concerning Nepal, particularly after the promulgation of the new federal republican Constitution on September 20.

The much awaited charter has evoked strong resentment from the southern Nepali Terai region where the Madhesi political parties as also indigenous groups have launched a violent protest alleging that their interests have been again ignored.

Mr Oli accused India of "propping up" the Madhes-based political parties to impose blockades at major customs points along the 1751-km open border between the two neighbours.

"Why is India rallying behind the four Madhes-based parties," he asked, adding that it was Nepal's responsibility to address the grievances of the various agitating groups.

"The Constitution is not targeted against any country," he said, adding that it was promulgated with 96 per cent of the Constituent Assembly members voting in its favour.

Following the death of the Indian national in Birgunj, the Madhesi political parties warned that they will not sit down for talks with the government in Kathmandu.

Nepal is reeling under severe and chronic shortage of fuel, essential commodities and medicines due to the border-blockade.

Nepal has accused India of imposing an unofficial blockade at the border while New Delhi maintains that transportation of essentials and other goods was hampered by the ongoing violent agitation within land-locked Nepal.

The agitating parties in a statement said talks with the government were unlikely to make any headway in the new emerging context.

Meanwhile, Rekha Sharma, a minister representing the Unified CPN-Maoist party, said the agitating parties should not whip up sentiments related to the killing of the Indian.

"It will only digress the positive environment for talks," Mr Sharma said, urging the Madhes-based parties to change the modality of their demonstrations.

Terming the incident "very unfortunate", Nepali Congress lawmaker Ramhari Khatiwada told IANS that the party was "closely monitoring the situation".

"The way the ruling parties and the Madhesi groups are dealing with the situation, it is going to be very difficult to deal with," he said.


Don't Interfere in Our Internal Affairs: Nepal PM Oli Warns India

Yet another neighbor that has become the victim of Indian's Terrorism..

Handel the mahadeshi problem 1st

 

[asad71]

Timely warning. Indian uncivilized behavior and pressure on Nepal is going to backfire. Nepal is not alone. This Indian attitude will lead to the fruition of the China backed project of establishing the Greater Himalayan Confederacy.

 

[deckingraj]

Of course Pakistan can be a counter force to India. It already is. It's just a pity it is rocked with religious fundamentalism and violence.

You have replied with a statement that Pakistan is a counter force to India...whereas i was asking how...you see the difference?? please reply that part...

The rise of China is a boon for all the smaller countries in South Asia.

Sorry but just because you have special affinity towards China doesn't mean that every thing that China does is good for South Asia...Every single country works for her own interests including Pakistan...no body is doing anyone any favor...!!

China can. And hope it does.

now we are talking....

India is a horrible neighbour to almost every country bordering it.

Absolute nonsense....apart from Pakistan we hardly have issues with anyone....Also I can talk about the same for Pakistan...however leave it for some other discussion...

 

[samv]

Absolute nonsense....apart from Pakistan we hardly have issues with anyone....Also I can talk about the same for Pakistan...however leave it for some other discussion...

Deluded as well. Nice.

 

[Ragnar]

We will create a civil war in Nepal. Indian Army will move in. Later, we will Annex it- after a "referendum" where Madhesis will vote for us.