Nepal: Is India a friend or foe?

Telegraph Nepal, Editorials

The freshly disseminated news that the Kathmandu based Indian Ambassador Jayant Prasad Srivastava put his extra energy for the elevation of one of the Nepal Government secretaries, his preferred one presumably, has stunned the nation in that till now the Embassy of the former British Colony had confined itself in making and breaking of Nepali parties and of the governments, was an open secret now, however, this unwanted and erratic additional effort made by Jayant Prasad does tell that India will now  begin penetrating into the very administrative structure of the Nepali bureaucracy in order to damage the very permanent pillar of the State that it is taken the world over. If he enters into this domain, Nepal as a nation-state will begin decaying fast which is what the Indian establishment desires.

Having interest in a particular person is not a crime which is what could be taken as a human weakness, however, exerting tremendous pressure on the very body politic of the nation-state through near and dear politicians of various shades and colors in order to elevate the ranks of a very distinguished Nepali national is quite a different and dangerous matter. Albeit the Nepali leaders have the right to do so in some way or the other.

The preferred personality of the Indian Ambassador though could not get the post he deserved or not yet the Indian Ambassador’s personal preference towards that very Nepali national and the dissemination of the same in the media albeit must have damaged his entire bureaucratic career in that the general population, including his juniors in the ministry he is currently serving, will now take him as someone other’s preferred man which he may have been not.

Question now come to the fore is why Jayant Prasad dared to damage the very honest bureaucratic credentials of this individual serving the Nepal government as one of the most distinguished Secretaries? Out of love? Or what? Or wanted to kill his image?

While these questions demands convincing answers yet what is for sure is that in the name of helping this Nepali national, our honored citizen, the Indian involvement must have caused immense damage instead.   

At times, even one jumps into the scene with a good intent yet the end result is negative as the one about which we have been talking about. We really feel sorry for such a situation where in the Indian envoy pushed this Nepali citizen. 

More than the damage caused to this honored Nepali national, the damage is already in record now, Jayan’t poking his nose into the administrative domain of Nepali bureaucracy must be taken as a diplomatic crime which, if taken seriously and if the government, an Indo-pendent one that it is, has any guts or political stamina then the Nepali foreign ministry should immediately declare Ambassador Jayant Prasad as Persona Non Grata with a stern warning to leave the Nepali soil well within forty eight hours.

But who will bell the wild cat? Nepal PM Bhattarai can’t collect this much courage for fear of being imprisoned if and when as a simple person he makes a small trip to the Indian soil. More so Bhattarai is taken as the Indian product by some high placed quarters.

Will Prachanda then collect this much courage, who keeps on telling his audience at times that he will not bow down to the alien Deities, to convince his deputy and the Nepal PM to act fast and send Jayant Babu back to Delhi?

Prachanda will not because every evening he is with the Indian Ambassador or vice versa. What transpires in between these two luminaries in such evening gathering is any body’s guess as Professor Sukh Deo Muni has very freshly revealed, tip to toe, as to what Prachanda is in effect.  By the way Muni has also exposed Bhattarai’s real credentials.

Stretching this matter further will boomerang on Nepal as India knows on how to fix the nails on the heads of the erratic; this is what they take those who talk in favor of Nepal, Nepali personnel as had been recently fixed by Ambassador Shyam Saran  to one of our senior professional colleague who even apologized in haste for some mysterious reasons.

Soon the days will come to us when we will listen that Nepali nationals will have to submit their applications straight at the Indian embassy if they wish to join the Nepal government services. This will, as and when this happens, come as an added advantage for the Nepali competent nationals for they will not have to undergo through the rigorous process of being selected by the Nepali Public Service Commission as per the rule.

Yet thanks must go to the Indian Ambassador that his preferred one was an honest and nationalist Nepali of this country. Our sympathy goes to this eminent Nepali national who for not of his fault was drawn into controversy through the kind courtesy of the Indian Ambassador Jayant babu. This does also mean that the Lainchour premise will now poke its nose in each and every Nepali institution in order to further damage the very untainted credentials of those whom it prefers. Rehearsal of Sikkimisation perhaps has already begun. Is India then a friend or foe? Real friends do not poke their nose in the internal matters of other countries. Then what?

Editorial published in Telegraph Weekly, August 1, 2012.

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  • Posted on - 2012-07-31    by     Dirgha Raj Prasai
  • Dear all Nepalese Nationalists ! Nepal has never before fallen into such a crisis. Since 2006, wolves and foxes have attacked Nepal. India, America and the European nations have used naïve politicians, and turned them into brokers. They are bent upon bringing a total eclipse by sucking the blood of Nepal. Nepal is a close neighbor of India. The Nepalese people have always looked towards India with respect, on the other hand, the leaders of India have continued with their prejudices and discriminatory perspective towards Nepal. India's evil interest is to control Nepal's defense and foreign policy. To achieve this purpose, India, since 2006, has changed the peace-loving country of Nepal into a base for terrorists, directing the Nepalese traitors to instill violence upon the head of party leadership. In Nepal, 95 percent of criminal activities are directed by India. India is an expert in controlling parties in the government and in opposition. This is turning Nepal into a battleground of foreign conspiracy and national traitors. Cordial people to people level relations between Nepal and India has existed since ancient times. We have to keep friendly relations with India due to our similar cultural and religious traditions. But sadly Indian congress, ever since coming to power has been striving to destabilize Nepal. India, through its intelligence agency 'RAW', has been found continuously involved in destabilizing our national identities - royal institution, Hindu Kingdom and national language, which were developed along with the ideology of national unity, security and national identity. RAW through its agents in the Nepali Congress, UML and Maoist parties is now pressing for autonomous federal states on communal basis. A prominent journalist Pushpa Raj Pradhan, editor-People's Review, writes- 'Indian Embassy in Kathmandu is spending 57 billion rupees per years under the ' Small Grant Project'. Out of total FM radios, 50 percent of them are receiving such Indians grants. Similarly, some Christian missions have also funded those FM radios just broadcast Christian programmed. India wants the Indianization of Nepal and the Christians want to transform Nepal from a Hindu state to a Christian state. The alliances of confused party's leaders, by mentioning federal republic in the interim constitution, have invited civil war in the country. It is easy to damage and destroy but very difficult to construct. When we lose our norms and value our existences will also finish. No one has the right to bargain on the country's existence and sovereignty. Therefore, in the present situation, if a solution is not sought with the presence and participation of monarch this country could see a bloodbath. If that happens, no one knows where the country will reach. After the constituent assembly election the leadership of coalition government is becoming confuse & despotic. Now, the only option for the country is to seek a solution among all the political parties and the nationalist forces including the king. Thank you. Dirgha Raj Prasai Kathmandu
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