{"id":109490,"date":"2021-05-31T09:42:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T04:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=109490"},"modified":"2021-05-31T21:05:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:35:10","slug":"indias-nepal-policy-needs-to-change-for-ensuring-long-lasting-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-nepal-policy-needs-to-change-for-ensuring-long-lasting-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Nepal policy needs to change for ensuring long-lasting friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>: There is widespread disbelief against India in Nepal. But that needs to be addressed by winning back the people\u2019s trust. This will strengthen <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-nepal-relations-present-challenges-and-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India&#8217;s Nepal policy<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>As of now, Nepal\u2019s parliament has been dissolved once again and dates for fresh elections are announced. The current dissolution has been challenged in the court by five political parties.<\/li>\n<li>It has to be remembered that the earlier dissolution of parliament was overruled by the Supreme Court as Unconstitutional.<\/li>\n<li>In this context, we will discuss the prevailing <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answeredindia-nepal-relations-has-been-deteriorated-in-recent-times-and-need-to-be-strengthened-critically-examine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nepali\u2019s scepticism about India<\/a> and India&#8217;s Nepal policy measures to ensure long-lasting friendship between the two countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Prevailing Nepali\u2019s scepticism on India<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>So far, India\u2019s credentials have always been under Nepali\u2019s suspect. Currently, political and public opinion in Nepal is convinced that Mr Oli is now India\u2019s favourite.<\/li>\n<li>Further, there are rumours spreading in Nepal that Mr Oli will promote the return of Nepal to its Hindu Rashtra status under the monarchy and keep the Chinese at distance.<\/li>\n<li>Some rumours even claim that India is working to bring back the monarchy to Nepal.<\/li>\n<li>The Indian government has maintained silence on the current political developments in Nepal. It now needs to assess the political situation in Nepal to serve the interests of India best.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Suggestions to improve India&#8217;s Nepal policy<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First, <\/strong>the monarchy in Nepal has always been against the interest of India. The monarchy has always tried to distance Nepal from India. It has further promoted a nationalism that takes hostility to India as its main driver.\n<ul>\n<li>So, to win the Nepali\u2019s people trust and also for its own interest, India should declare its <strong>unconditional support to Nepal\u2019s republican democracy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second,<\/strong> India should remain fully engaged with Nepal at all levels and across the political spectrum. Through engagement, India <strong>should advocate policies rather than persons<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The absence of India<\/strong>\u2019s engagement will <strong>provide space for China<\/strong>\u2019s intervention. Further, India <strong>should avoid advocating support for individuals<\/strong> as it will create false apprehension over India&#8217;s credential.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third, <\/strong>India\u2019s engagement with Nepal must find an important place for Nepali citizens, especially the <strong>Madhesi population. <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Currently, through a <strong>presidential ordinance<\/strong>, the Nepal government had <strong>reversed a constitutional provision<\/strong> that denied citizenship to children born of Nepali mothers who had foreign husbands. The Madhesi population became a direct target of this.<\/li>\n<li>Though this provision stands removed, it <strong>might be reintroduced after the political uncertainty<\/strong> is over. <strong>India should proactively support<\/strong> the demands of <strong>Madhesi population.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finally, <\/strong>India needs to <strong>facilitate the people-to-people links<\/strong> including long-standing religious and cultural links, between our two countries.\n<ul>\n<li>The future of India&#8217;s Nepal policy lies in leveraging people-to-people links. No other country other than India has such an advantage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/nepal-government-parliament-dissolved-pm-k-p-oli-7334814\/\">The Indian Express<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: There is widespread disbelief against India in Nepal. But that needs to be addressed by winning back the people\u2019s trust. This will strengthen India&#8217;s Nepal policy Background As of now, Nepal\u2019s parliament has been dissolved once again and dates for fresh elections are announced. The current dissolution has been challenged in the court by&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-nepal-policy-needs-to-change-for-ensuring-long-lasting-friendship\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India&#8217;s Nepal policy needs to change for ensuring long-lasting friendship<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,1351,1310,9],"tags":[1457],"class_list":["post-109490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-public","tag-ir_02","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704944658},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}