Floods in Bihar could be a diplomatic move by Nepal to remind the Great Indian Democracy that how important Nepal’s Prime Minister visit is to India quite contrary to the view what our Ministry of External Affairs is projecting.
BUILT UP TO THE VISIT
1. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ Saturday left for People’s Democratic Republic of China on a five-day official visit to attend the closing ceremony of Beijing Olympics-2008.Prime Minister Prachanda was welcomed at the VVIP of the Central International Airport in Beijing by the Vice-Minister for Population and Family Planning of China. This is the PM’s first international visit.
2. NEW DELHI: Nepal's new Maoist PM, Prachanda, has made his choice clear. Within a week of taking office, he is breaking bread with the Chinese leadership at the closing ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing, preferring it over meeting the Indian leadership in New Delhi. (Source : Times of India).
3. End of August: Bihar’s sorrow kosi floods North Bihar due to breach in embankment in Nepal.
4. Second week September: - Nepal’s Prime Minister Prachanda makes his first official international visit since taking office last month with a trip to India after saying treaties between the two countries should be reviewed. Accompanied by cabinet ministers and business leaders, Nepal's new prime minister is in India for what is termed a "goodwill" visit.
5. NEW DELHI: In the aftermath of the Kosi flooding that has left millions of people homeless in India and Nepal, prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal `Prachanda’ has said he favoured the idea of setting up a high dam on the river Kosi to regulate the flow of water. Mr Prachanda conveyed his affirmation for the hydel power project in a meeting with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar at a lunch hosted by JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav.
6. Water resources management was on top of the agenda during bilateral discussions between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mr Prachanda. During the meeting Mr Singh extend Rs 20 crore as immediate relief for flood victims in Nepal.
7. India and the now defunct royalist government of Nepal saw the Maoist insurgency, led by the man who is now prime minister, as a common security challenge. That might be one reason why Prime Minister Dahal is calling for an end to recruitment of Nepali Gurkhas into the Indian Army. The Gurkhas have had a reputation as fierce warriors here since the early 19th century, when they were contracted by the British East India Company. There are about 40,000 Gurkhas serving in the Indian Army and paramilitary forces. Indian military officials say, even if Nepal takes the unlikely step of banning service in the Indian military, it will not significantly affect the force, which has more than one-million personnel under arms.
So my unambiguous assessment of the breach in Kosi embankments is that it was bound to happen in wake of the events in Nepal. The problem is our so called brilliant bureaucracy didn’t foresee it coming or they were too much looking forward for the FLOOD RELIEF PACKAGE BONOUS. For it is no hidden fact the industry of providing relief is quite profitable. And of course the State has an agenda to save the poor.Save the poor when they are only in dire state and not before it.
Other indicators were the regular cry of our neighbours to change a half a century old friendship agreement which was done with a Monarch. Can somebody question our extraordinary MEA what they were doing about it? The culprits covert and overt both must be brought to the punitive end of Law.
Lastly I do see the worst nightmare of INDO NEPAL friendship coming true. As Nepal gets closer to China Indian Army may end up loosing The Nepali Gurkhas. Whatever has to be done by our excellent foreign policy makers it must be done now.
Note: - Built Up to the visit has been picked up from various sources.
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