Nepal’s top political leaders met Monday with representatives of the Madhesi ethnic group who are protesting against the new constitution to try to end a months-long crisis, but no agreement was reached.
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The incident happened on a day when the CPN-Maoist led by Netrabikram Chand enforced a general strike across the country to protest “India’s blockade” of trading points with Nepal.
The Madhesi agitation, over calls for to safeguard their pursuits and extra illustration in the brand new Constituion, close to the border commerce factors has been on for greater than two months now.
The government accuses India of deliberately worsening the embargo, but India denies this.
“Our strike is against India’s blockade and its intervention in Nepal’s internal affairs”, the party said in a statement. At least 40 people have been killed in confrontations with police since August.
On Sunday 13 Indian border security officers crossed into Nepal chasing smugglers in the southeastern district of Jhapa, prompting reports in India that the officers had been detained.
With schools closed due to the fuel shortage, some children are even seeking work to help their families get by, Tuladhar said. Education is our right. We have policy vis-a-vis Nepal and not in relation to a community.
Nepal, however, maintained that India had imposed a blockade.
Nepalese authorities have been rationing gasoline for taxis and public buses, but there’s been no fuel for private cars.
In a stark warning, Unicef says supplies of vaccines and antibiotics in the country are now critically low – and the fear is that children could be the worst hit.
The government and opposition parties will sit for talks again ahead of the Wednesday meeting to forge a common stance on the demands presented by the Madhesi parties.
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Nepal and India do not have a new version of the extradition treaty or mechanism for mutual legal assistance.
