The Interim Constitution of 2007 ended the monarchy and made Nepal a republic, but this constitution finally ended the chances of a monarchical revival.
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On the Indian side of the border too, as the Indian Government in its statement said that the new constitution was “noted”, instead of welcomed.
The promise for an autonomous region of Madhesh was not kept despite repeated protests in the second Constituent Assembly, the new Constitution was adopted, he said. So the protests and its violent nature has become a matter of utter concern and has highly upset India, who expects Nepal to make amendments to its constitution, so that it becomes more adaptive.
Nepalese officials suggested that India was initially reluctant to send oil tankers.
FNCTA president Sushil Parajuli had said that the cable operators chose to stop the broadcast of the Indian channels as “India has been intruding on the national sovereignty of Nepal”.
However, Indian customs officials say traffic at the border posts is being held up because of concerns for the safety of Indian trucks and drivers.
KATHMANDU Still piecing lives together from the worst earthquakes in 75 years, Nepalis are being tested by another trial – weeks of protests against a new constitution have led to a critical shortage of fuel.
“The decision was taken because of the depleting fuel stock”, said Devanand Upadhyay, the airport’s general manager. “Things are completely out of order”, said Deepak Baral, a spokesman for the state-run Nepal Oil Corporation. The groups include the Madhesi and Tharu ethnic minorities who mainly inhabit the country’s southern plains.
In a special press briefing to the representatives of global media Thursday evening, CPN UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli said that India has a few sort of miscommunication with Nepal which should be cleared out at the earliest.
Nepal is reeling from the effects of a seven- week shutdown in the south of the country because of widespread protests against a new constitution seen by local ethnic groups as discriminatory. But protesters say they won’t give up.
“India has not imposed any blockade”.
“There is no issue from our side”. The scope for clandestine and criminal activity directed against India by using Nepal as a transit has been an abiding pattern over the last two decades. Hindu holy men from Nepal and India come to this temple to take part in the Maha Shivaratri festival annually for holiday when it is legal to smoke the otherwise illegal drug.
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“It’s a three-hour journey by auto if the roads are good”, said Binod, who only gave his first name. Its bonhomie with the Indian-origin Madhesies means that it could play an honest broker if the situation gets out of hand and, more importantly, when the need to act as a facilitator is not just a necessity, but comes via invitation from Kathmandu itself. “I don’t know when this uncertainty will end”.
