India itself a problem ridden country

April 14, 2004
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-Pradip Giri, Cong-D

Kathmandu: First time perhaps, a Nepali political leader has daringly accepted that we the Nepalese tremble with fear as and when we come across with an Indian official of even of the ranks of a Joint-Secretary. Nepali leaders appear to have come of their age now.

However, the Nepali leader did not reveal as to which leaders or for that matter which bureaucrats did tremble out of fear upon facing the Indian joint secretary.

Better late than never, sense appears to have prevailed in at least a section of the Nepali politics.

A known Congress ideologue, Pradip Giri, made this startling revelations Monday evening while talking to NTV.

Pradip Giri who is at the moment associated with Deuba’s congress also suggested that Nepal should face India without suffering any sort of complexes.

To a query of the NTV, Mr. Giri stated that India as a country too possessed all the negative symptoms that were the hallmarks of a South Asian nation.

“It’s a country that couldn’t save its own two prime ministers, Indira and Rajiv Gandhi from the wrath of the terrorists”, added Giri. India equally is a problem-ridden country, he said.

Mr. Giri admitted that in the Nepal’s Maoists imbroglio, Indian role could be of a “necessary” nature, however, it can’t be a “sufficient” condition.

Those who had been watching NTV wherein he was being interviewed could not catch as to whether Mr. Giri was deriding at India or defending Indian stance vis-à-vis Nepal.

Regarding the Maoists issue, Mr. Giri though lauded the heroic courage of the Maoists insurgency but concurrently sent signals to the Maoists camp that they were fighting a war that could not come to their favor even after 200 years.

He suggested the Maoists to announce a ceasefire and lay down their arms prior to the talks with the government of the day. This notwithstanding, the congress-D ideologue opined that the nation now must move towards a constituent assembly-a line primarily advocated by the Maoists.

He finally suggested the monarch to come to terms with the agitating political parties and accept the role prescribed for him by the 1990 constitution.

It was natural that he demanded the restoration of his own party’s leader’s government dismissed by the King in order to correct the charges of regression and bring the derailed constitution to its original track.