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Maoist resurgency in Nepal threatens India
Posted on May 14, 2010 by The Editors
India is has tried to put in place a pro-Indian government and keep the Maoists out of power. This could be very dangerous, because it could lead of widespread Anti-Indian riots. Already the Indian companies working Nepal face an uphill battle. Various project have been put on hold and trade is in jeopardy.
The ongoing political strife in nearby Nepal threatens to affect Indian companies working out of Nepal while India Inc continues to fight the global downturn. Hindustan Times
Even though Nepal is Hindu, the people of Nepal have been struggling to get away from the yolk of Delhi. For years, Delhi supported the brutal monarchy which had signed the treaty of peace of friendship which made Nepal a protectorate of Delhi. An insurgency ensued for decades. The Maoists looked towards Beijing. Nepals former Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, or Prachanda (fierce) has publicly stated that is policy would be to equidistant his country between Delhi and Beijing. This sort of talk keeps analysts up at night. A neutral Nepal gives huge headaches to Indian defense analysts. A Pro-Chinese Nepal is catastrophic for Delhi. A Nepal which is more friendly to China eliminates Delhis access to Tibet, and puts pressure on Sikkim and Bhutan. A hostile Nepal places the Indian union in jeopardy because it is a Damocles sword on Delhi. At the drop of a hat Nepal could choke Indian access to the seven Indian states in the Northeast which are already up in arms against Delhi.
The current crisis emanated when the Maoist leader and Prime Minister of Nepal Prachanda fired the pro-Indian head of the Nepalese Army. The firing precipitated a coup against Prachanda who was subsequently ousted. Now the Moists are in opposition and a huge headache for Delhi.
General Katawal deserved the boot. A devotee of Nepals deposed king, Gyanendra, whose office was abolished last year to draw the Maoists into Nepals first post-war election, he has never hidden his hatred for his former foes in a decade-long conflict The generals insubordination conceals a more serious disagreement: over how to dispose of the Maoists former fighters. Under the terms of the peace agreement, negotiated between the Maoists and their political opponents under Indias aegis, some of the 23,000-odd corralled must be recruited into the army. The instrument of a power grab by Gyanendra in 2005, the army must meanwhile be made less elitist and more accountable. But General Katawal, with Indias blessing, has resisted these reforms. The Economist. How fierce will the Maoists be now? May 7th 2009 | KATHMANDU
Anti-Indian Maoists in Nepal raise ante
Nepalese struggle for freedom despite Indian meddling
Jagannath Lamichhane describes the current situation in Nepal.
Four years after the Maoists and the government of Nepal signed a comprehensive peace accord, the red-dressed Maoists protests have once again surrounded Nepal. Since 2 May, they have been staging nationwide protests demanding the resignation of the prime minister, Madhav Kumar Nepal, and the formation of new national unity government under the leadership of the Maoist partys chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Back in 1996, Maoists instigated a peoples war in order to bring about a new democratic and federal republic. The decade-long insurgency claimed 13,000 lives and left thousands of people displaced, widowed, and both physically and mentally disabled. Victims are still waiting for justice. As the largest political party in the constituent assembly, Maoists claim that their current protest is spearheading the timely promulgation of a new constitution, which is due by 28 May. But time is running out, and new political tensions and public frustrations are gripping the country. If the major political parties fail to reach a consensus before the deadline, Nepal could plunge into conflict.
The current coalition government is headed by an unelected prime minister and a majority of unelected ministers backed by India, who has already declared its own homegrown Maoists as the countrys biggest internal security threat it suspects that Nepalese Maoists are aiding their southern comrades. The Maoists, who have the peoples mandate to rule the country, are now in the opposition. This makes it difficult for the Nepalese government to take independent decisions and reconcile with the Maoists.
The Maoists urban-cantered demonstrations have also further polarised Nepals fragile politics. Thousands of Maoist supporters were on the streets of Kathmandu and across the country earlier this month, and Maoists announced an indefinite nationwide general strike, which was called off six days later due to heavy pressure from businesses and professionals organisations. However, their p they have showed appreciable restraint and a willingness and commitment to peace.
The comprehensive peace accord can only survive in a reasonable power sharing and consensus among political actors. In this critical time, if the current government does not show flexibility, the ruling political parties should be blamed for further derailing the peace process. Friday, May 14, 2010 By Jagannath Lamichhane
The Maoists recently quit the government protesting Indian interference. Peace is in jeopardy in the Himalayan state. The issuegetting rid of a pro-Indian general who had refused to listen to the Pro-Chinese Maoist rime Minister. The Maoists are a huge migraine headache for Delhi. The Maoists support the Naxalites which control 40% of the Indian landmass. Once in power the Maoists continue their links with the Naxalites. Red Nepal: Clear and present danger to India
Prachanda blamed external forces for his downfall, a likely reference to India and a sign of a growing backlash against its bigger and more powerful neighbour. Reuters. Dawn. India treads fine line in Nepals political crisis By Krittivas Mukherjee. Friday, 08
The Maoists are mad at Delhi for the interference. If India continues its diktat, the Maoists could retreat to the mountains and begin the war once again. China has a lot of influence in Nepal.
India, aware the former rebels are still the main political force with 40 per cent of seats in parliament, could look for a counterweight to any pro-China tilt in a ruling coalition.India has to do business with the Maoists, so they will have to do a nice balancing act not anger the Maoists while backing the forces it thinks are favourable to it, said Lok Raj Baral, head of the Nepal Centre for Strategic Studies think tank.
The Maoists know anti-India rhetoric now has quite a bit of appeal among the Nepali people. If India is perceived by the Maoists as too intruding it could push them more towards China. Reuters. Dawn. India treads fine line in Nepals political crisis By Krittivas Mukherjee. Friday, 08
The problem for New Delhi extends beyond Khatmandu and Nepal. The Maoist victory in Nepal serves as a lightning rod to the Maoist and Naxalites that are active in more than a dozen Indian statesfrom the Seven sisters in the Northeast, all the way down to central India and thenhooking up with the Tamil Nadus. The Naxalite insurrection in India has been named the number one security threat to the union right after Kashmir and theNortheast secessionist movement. India surrounded on all sides with insurgencies. India has horrible relations with all her neighbors-stealing territory from all of them. Much to the chagrin of Bharat, even Bhutan is now negotiating with China directly in the Chumbi valley.
As usual, India interfered, said Maoist party foreign department head Chandra Prakash Gajurel, adding that the Indian ambassador to Nepal met Prachanda several times to ask him not to fire the army chief. We are not sure what Indias agenda is.
That agenda may be warding off China. Some analysts say Beijing has encouraged a nationalist front to counter India.
Those fears gained ground in New Delhi after Prachanda travelled to China last year for the Olympics closing ceremony, departing from a tradition which has seen incoming Nepali leaders make New Delhi their first foreign port of call.
India has also nervously watched Chinas rapid inroads into Nepal with plans of a rail service from Lhasa to the Nepal border. A dozen high-level Chinese delegations, including two military teams, have visited Nepal since last year.
The increasing level of bilateral engagement also indicates that China is wooing Nepal as a new strategic partner, Nihar Nayak wrote in a recent paper for the New Delhi-based Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.
Chinese interest in Nepal mainly centres on containing pro-Tibet politics. The battle is also for control of key passes in the Himalayas used by Tibetan separatists to go to India. Reuters. Dawn. India treads fine line in Nepals political crisis By Krittivas Mukherjee. Friday, 08
It used to be that the Naxalites from Andhra Pradesh used to support the Maoists of Nepal. Now that the Maoists have their own state, the trail of support will run both ways. The Nepalese revolution in eliminating the pro-Indian King will provide succor to the 89 insurgencies raging in the poor and disenfranchised sectors of India.
Posted on May 14, 2010 by The Editors
India is has tried to put in place a pro-Indian government and keep the Maoists out of power. This could be very dangerous, because it could lead of widespread Anti-Indian riots. Already the Indian companies working Nepal face an uphill battle. Various project have been put on hold and trade is in jeopardy.
The ongoing political strife in nearby Nepal threatens to affect Indian companies working out of Nepal while India Inc continues to fight the global downturn. Hindustan Times
Even though Nepal is Hindu, the people of Nepal have been struggling to get away from the yolk of Delhi. For years, Delhi supported the brutal monarchy which had signed the treaty of peace of friendship which made Nepal a protectorate of Delhi. An insurgency ensued for decades. The Maoists looked towards Beijing. Nepals former Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, or Prachanda (fierce) has publicly stated that is policy would be to equidistant his country between Delhi and Beijing. This sort of talk keeps analysts up at night. A neutral Nepal gives huge headaches to Indian defense analysts. A Pro-Chinese Nepal is catastrophic for Delhi. A Nepal which is more friendly to China eliminates Delhis access to Tibet, and puts pressure on Sikkim and Bhutan. A hostile Nepal places the Indian union in jeopardy because it is a Damocles sword on Delhi. At the drop of a hat Nepal could choke Indian access to the seven Indian states in the Northeast which are already up in arms against Delhi.
The current crisis emanated when the Maoist leader and Prime Minister of Nepal Prachanda fired the pro-Indian head of the Nepalese Army. The firing precipitated a coup against Prachanda who was subsequently ousted. Now the Moists are in opposition and a huge headache for Delhi.
General Katawal deserved the boot. A devotee of Nepals deposed king, Gyanendra, whose office was abolished last year to draw the Maoists into Nepals first post-war election, he has never hidden his hatred for his former foes in a decade-long conflict The generals insubordination conceals a more serious disagreement: over how to dispose of the Maoists former fighters. Under the terms of the peace agreement, negotiated between the Maoists and their political opponents under Indias aegis, some of the 23,000-odd corralled must be recruited into the army. The instrument of a power grab by Gyanendra in 2005, the army must meanwhile be made less elitist and more accountable. But General Katawal, with Indias blessing, has resisted these reforms. The Economist. How fierce will the Maoists be now? May 7th 2009 | KATHMANDU
Anti-Indian Maoists in Nepal raise ante
Nepalese struggle for freedom despite Indian meddling
Jagannath Lamichhane describes the current situation in Nepal.
Four years after the Maoists and the government of Nepal signed a comprehensive peace accord, the red-dressed Maoists protests have once again surrounded Nepal. Since 2 May, they have been staging nationwide protests demanding the resignation of the prime minister, Madhav Kumar Nepal, and the formation of new national unity government under the leadership of the Maoist partys chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Back in 1996, Maoists instigated a peoples war in order to bring about a new democratic and federal republic. The decade-long insurgency claimed 13,000 lives and left thousands of people displaced, widowed, and both physically and mentally disabled. Victims are still waiting for justice. As the largest political party in the constituent assembly, Maoists claim that their current protest is spearheading the timely promulgation of a new constitution, which is due by 28 May. But time is running out, and new political tensions and public frustrations are gripping the country. If the major political parties fail to reach a consensus before the deadline, Nepal could plunge into conflict.
The current coalition government is headed by an unelected prime minister and a majority of unelected ministers backed by India, who has already declared its own homegrown Maoists as the countrys biggest internal security threat it suspects that Nepalese Maoists are aiding their southern comrades. The Maoists, who have the peoples mandate to rule the country, are now in the opposition. This makes it difficult for the Nepalese government to take independent decisions and reconcile with the Maoists.
The Maoists urban-cantered demonstrations have also further polarised Nepals fragile politics. Thousands of Maoist supporters were on the streets of Kathmandu and across the country earlier this month, and Maoists announced an indefinite nationwide general strike, which was called off six days later due to heavy pressure from businesses and professionals organisations. However, their p they have showed appreciable restraint and a willingness and commitment to peace.
The comprehensive peace accord can only survive in a reasonable power sharing and consensus among political actors. In this critical time, if the current government does not show flexibility, the ruling political parties should be blamed for further derailing the peace process. Friday, May 14, 2010 By Jagannath Lamichhane
The Maoists recently quit the government protesting Indian interference. Peace is in jeopardy in the Himalayan state. The issuegetting rid of a pro-Indian general who had refused to listen to the Pro-Chinese Maoist rime Minister. The Maoists are a huge migraine headache for Delhi. The Maoists support the Naxalites which control 40% of the Indian landmass. Once in power the Maoists continue their links with the Naxalites. Red Nepal: Clear and present danger to India
Prachanda blamed external forces for his downfall, a likely reference to India and a sign of a growing backlash against its bigger and more powerful neighbour. Reuters. Dawn. India treads fine line in Nepals political crisis By Krittivas Mukherjee. Friday, 08
The Maoists are mad at Delhi for the interference. If India continues its diktat, the Maoists could retreat to the mountains and begin the war once again. China has a lot of influence in Nepal.
India, aware the former rebels are still the main political force with 40 per cent of seats in parliament, could look for a counterweight to any pro-China tilt in a ruling coalition.India has to do business with the Maoists, so they will have to do a nice balancing act not anger the Maoists while backing the forces it thinks are favourable to it, said Lok Raj Baral, head of the Nepal Centre for Strategic Studies think tank.
The Maoists know anti-India rhetoric now has quite a bit of appeal among the Nepali people. If India is perceived by the Maoists as too intruding it could push them more towards China. Reuters. Dawn. India treads fine line in Nepals political crisis By Krittivas Mukherjee. Friday, 08
The problem for New Delhi extends beyond Khatmandu and Nepal. The Maoist victory in Nepal serves as a lightning rod to the Maoist and Naxalites that are active in more than a dozen Indian statesfrom the Seven sisters in the Northeast, all the way down to central India and thenhooking up with the Tamil Nadus. The Naxalite insurrection in India has been named the number one security threat to the union right after Kashmir and theNortheast secessionist movement. India surrounded on all sides with insurgencies. India has horrible relations with all her neighbors-stealing territory from all of them. Much to the chagrin of Bharat, even Bhutan is now negotiating with China directly in the Chumbi valley.
As usual, India interfered, said Maoist party foreign department head Chandra Prakash Gajurel, adding that the Indian ambassador to Nepal met Prachanda several times to ask him not to fire the army chief. We are not sure what Indias agenda is.
That agenda may be warding off China. Some analysts say Beijing has encouraged a nationalist front to counter India.
Those fears gained ground in New Delhi after Prachanda travelled to China last year for the Olympics closing ceremony, departing from a tradition which has seen incoming Nepali leaders make New Delhi their first foreign port of call.
India has also nervously watched Chinas rapid inroads into Nepal with plans of a rail service from Lhasa to the Nepal border. A dozen high-level Chinese delegations, including two military teams, have visited Nepal since last year.
The increasing level of bilateral engagement also indicates that China is wooing Nepal as a new strategic partner, Nihar Nayak wrote in a recent paper for the New Delhi-based Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.
Chinese interest in Nepal mainly centres on containing pro-Tibet politics. The battle is also for control of key passes in the Himalayas used by Tibetan separatists to go to India. Reuters. Dawn. India treads fine line in Nepals political crisis By Krittivas Mukherjee. Friday, 08
It used to be that the Naxalites from Andhra Pradesh used to support the Maoists of Nepal. Now that the Maoists have their own state, the trail of support will run both ways. The Nepalese revolution in eliminating the pro-Indian King will provide succor to the 89 insurgencies raging in the poor and disenfranchised sectors of India.
