The 68-year-old Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre leader was appointed as the country’s new prime minister on Sunday after he submitted a letter to President Bidya Devi Bhandari showing the majority of 169 members in the 275-member House of Representatives.
India will have to carefully monitor the developments in Nepal and focus on taking forward the overall ties, foreign policy experts said on Monday amid concerns over possibility of China gaining upper hand in Kathmandu under Prachanda.
Source:RedifmailFormer Nepalese Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey observed that the current situation is not encouraging for India-Nepal ties, saying the present leaders created deterrents in the relationship in the past. Past records of present leaders are not encouraging. They created new irritants in the relationship and instead of getting away with unwanted baggage, they added more, he said.CPN-UML leader Oli is widely seen as a pro-China leader and ties between India and Nepal came under some strain when he was the prime minister between February 2018 and July 2021. India will have to monitor the developments carefully as China has been trying to unite various factions of Communist parties in the region. We have to keep an eye on it, said.Ties between the two countries came under severe strain after Kathmandu published a political map in 2020 that showed the three Indian territories – Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh – as part of Nepal.At present, however, Oli’s influence over Prachanda’s government will be a factor in the bilateral ties of both Nations.Do you guys think that Prachanda can ameliorate India-Nepal ties? Comment.
