- If the state does not heed our demands, we will shut all customs points in the north and the south
- This is a golden opportunity for the state to address Madheshi demands
- Currently, we are gathering strength. We will go for a decisive movement if the state does not address our demands
- Absence of a joint communique at the end of PM Oli’s India visit points that Nepal and India disagree on some issues
- PM Oli embarked on a visit without doing homework. His trip has turned into a comedy show
Kathmandu, February 25
Upendra Yadav, chair of the Federal Socialist Forum Nepal, has said on Thursday they (the United Democratic Madheshi Front, of which FSFN is a constituent) will shut northern and southern customs points by launching a strident movement if the government does not take concrete steps to address their demands.
The time to address our demands is now and the government should realise this, Yadav said at a face-to-face at the Reporters’ Club in Kathmandu on Thursday. “The state is squandering this opportunity. If the state continues to act like this, our movement will move ahead by shutting not just Birgunjj, but customs points located up north and down south,” Yadav said. Right now, we are reviewing our movement and gathering strength, he said, revealing that they are making preparations for a more strident movement.
The government’s decision to form a high-level political mechanism under Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa for resolution of issues related to provincial boundaries is laughable, Yadav said, pointing that Thapa is against federalism and republicanism.
This mechanism is meant to cheat Delhi, he said, adding that the United Democratic Madheshi Front has not approved of it.
Yadav said Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s recent India visit has become completely unsuccessful. “Without doing homework, PM Oli hurried for a visit to Delhi, on his whims and fancies. This is wrong,” the former foreign minister said, adding: The visit has not improved relations between Nepal and India.
No joint statement was issued at the end of PM Oli’s visit, he pointed, adding: This shows Nepal and India disagree on some issues.
PM Oli’s India visit ended up as a comedy as he tried to play China and India against each other, he said.
