Patriotism...

A committee under the Parliament had prepared a bill after discussing the issue of citizenship law for about two years. The committee had also recommended waiting seven years to acquire Nepali citizenship by those ladies married to Nepali nationals. The bill was tabled in Parliament for ratification. In the meantime, Home Minister Balkrishna Khand took back the already discussed and recommended draft by the parliamentarian committee and presented a new draft of the bill by including the provision of instantly providing Nepali citizenship to those foreign ladies married to Nepali citizens. This provision has been opposed by UML and other patriotic intellectuals in the country. The Indians have ill intentions toward Nepal. In the 70s, Indira Gandhi had assigned the RAW to split Nepal’s Tarai districts and annex the Tarai area into the Indian map. In the meantime, Indira Gandhiled government was dissolved following the failure of the emergency period imposed by Gandhi in India. Still, the Indians are eying the Tarai districts. Moreover, the Indian plan is to annex Nepal, if not possible, to annex the Tarai districts, otherwise, bringing Nepal under the Indian security umbrella. These are the continuous efforts made by the South Block and RAW. We saw a people’s movement in 1989-90, and another people’s movement in 2005. Both the movements were supported by the South Block and RAW. Also, we experienced Maoist “people’s war” killing above 17 thousand Nepalis. This “war” was also supported and funded by India. The then foreign minister who later became the President of India late Pranav Mukharjee officially confirmed that India

had supported and sponsored the Maoist movement in Nepal. In an interview with Al Jazeera, he stated it. After the annexation of Sikkim and ending the special privilege given to the Jambu and Kashmir, the Indians are eyeing Nepal. Presently, India is using Nepal’s political leaders in achieving these Indian goals. The Indian strategy is to encourage the Indian population from West Bengal, Bihar and UP to migrate to Nepal and start a business in the Himalayan country.

Indians are putting pressure on the Nepali political leaders for granting Nepali citizenship to those Indians staying in Nepal for a long time and empowering them with all the rights even enjoying sensitive posts such as Chief of Army Staff, Prime Minister and President among others. Today, the situation is that above 95 per cent of business is in the grip of those migrated Indians who have acquired Nepali citizenship. It means the nation’s economy is under the grip of the Indian nationals.

Fiji is a small island with a dominating population of Indian-origin people. India wants to create the same environment in Nepal.

After Fijinisation, the next process will be for the Sikkimisation of Nepal. Once, there will be dominating Indian population in Nepal, it is assumed that the Indians will put pressure on the Nepal government for a referendum on whether Nepal remaining a sovereign country or become a part of India, the same policy was initiated while the annexation of Sikkim, a sovereign Himalayan kingdom.

During elections, the Indian government provide election fund to almost all political parties. India is making a huge investment in Nepal,

its sole purpose is to make Nepal weak and bring it under Indian control – either annexing Nepal or keeping it under the Indian grip.

All the political leaders in Nepal are in a race for pleasing their Indian bosses to enjoy power in Nepal as the Indians are active in micromanagement here. PM Deuba sent his wife Dr Arzu Deuba to Delhi to meet the Indian leaders. Later, Pushpakamal Dahal also visited Delhi and both the leaders met in Delhi. It is said that they had an agreement for sharing the post of the prime minister in the presence of the BJP leader. The meeting was for cementing the five-party alliance and cornering K.P. Sharma Oli.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has tried to win the hearts of patriotic Nepalis as after the November election, a new president is going to take over her. As she has some more months to stay in Sittal Niwas, she has decided to deny the Indian interests. Unfortunate to state, the sensitive issue of citizenship has been downplayed by all the mainstream media and all the influential political parties. They all are trying to defame President Bhandari for violating the 2015 constitution. Indeed, those who are in favour of liberal citizenship law, are surely foreign-paid people.