Knowledge Partner
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist
Image 23: Protestors clash with the police in Nepal in 2010
impar*ality and credibility. The hopes raised by the peace accord have
dissipated.
(equivalent to India's Border Security Force). China has also become a
preferred educa*onal hub for Nepalese students with their numbers
increasing each year.
In all these years, poli*cal actors, especially the top leaders of the eight
par*es that monopolised power together or in rota*onal leadership, have
not owned responsibility for the current mess. Interna*onal players
beginning with the UN have withdrawn quietly, or moved to the background,
while India, the next door neighbour that stood accused of 'micromanaging'
Nepal's affairs, is confronted by China at almost every step. China has
established and intensified its coopera*on on an ins*tu*on-to-ins*tu*on
basis with Nepal's army, civilian bureaucracy, and Armed Police Force
KP Oli, who may take over as Nepal's prime minister within a couple of
months following the victory of the Lej Alliance in the recently held
general elec*ons, had signed trade and transit agreements with China
during his last s*nt as prime minister two years ago. India fears that China
will have a larger influence over Nepal, like in most other South Asian
countries around India. Nepal has already signed up for China's Belt and
Road Ini*a*ve (BRI) which has considerable strategic significance.
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