Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has expressed his strong dissatisfaction over India’s “inhumane behaviour” aimed at putting Nepal in crisis. He said that he was infuriated by India’s wrong way of sending some rotten goods to show the international community that there was no blockade.   

Speaking with political parties and organisations carrying out a “National Sovereignty Campaign” on Wednesday, PM Koirala took exception to India’s behaviour. “Sending freight trucks carrying rotten bananas, apples and onions to give the impression that they are sending the goods is an inhumane behaviour that has put our nation in crisis.”     

Around 35 youth leaders including CPN-UML’s Thakur Gaire, Ram Kumari Jhankri, Congress’s Gururaj Ghimire, UCPN (Maoist)’s Krishna KC and Himal Sharma went to PM’s official residence in Baluwatar on Tuesday to submit a memorandum to PM Koirala.

PM Koirala said that he was unable to understand India’s intention behind current position against Nepal. He blamed the non-existence of a common national vision on foreign policy matters for the occurrence of such problems in Nepal. 

Youth leaders drew the attention of the PM towards lack of official initiatives from the government to end the current blockade. “We requested that the government and parliament must speak in clear terms on the matter and assure the people of their initiatives to manage the crisis,” Campaigner Gaire told the Post. 

Terming the blockade against a landlocked nation as a condemnable act, youth leaders demanded the government internationalise the issue. They advised that Nepal being a member of United Nations should handle the issue through international stages.

Campaigners meet UN resident rep McGoldrick

Meanwhile, the campaigners also met UN resident representative Jamie McGoldrick and requested him to speak about the current blockade at Indian borders. “The move to block essential supplies to a nation recovering from a devastating earthquake is a mockery of human values and human rights. Let this issue be raised in international community,” the youth delegation requested Mcgoldrick.