Nepal's political chaos not good for India, says BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) considers collapse of Monarchy and victory of democratic forces in Nepal might to be a conern for the security of India.
New Delhi: Collapse of Monarchy and victory of democratic forces in Nepal might have been welcomed by most of the political leaders across the world, but the principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) considers it to be a conern for the security of India.In the foreign policy resolution, adopted today at the national executive meet of the BJP in the national capital, the saffron party has expressed its reservations over the newly elected Constituent Assembly of Nepal and predominance of Maoist therein.
Asserting Maoism to be a direct threat to the national security, senior BJP leader and former union minister Jaswant Singh said that the recent political happenings in Nepal, which is heading towards political chaos, might have serious repercussions on India. He said that "a communist Nepal is not in the favour of India's security concern".
Singh further cautioned: "Indian Maoist of the red-corridor are known to have close contacts with Nepalese Maoist. A collusion of the Maoist of the two countries would pose greater security threat to India."
Regarding the Constituent Assembly elections in the Himalayan country, Singh said, "Contrary to the world wide perception of free and fair polls in Nepal, the election to the constituent assembly of Nepal were held under intimidation."
He also said there was "need of great restrain in the utterance and conduct of communist party of Nepal (Maoist) as they have had only about a one third of the popular vote, and that too obtained through intimidation".
"Not only the non-Maoist parties of Nepal, even the EU observers have held that the elections were unfair," he cited. Jaswant also took a dig on the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre, charging it with ignoring the national interest under pressure from some political parties with vested interests.
He alleged that the Nepali political parties were not prepared for the polls, but the UPA government forced Nepal to go for the polls because the timing suited and served Maoist interests.
'Secular Nepal not welcomed'
Supporting the Monarchy, he said that a secular Nepal is not welcomed in India as it is against the Hindu and Indian sentiment. "India has always been a secular country with its principles following Sanatan Dharma at its core," he said adding, "India does not require to go away in any other way."