Is Nepal ready to become a Chad Hindu Rashtra after 10 years of communism?
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before I explain what is happening in nepal now, I need to give you guys a background on what has happened in Nepal since the removal of their king in 2006
Nepal used to be a Hindu Kingdom, and a Hindu Rashtra
However, After the removal of the Nepalese King, the Communist parties under the leadership of Pushpa Kamal Dahal took over the country in 2008
And you know, wherever Communists go, whether its films, whether its Companies Whether its Colleges, they become a Panauti like Barkha Dutt
these parties decided to move the country away from its Hindu civilizational roots
They wanted to also bring the country away from India and more towards China since they are believers in Chinese communism
And unfortunately that is what has been happening in Nepal for the last few years. China has been investing huge amounts of money in Nepal for a number of years
and using its influence over the communist Parties in Nepal to exert its influence over nepal
Recently, the USA gave a 500 Million USD development grant to Nepal(not a loan, Nepal doesn't need to return this)
but China was pressuring the government through communist parties to reject this grant
At one point, Nepali Ambassador How Yanqui was considered the most influential person in nepali politics
We have heard of Sam Dam Dand Bhed, and the Chinese have invented a new one called: “Tharak”
Because of this influence of communist Parties, India and Nepal have experienced frictions over the last seven years concerning Nepal Constitution which did not take into account the Madhesi people’s rights and demands
India-Nepal ties reached a low point in November 2019, when Nepal’s then Communist Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, objected to a newly released political map of India
he had alleged that the new Indian map had wrongly shown Nepalese territory in the Kalapani region as Indian territories
In June 2020, Oli stated that the real Ayodhya was in Nepal and not in India
Just like according to KP Oli Nepal won the world cup in 2018
So a key civilizational ally of India looked like it was becoming communist, moving away from its roots and drifting into China’s control.
It seems even nepali people realise this. Neaplis are hardcore Hindus after all.
They are also realising that communism is like Kejriwal: You tried it because you were sick of the Congress but it was much worse than you thought.
However, things seem to be changing: in 2021, the communist government fell, Sher Bahadur Deuba was elected PM
and he has shown that he wants to go closer to Nepal's Hinduness and develop better relations with India
The demand to bring Nepal closer to its Hindu civilization is gaining momentum
a senior minister in the Nepal government Supported the demand to declare Nepal as a Hindu nation,
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal, Kamal Thapa, reiterated his demand for the government to abdicate the ‘secular’ tag and restore the country’s Hindu identity
Big rallies have been happening to restore Nepal as a Hindu Rashtra
Government and opposition parties have favoured declaring Nepal a Hindu Rashtra
Obviously secularism’s caretakers are upset
If you tell them there’s Ram in Ramzan they might start abusing Ramzan
Nepalis believe that unity based on Hindu Rashtra will unite people across caste, regions and languages, as well as guard against Christian conversions.
This is basically the adoption of Savarkar’s Hindutva
They also want to develop better relations with India with whom they have deep civilizational ties
Nepalese PM met Narendra Modi in his first foreign trip since becoming Nepal’s prime minister
He thanked Modi for Evacuation of Nepalis from Ukraine
Deuba on Sunday morning flew to Varanasi, Deuba, along with his spouse Arzu Deuba and four of his ministers, performed a puja at Kal Bhairav and Kashi Vishwanath
On Friday, after reaching Delhi, Deuba visited the headquarters of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and met with its national president JP Nadda, piquing curiosity among some Nepal-India watchers
It seems Nepal's Hindutva leaders want to build relationships with India's Hindutva leaders/parties
It is also possible that Nepal, along with wanting a cultural revival, has looked at happens when you get too much into China’s pocket
Sri Lanka is also looking to get close to India, over the failure of Colombo to pay back Chinese loans worth $8 billion, amidst fears of a "debt trap"
The Country has hardly any foreign reserves to buy fuel and oil.
They have rolling blackouts,
there are protests all over the country. But are still higher than India on happiness index. Shows the level of India’s stand up comedy scene.
The first is:CHina's debt trap diplomacy, where they offer high interest loans to countries, which default and allow China to take over their strategic assets
The country’s greedy politicians were happy to take high-interest loans from China in the name of infrastructure development of vanity projects
Pakistan is also in a bad state
Pakistan’s total public and publicly guaranteed external debt stood at $44.35 billion in June 2013, just 9.3 percent of which was owed to China.
By April 2021, this external debt had ballooned to $90.12 billion, with Pakistan owing 27.4 percent —$24.7 billion — of its total external debt to China
The debt is so large that even doing item songs in front of the IMF will not help
And China has shown that it is happy to replace debt with territory as it did with hambantota in Sri lanka.
Experts warn that the port of Gwadar, near Pakistan's border with Iran, has the potential to become a new Hambantota.
There are 40 such countries which have been exploited in this way by China
India, in contrast, helps these countries
Recently, India also provided financial assistance of 2.4 billion USD to Sri Lanka.
Last Tuesday, the Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka handed over a 40,000 MT fuel consignment
In fact, it seems Nepal is aware of such traps and The Nepalese PM be like:
Deuba has said any project support from China should be grants and not loans
. Fact is, not a single agreement on the much-touted Belt Road Initiative (BRI) was signed during Wang’s visit to Kathmandu
the relations between the India and Nepal are fundamentally based on people-to-people relations rather than government-to-government relations
China has no civilizational connection with Nepal. Gorakhnath baba, who is so revered in Nepal has a Mutt in India, not China.
Estimates are that 6 to 8 million of the Nepalese, especially from the hill region of the country, get employment opportunities in India
the inflow of remittance has contributed substantially to poverty reduction in the country.
India has earned a name for itself through its timely delivery of the transborder petroleum pipeline, a 34 km long railway route connecting bordering towns
and financial assistance to Nepal in building schools, hospitals, and 50,000 houses damaged in 2015 earthquake
And at least they know that a friendship with India will be stable and mutually beneficial
However, Deuba may have a short spell as the Prime Minister, as Nepal heads into general elections at the end of 2022.
But one hopes that whoever is PM after 2022 realizes the cost of friendship with China that India is a much better long term friend