Hitting on the present government for lack of development in the country and trying to divert people from its failure, former Nepal prime minister Baburam Bhattarai said that there is no proxy war between India and China and that the government trying to instigate between both the nations.
"Unfortunately, in recent months the people who are in power right now are acting very irresponsibly, trying to posture as very good chauvinistic xenophobic just to divert the attention of the people from their, the governments utter failure to address the reconstruction needs post reconstruction needs of the country, " Bhattarai told ANI.
Bhattarai said that it was disturbing to see that in recent weeks neigbours India and China both were being dragged into the internal affairs of Nepal which could naturally drag the EuropeanUnion , the Britain and the USA into the same like it was done in Afghanistan.
The former prime minister lambasted Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli led-government for playing one nation against other.
"I see that there is no proxy war between India and china. They have, both these countries of course have some conflict but they are having cooperation also. There is both cooperation and competition between India and China. So our national interest would be just to keep aloof from the competition of our neighbors and try to take benefit out of the cooperation of these neighbors, " he said, adding. "But this government is very foolishly trying to play one neighbor against the other and trying to invite disaster. I think this will be very counterproductive for the national interest of Nepal. "
Taking about the ongoing conflict in Nepal where the ethnic Madhesis have intensified their protest demanding provisions for proportional representation and rewriting of the recently promulgated Constitution, Bhattarai said that Oli-led government was trying to isolate the groups.
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"Nepal is the country of tremendous diversity of various nationalities like the Madhesis and Tharus, the Janjaties. These three nationalities constitute the nation of Nepal. In the correct balance, unity between these three nationalities is the resultant unity of the country. But, this current government is just taking very chauvinistic positions and trying to isolate the Madhesis and the janjaties and creating very dangerous situation in the country, " he said.
Bhattarai pressed that people should concentrate in nation building and economic development of the country and try to take benefit out of the huge market from both in India and China.
Expressing his worries that Nepal's situation was deteriorating very fast, Bhattarai urged political parties, political leaders to sit together and try to resolve the Madhesi problems internally and focus more into solving the livelihood problems of people of the country.
Bhattarai said that he is going to announce his new political party Naya Shakti Nepal or New Force Nepal and on the second week of June, a national convention will be held where formally the party will be declared.
Throwing lights about his party, Bhattarai said that it would neither be a left nor a right but a frontist one focusing on maintaining unity, good governance and mainly on rapid economic development, good relations with both neighbors.