Nepal on Sunday asked India not to "push it to the wall" by choking petroleum and other essential supplies which could compel it to turn to China despite logistical difficulties. Asserting that India had assured Nepal's leadership that the situation will be resolved "at the earliest", Nepalese Ambassador Deep Kumar Upadhyay said, "They (India) should give a time frame. Does it mean hours, weeks or months?"
"Because if pushed to the wall or as you say marta kya naa karta , we will be forced to approach other countries," he told PTI, adding "though it would be logistically very difficult but if left with no option Nepal would approach other countries, including China".
Upadhyay said Nepal has also conveyed to India its concerns over the continued obstruction in supply of essential goods and hoped that New Delhi will soon resolve the issue, especially with festivals like Dussehra and Diwali coming up which are celebrated big in the Himalayan nation.
On the recent anti-India protests, he said, "When India helped Nepal after the quake, everybody in Nepal praised them and thanked them but now when the supplies are choked, people will react." There have been many anti-India protests as they feel India has been retaliating against their government after the re-promulgation of its new Constitution, over which India has been clearly irked as it feels the statute was discriminatory to ethnic Indian community, Madhesi, living in Nepal's border districts.
