Nepal's Madhesi leader Upendra Yadav says nothing new in deal with China

Criticising the 10-point agreement that Nepal signed with China during Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli's visit to the nation, Federal Socialist Forum chairman Upendra Yadav said that there was nothing new in the same.

He pressed that the 10-point agreement contained things which the Government of Nepal had already expedited in 2009.

"Those who are speaking high of the new Nepal-China agreement and those who think they have achieved big things are under a wrong impression," the Himalayan Times quoted him as saying.

He argued that Prime Minister Oli failed to seal new deals with China to enhance bilateral cooperation in the field of hydro power, communications, transport and human resources.

 

The Madhesi leader asserted that although China wanted to extend all possible help to Nepal but the Oli-led government was not able to seek help from Beijing.

Yadav said the country would not progress if Oli failed to understand geopolitics, adding the government had failed to maintain cordial relations with the neighbours.

Meanwhile, speaking on the issue of Madhesis, he said that the United Democratic Madhesi Front has asked the government to address the issues till mid-April otherwise the front would intensify its stir again.

He added that the next movement would be a joint people's movement, with participation from Tarai, hill and mountain regions.

"Unless the people of this country take ownership of the constitution, welcoming of our constitution by a foreign country is meaningless," he said.

Highlighting that the country would not achieve the goals of prosperity as long as inclusion was not ensured, Yadav said the new Constitution failed to meet people's expectation as major political parties in haste passed the same in their attempt to hold elections for the new prime minister and the president.