Constitutional amendment an internal issue, Nepal tells India

Visiting Nepalese Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat also assured full cooperation to India on security issues and said Nepal will not allow its soil to be used against India. He said all bilateral problems need to be conveyed only through diplomatic channels. Mahat stressed that Nepal wants to see tangible results on ground and for this faster implementation of Indian projects was necessary.

“I think the coming visit of Nepalese Prime Minister will be very fruitful and we will start a new chapter of our relationship,” Mahat said speaking to reporters here before leaving for Nepal. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, commonly known as ‘Prachanda’ is coming here on a four-day visit this week, in his first overseas trip after taking over office last month. 

Nepal’s ties with India had strained after a months-long border blockade last year by the ethnic minority protesters over the new Constitution, which they claim is discriminatory to their interest. The Oli government had accused India of imposing an “unofficial blockade” on the landlocked nation to support the Madhesi demand of more political representation.