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Posted on 26-09-2015 at 20.30 Hrs (Nepal Standard Time)

Setopati.com has further reported that due to shortage of fuels in Nepal resulted by embargo placed by India, Nepal has requested the flights coming to Nepal to arrange its own fuels. The news can be read HERE: http://setopati.com/samaj/34412/

The news says that Nepal has requested short haul flights to come with enough fuels to fly from Kathmandu but in case of long range flights, Nepal will be providing fuels to them. However, Nepal may not be able to provide the fuel for a long haul flights for a long time if India continues the blockade.

Due to unofficial and undeclared blockade by India on Nepal, there is a huge outrage and anti-India sentiments in Nepal. In the twitter, #IndiablockadesNepal is trending.

Posted on 26-09-2015 at 19.45 Hrs (Nepal Standard Time)

Due to unofficial and undeclared blockade by India on Nepal, there is a huge outrage and anti-India sentiments in Nepal. In the twitter, #IndiablockadesNepal is trending.

As the blockade has only started, the difficulties in people are yet to be seen. However, as a precautionary measure, Nepal's Home Ministry has asked people to use vehicles on alternate days depending whether the Number plat is even or odd.

As per the news on Setopati.com and on many other portals, the Spokesperson of Home Ministry has issued the release. News can be read here: http://setopati.com/samaj/34411/ Setopati writes that the request has been made by Government spokesperson on general public after "the beginning of shortage of fuels". The fuel shortage has resulted from the blockade imposed by India on Nepal after the former has not allowed the release of vehicles to enter Nepal on the ground of Security Concerns.

It must be noted that India had never raised the security concerns on the goods and vehicles when Nepal was suffering from Maoist's Civil Warn which took the lives of 18,000 people. In the past, even during the Madhesh Aandolan of 2063, India never raised such issues and never obstructed the movement of goods. However, at this point of time, India has raised the security concerns of vehicles and goods only after Nepal went ahead to pass its Constitution by asserting the sovereignty of Nepal. Many analysts say that It has made India angrier as it feels that Nepal is slipping away from its hand and is siding with China. However, Nepal dismisses such concerns of India and has asked India to stay away from big bully exercises and shed its misconceptions in Nepal. The message from Nepal is clear to India, if India understands at this moment, not to interfere in Nepal's domestic and internal affairs.

Posted on 26-09-2015 at 19.15 Hrs (Nepal Standard Time)

Due to unofficial and undeclared blockade by India on Nepal, there is a huge outrage and anti-India sentiments in Nepal. After the successful visit by Prime Minister Modi earlier, the relationships were on high but it has suddenly slumped.

Nepalese people consider that it is the big brother attitude of India that has put the relationships between the two countries at risk. India has opted to put the embargo, however without saying so, after Nepal did not pay much attention to India's concerns while passing Constitution. Analysts say India is irked from Nepal for not following its advice while passing Constitution by almost 90% majority. Nepalese parties (3 main parties which were instrumental to pass the Constitution)have defended their decision to pass the constitution by majority votes as total consensus on every constitutional issues were not possible.

Many people in Nepal think that India wants to keep Nepal under its control and does not like it when Nepal asserts its sovereignty. One of the demands put by India (presented as the demand of Madheshi Parties) is that naturalized Citizens of Nepal (who will be mostly migrated from India) should be allowed to hold higher posts like of President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice etc. These demands put forth by India (but denied later after the outrage in the Media) gives force to such views in Nepal that India is never comfortable when Nepal asserts its sovereignty without consulting India in every minor points.

Posted on 26-09-2015 at 18.00 Hrs (Nepal Standard Time)

Nepal Government has concluded that India is blocking movements of goods and fuels inside Nepal on the garb of violence and agitation in Nepali Side. Though India has not officially announced the blockade, and has denied any such news, the conduct of Indian Side shows that it is going ahead with blockade against Nepal. This is the conclusion of Nepal Government after India has refused to allow movements of goods from border points which are least affected or not affected by violence. Nepal's borders like Kakarbhitta in Eastern Nepal, Biratnagar in Morang district and Sunauli in Bhairahawa are not affected at all by the violence and agitation but even there, there is no movement of vehicles coming from India. Therefore, Nepal Government has concluded that it is an "undeclared blockade" by India to Nepal to make Nepal accept the demands of India to make changes in Nepal's Constitution.

What is #backoff #India in #Twitter?

It is the twitter rage initiated by Nepali People after India refused to welcome the Constitution that Nepal promulgated on 20 September, 2015. #BackOffIndia was started when Nepalese People were celebrating #WelcomeConstitution and #NepalConstitution. There were other hashtags in twitters. They were: #YesItsourConstitution and the people who protested the New Constitution of Nepal started their hashtags: #NotMyConstitution

The People who had started #NotMyConstitution allege that Nepal Constitution does not give them equal rights as compared people from hills in #Nepal. This is a very contentious and actually a false assertion as #Nepal Constitution gives equal rights to everyone and provides special reservations and Positive Discrimination to many marginalized communities.

Basically, Nepal's Constitution was an internal document prepared by sovereign #Nepal's Parliament for its people. Many People were happy that they were getting secular, federal, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural country and its constitution. Government was busy negotiating with different agitators in Nepal and passed its constitution after being ratified by more than 90% of members of Constituent Assemblies in Nepal.
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After the #NepalConstitution was passed by CA, major countries around the world have supported it but India did not welcome it. Not only India failed to welcome it or rather chose to unwelcome it, it has gone ahead by issuing statements after statements on how Constitution should have been passed, what should have been included etc. In  some statements, India even accused Nepal that it had suggested ways to handle the internal protests but Nepal neglected such "good " suggestions and finally, issued a threat indirectly that India may have to stop the supplies due to threats created by protests in Nepal. This effectively means India may go ahead to impose economic blockade in Nepal forcing shortages of fuels, medicines, and food supplies and expects Nepal government to surrender to its controversial demands to be included in Nepal's new Constitution.
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Due to its open threat and aggression, Nepalese people started protesting in twitter, facebook and in other online and social media by trending #backoffindia and #backoffmodi. #backoffIndia was able to appear as worldwide trend in twitter. That showed that millions of Nepalese did not want to surrender #Nepal's sovereignty to India.

It may bring the hardships to Nepalese People in future as Indian authorities seem to have decided to impose the embargo on movements of vehicles and goods on the pretext of security. How will it shape Nepal-India relationship in the future is a matter of worry for everyone.

Indian intervention Unacceptable in Nepal's internal domestic affairs

Nepal has promulgated new Constitution on September 20, 2015. The Constitution was promulgated by Constituent Assembly-2 where members from all parties of Nepal were elected by people. The Constitution has been welcomed by many counties but India - Nepal's closest neighbour - has given a cold reception.

India has even gone a step further and has released the list of amendments via Media. It has made its intention clear that Nepal can not act independently. Any sovereign act of Nepal will be uncontrolled by India - the message clearly says.

For not welcoming Nepal's Constitution, India has given a reason that Nepal has failed to accommodate the widest possible consensus on the Constitution of Nepal as many people from the plains are not happy with the Constitution. The people from the plains are agitating and therefore, Constitution is not perfect, as per India.

Thereby, India has clearly given a signal that it supports the myriad demands raised by People of the plain even without going into the merits of each demand. It has further sent a message to Nepalese People that it treats Nepal like an another state of India. This is a pathetic and lowly behavior from India and is completely unacceptable to Nepal.

After the news of India's unwelcome of the Constitution of Nepal and further seven demands on Constitutional amendments, Nepalese have trended #BackoffIndia in Twitter. They have clearly given the message that India's interference in Nepal's domestic affairs are completely unacceptable and can not be taken lightly. Since Constitution of Nepal is for Nepalese People, is for people of Nepal, India has no business to suggest us what kinds of provisions should be written in the Constitution. In this context, this blog joins with the millions of the people in Nepal to suggest that India should stay away from Nepal's domestic and internal affairs and any intervention is not at all, acceptable to patriotic Nepalese people.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi had tried to create a new relationship with Nepal and he must bestow the value to such relationship by his actions and not by mere words. Words without being backed up by solid deeds will soon sound hollow and India and Narendra Modi must do good for the stability in South Asia by staying away from Nepal's internal affairs.

संविधानलाइ स्वागत छ

नेपालको संबिधान २०७२ लागु भएको केहि दिन भैसकेको छ। नेपालको संबिधान २०७२ विक्रम सम्बत क्यालेन्डर अनुसार २०७२ असोज ३ बाट लागु भएको हो(तदनुसार २० सेप्टेम्बर २०१५)। ट्विटर मा तत्काल स्वागत गरेपनि ब्लग लेख्न केहि ढिला भएकोमा क्षमा चाहान्छु।

सर्बप्रथम ता संबिधान सभा-२ ले नेपालमा धर्मनिरपेक्ष, लोकतान्त्रिक, संघिय संरचना भएको र समाबेसी संबिधान जारि गरेको छ, गर्न सफल भएको छ। यसका लागी हाम्रा प्रतिनिधि र समस्त जनता लाइ बधाई दिन चाहान्छु।  माओबादीले जनयुद्ध द्वारा स्थापित गराएका एजेण्डा र त्यसपछि का राजा फाल्ने अभियान र मधेश आन्दोलनका उपलब्धि हरुलाई बर्तमान संविधानले संस्थागत गरेको छ।  पूर्ण सहमतिका साथ् संबिधान जारि हुन नसक्नु दुखद हो तर झन्डै ९०% प्रतिनिधि द्वारा पास गरिएको संबिधान कुनै तमासा हैन।  यो नेपालको इतिहासमा जनताले जनताको लागि संबिधान बनाउने चाहना को सफल उदाहरण हो।

यो संबिधान विश्व कै प्रगतिशील सम्बिधानहरू मधे एक हो। यसले हरेक नेपाली जनतालाई सार्बभौम बनाएको छ अनि हरेक नेपाली नागरिकलाइ उनीहरुका हक अधिकार को प्रत्याभूति दिलाएको छ। समानुपातिक निर्बाचन प्रणाली एउटा यस्तो बिशेसता हो जसले राज्यका तल्लो भन्दा तल्लो स्तरका जनताको पनि प्रतिनिधित्व आउदो नेपालको हरेक वर्ग र क्षेत्रमा सुनिस्चित गरेको छ।  पिछडिएका जातिको लागि आयोग बनाइ उनीहरुको स्तर उकास्ने पनि ब्यबस्था संविधानमै लेखिएको छ।

यति मात्रै होइन। दलित र पिछडिएका बर्गको लागि हरेक क्षेत्रमा प्रतिनिधित्व हुन सकोस भनेर नै आरक्षण र समानुपातिक व्यवस्थालाई पनि यो संविधानले बढावा दिएको छ। कुनै पनि दृस्टीकोणबाट हेर्दा यो संबिधान कुनै देशको भन्दा कम छैन, यो सबै नेपालीको लागि खुसि को क्षण हो। समाचारमा आए जस्ता च्यात्ने र जलाउने कुराहरु संबिधानलाइ नपढ़नेहरुले र नबुझ्नेहरुले मात्रै गर्न सक्छन।

तर मैले यति भनिरहदा यो पनि नजरअन्दाज गर्न मिल्दैन कि यो संविधानलाई लिएर कयौ गुनासा आयेकाछन।  जस्तै मधेसी र थारु जनताहरु बिषेशत संघिय मोडलमा खुस छैनन्।  यो भनिएको छ की नागरिकताको प्रावधान र निर्बाचन क्षेत्र को निर्धारणमा पनि उनीहरुका गुनासा छन्।

जहा सम्म संघिय मोडेलको कुरो छ त्यसबारेमा त संबिधान मै प्रस्ट लेखिएको नै छ की नेपालमा सात संघिय प्रदेश हुनेछन र सिमानाको बाडफाड चाही संबिधान लागु भैसके पछि बन्ने संघिय आयोगले निर्धारण गर्नेछ।  तसर्थ सिमानाको कुरालाई लिएर अहिले कसैले आन्दोलन चर्काउनु जरुरि देखिदैन। 

संघियताको प्रयोग नेपालमा पहिलो हो।  त्यहि भएर यहि मोडेल बनाए ठिक, यति वटा राज्य बनाए ठिक वा यो यो जिल्ला लाइ यो यो राज्यमा राखे ठिक भन्ने खालको कुनै निस्कर्ष सहितको कुनै एउटै बिचारमात्रै सहि हुन् सक्दैन। तसर्थ एक्स्पर्ट हरुलाई राखेर सबै राज्यलाई बराबरी श्रोत र साधन उपलब्ध हुने गरि राज्यको खाका कोर्नुको कुनै बिकल्प छैन। र यो बिकल्प आन्दोलन ले भन्दा बार्ता, सम्बाद र सहमतिले मात्र प्राप्त गर्न सकिन्छ। 

अब हेरौ नागरिकताको कुरा। नागरिकताको सवालमा नेपालको संबिधान २०७२ का प्रावधानहरु कुनै देशको कानुनको भन्दा कम छैन। नेपालमा जन्मिएको, हुर्किएको नेपालीलाई कुनै तवरले नागरिकता लिनमा बन्देज नगरिएको हुदा नागरिकताको सवालमा गरिएको बिरोध केवल बिरोध का लागि वा "बाहिरिया" लाइ खुसि गर्न को लागि गरिएको हो। नेपालको रास्ट्रियता लाइ घात गर्ने खालको प्रावधान संबिधानमा राख्न नसकिने हुदा नाजायज मागहरुलाई अस्विकार गर्नु भन्दा अरु कुनै बिकल्प नै छैन।

गुनासा जे जस्ता हुन्, जहाबाट आएपनि बार्ता र संवादले मात्रै त्यसको समाधान हुनसक्छ।  संबिधान आए लगत्तै भारतको रवैया र उसको ठाडो हस्तक्षेपलाइ नेपाली जनताले चुनौती दिनु जरुरि छ।  र सम्बाद नेपालभित्रै नेपाली जनताको बिचमा हुनु जरुरि छ जसले सबै खाले समस्याको हाल नेपाल भित्रै खोज्न सकोस। 

संबिधान भनेको गतिसिल दस्तावेज हो। यसले प्राण बोकेर आएको हुन्छ, त्यसैले यसलाई सजीव मानिन्छ। त्यो सजीवताको बलियो पक्ष भनेको समयअनुसार यसलाई परिबर्तन गर्न सकिन्छ। आवस्यकता अनुसार यसमा थपघट गर्न सकिन्छ। त्यहि भएर अहिले सबै थोक नासिए जस्तो रुवाबासी गर्नु भन्दा आवस्यक पर्ने परिबर्तनका लागि बहस सार्थक देखिन्छ। आफ्ना घरका आगनमा कुनै "पडोसी" लाइ नाच्न उक्साउने कुनै पनि आन्दोलन को तुक छैन। अहिलेलाई नया संबिधान लाइ स्वागत गरेर अघि बढ्नु नै जायज देखिन्छ।