Lets accept it, India's foreign policy on Nepal was a big disaster. I am not sure even today whom were we supporting. Where we with the King or with the political parties? What are the implications of the Maoists coming into the mainstram? These are extremely sensitive issues which should be dealt with delicately.
The Maoists attacking jails and freeing their comrades are occurring very frequently in India and in the state of Jharkhand in particular and has lost its news value. This Indian version of the Bastille seige is so common that it has ceased to appear in the front page of the leading dailies. How should GOI react to this crisis? One should recognise the fact that these maoists are not mercenaries, but our own countrymen and a main reason for them becomming naxalites are the feudal system that continue to prevail in the states of Jharkhand and Bihar. How are we to bring them back to the mainstream of the Indian society? Suppressing them is not a solution. But through constant interaction and counselling the crisis should be brought to an end and the Maoists should be forced to lay down their arms.
The Maoist problem in India should be the only issue that should make India shape its foreign policy in Nepal. The GOI should be very adament in preventing the Maoists coming into the Nepali mainstream politics. With Nepal sharing borders with Bihar, there is every chance that the Maoist problem in India will intensify with the maoists entering mainstream politics. Nepal embracing a constitutional monarchy or becoming a republic should not worry us. Our main headache is eliminating the Maoists in Nepal, so that we can solve our own naxalite trouble.
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