‘Nepal will look outside if crisis does not end’

October 08, 2015 03:55 am | Updated March 24, 2016 05:42 pm IST - New Delhi:

India sees no merit in Nepal’s complaints that it was being “choked” and deprived of essential supplies amid continuing trouble in the Himalayan state over its Constitution which is regarded here as “rigid.”

Nepal’s Ambassador here — Deep Kumar Upadhyay — again spoke of an Indian blockade of his country, which he claimed, was being denied of essential supplies such as petroleum products by India, a charge dismissed by New Delhi.

India maintains that the concerns of Indian-origin Madhesi population about the new Nepal Constitution were legitimate and needed to be addressed now. Commenting on the crisis, Mr. Upadhayay said, “When we are asked what if the blockade does not end...then we say that we have to look at the world outside. Our priority would be restoring normalcy with the help of the Indian government.”

Meanwhile, India is in consultations with other countries and groupings like the European Union over the crisis in the Himalayan nation.

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