09-20-2006, 06:40 AM
Manu here is something else we can thank Nehru for:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->What Indians think about Nepal!
In an astounding display of political ineptitude at a time when Nepal is seething with anti-India sentiment, senior BJP ideologue and member of the party's national executive K.R. Malkani asserted that Jawaharlal Nehru should have accepted the accession of Nepal to India in the 1950s when it was "offered to us by King Tribhuvan."
In an exclusive interview to The News Today at its Office recently, Malkani said there were many reasons for the current anti-India tirade in Nepal â "Some of the mistakes are on our side, some are mischief by other parties." Elaborating, Malkani said, "I think we made a very serious, very foolish mistake when Tribhuvan offered to accede to India and Nehru said â 'No, duniya kya kahegi?â (what will the world say?) We should have accepted the accession of Nepal to India when it was offered to us by King Tribhuvan." On further questioning, he said the offer was made in the mid-50s, "1954 or 55," adding, "It is known, it is public knowledge."
He repeated that Nehru refused the offer only because he feared adverse world opinion. "Usko duniya ka chinta zyaada tha (he was more concerned about the world), the BJP leader said with a touch of sarcasm. 'Pakistani presence very strong in Nepal' Asked if it would have been had Nepal had become a part of India like Sikkim in 1976, Malkani said: "Of course, of course. "He immediately added that " Pakistan has any number of agents in Nepal, they spend a lot of money out there, "implying that this was made possible because Nepal had remained an independent nation.
Holding forth on the Nepal-Pakistan connection, Malkani said, "When we had no diplomatic relations with Pakistan after the 1971 war, Bhutto especially sent a very influential powerful man to Nepal. He himself told me that Nepal is now very important for us as an entry point because from Nepal anybody can enter India â goods can come in, agents can come in, anybody can come in." He further said, "So the â I need not call it Muslim â the Pakistani presence is very strong in Nepal. And probably Nepal thinks that they will be in a better position to deal with India if they have Pakistan's support. (They feel that) they can always bargain with us â this always happens to buffer states."
(NEWS TODAY, NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 29, 2000)
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->What Indians think about Nepal!
In an astounding display of political ineptitude at a time when Nepal is seething with anti-India sentiment, senior BJP ideologue and member of the party's national executive K.R. Malkani asserted that Jawaharlal Nehru should have accepted the accession of Nepal to India in the 1950s when it was "offered to us by King Tribhuvan."
In an exclusive interview to The News Today at its Office recently, Malkani said there were many reasons for the current anti-India tirade in Nepal â "Some of the mistakes are on our side, some are mischief by other parties." Elaborating, Malkani said, "I think we made a very serious, very foolish mistake when Tribhuvan offered to accede to India and Nehru said â 'No, duniya kya kahegi?â (what will the world say?) We should have accepted the accession of Nepal to India when it was offered to us by King Tribhuvan." On further questioning, he said the offer was made in the mid-50s, "1954 or 55," adding, "It is known, it is public knowledge."
He repeated that Nehru refused the offer only because he feared adverse world opinion. "Usko duniya ka chinta zyaada tha (he was more concerned about the world), the BJP leader said with a touch of sarcasm. 'Pakistani presence very strong in Nepal' Asked if it would have been had Nepal had become a part of India like Sikkim in 1976, Malkani said: "Of course, of course. "He immediately added that " Pakistan has any number of agents in Nepal, they spend a lot of money out there, "implying that this was made possible because Nepal had remained an independent nation.
Holding forth on the Nepal-Pakistan connection, Malkani said, "When we had no diplomatic relations with Pakistan after the 1971 war, Bhutto especially sent a very influential powerful man to Nepal. He himself told me that Nepal is now very important for us as an entry point because from Nepal anybody can enter India â goods can come in, agents can come in, anybody can come in." He further said, "So the â I need not call it Muslim â the Pakistani presence is very strong in Nepal. And probably Nepal thinks that they will be in a better position to deal with India if they have Pakistan's support. (They feel that) they can always bargain with us â this always happens to buffer states."
(NEWS TODAY, NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 29, 2000)
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