| bhunte |
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on 30-Nov-03 10:32 PM
Why SBT feels like being interferred by India when he has been mandated to form all party government? But, even India suggests to form all party govt, there is still impasse as NC, UML doesn't want to be in his govt.
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Indian advice 'interference over Nepal's sovereignty': PM Thapa
nepalnews.com mr Dec 1
Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa has dubbed Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's advice to form an all-party government in Nepal "an interference over Nepal's sovereignty", Nepal Samcharpatra reported Monday.
"External interference in the matter of forming a government is just indigestible," PM Thapa said Sunday, according to the daily.
The PM was talking with his party men, ministers and government secretaries during a half-hour stay at the Tribhuvan International Airport before flying to Pakistan via Doha on Sunday, the daily said, quoting unnamed audiences.
In a statement from the Indian Foreign Ministry last week, Vajpayee suggested to form a national government in Nepal, urging both the parties and the king to be more flexible. The statement was issued immediately after PM Thapa left India for Sri Lanka.
PM Thapa, is in a routine visit to SAARC countries. Pakistan will be his fourth and final leg of the visit. Earlier, he visited Bhutan. In the second phase of his tour, PM Thapa will be visiting Bangladesh and Maldives.
Officiating PM and Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani, meanwhile, backed the PM, saying, the Indian statement is against the "independent sovereignty" of Nepal.
"The Indian suggestion is an interference over Nepal's independent sovereignty," Dr. Lohani said in a brief chat with journalists gathered at the Police Headquarters, Naxal for a separate program on Sunday, the daily said.
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