Indo- Nepal Disputes Stabbing Amicable Relation of People

Indo-Nepal border disputes would ruthlessly throttle the long-lasted amicable people's relations. Is there any problem with ruling classes to respect the sovereignty of each other country?

People in border

Yesterday about 3 PM I came out of my home Pokhara amidst the lockdown, with a puzzling mind because of the controversy over border issue between India and Nepal. I was confused about mounting rumors and misinformation on social media. These days it is very difficult to find out actual notice among the bushes of different types of information.

After a few minutes, I was standing at Chipledhunga amid the road of main Bazaar of the city that ever used to the most crowded area of Pokhara City. Few vans were running, loaded with essential commodities on the wide road. Two Policemen were standing eastward near a snake idol of Hindu's deity Naga, they gaze on me but they did not ask me any matter. A very few men and women were walking towards their destinations on the pavements. All the shops were closed on lockdown against the COVID-19 pandemic for the last two months. I felt the busy market of Pokhara was in deep slumber. I start to walk towards the Municipal city office.

Behind the Municipality office, I meet vendor Ram Saran that sells vegetable house to house in a residential area of the city. Two women were standing with him for a deal. The day was cloudy. I have been looking at him in this profession for many years in my area. He belongs to the Bihar, an Indian state. He did not decide to go home in lockdown. He came to me and whispers near my left ear, that the situation of India - Nepal border dispute really would be dangerous for him or not? I saw a feeling of terror in his laborious face. He took off his turban from the head and wipes his face.

It was not an easy question for me. I felt the arrows around me are piercing me. I tried my best to assure him that he knows about the peaceful nature of Nepal and especially of Pokhara. I did not know he was satisfied with my answer or not, but I was not satisfied with my answer because there were a lot of ineffable painful stories that were still green in my memory. He went with his vegetable load to the front of another building. I am looking at him until vanish from my sight. I ask questions to myself that the amicable relations between Indian and Nepalese people would be maintained forever?

I remembered the incident of 1986-87 in northeastern Indian state Meghalaya and Assam where thousands of Nepali people were brutally evicted, accusing the illegal foreigner intruders by the police. In this time, I specially am remembering unfortunate Nandalal from the nearest village of Shillong, whom I was meet near Kahanapara a border village of Meghalaya. He was threatened to quit Meghalaya by a group of miscreants provoked by the government, leaved his all properties and fled to save the life of family. He was very deranged and had not any other option than to go Nepal with an empty hand along with family. I saw thousands of evicted Nepali people in refugee camps in Meghalaya and large numbers of people were returned back to Nepal. Even genuine Indian Nepali speaking people were also mistreated as illegal intruders. Few years later the Nepali speaking Bhutanese people were also forcefully evicted from Bhutan. I am still in very concern that a planed ethnic cleansing against Nepali identity was?

People like Ram Saran and Nandalal not ever known about the so-called Indo-Nepal peace and friendship treaty of 1950 that legalize people of both countries to settle one another’s land. The relation of people of the two countries has been running continuously since ancient time. The ruling classes of both countries are not sincere to this tradition.

India always wants to keep Nepal in its fist. Nepal as an Independent country tries to exercise sovereignty the controversies often brings on surface. Would the people like Nandalal and Ram Sarans able to continue the relation in future also?