[Archive] Indian police excesses remind BP Koirala's stand...

Ashad 19, 2082

Kantipur Reporter

[Archive] Indian police excesses remind BP Koirala's stand...

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The government of Nepal had raised serious objections regarding the search conducted by Indian plainclothes police at the house of a person in Baneshwar on 14th March 2050. Parliament also expressed strong opposition. Voices were raised in the House of Representatives that India should apologize, guarantee that such incidents will not be repeated and that the government should come forward strongly.

Indian police in plain clothes who came with weapons entered the house of Shivprasad Sharma and Madankrishna Shrestha of Baneshwar CDO toll and pointed pistols at them. The government of Nepal has made public its statement that it has violated the sovereignty, geographical integrity, national self-respect and interfered in the internal affairs of its country. 

The then Home Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, while speaking in the House of Representatives meeting on 16th March 2050, had submitted a strong protest letter saying that when the Indian ambassador was invited, he should guarantee that such an incident would not happen. Manmohan Adhikari, leader of the main opposition party in the House of Representatives, said that India needs to guarantee that this will not happen in the future. He said, "A parliamentary committee should be formed to investigate the incident." The victims should get compensation.'

Parliamentarians of the ruling party reminded that BP Koirala strengthened Nepal's nationalism and sovereignty by making him apologize to two neighboring countries, China and India, during his rule. The MPs of the ruling party said that Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala should also take the same stand. The parliamentarians of the government and the opposition demanded that the Prime Minister should answer in the House of Representatives.

MP Taranath Ranabhat of the ruling party said that the protest letter given to the Indian ambassador should be read out in the parliament. He demanded that the matter mentioned in the letter be read out as it is of public importance. Hari Prasad Nepal, speaking in the House of Representatives, reminded that when BP was Prime Minister, China apologized with compensation and the Indian Prime Minister also apologized to his House. 

Poorna Bahadur Khadka of Congress argued that Indian intervention should be opposed. Congress MP Balakrishna Khan reminded the stand taken by BP Koirala and Girija Prasad also advised him to continue the tradition maintained by his forefathers. He asked Prime Minister Girija Prasad why he did not talk about national independence.

In 2016, BP protested when Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said that Indian northern border is mountains. At that time, Nehru spoke in the Indian House the next day and said that he retracted his statement . Similarly, the parliamentarians also reminded of the stand taken by BP in the case of the death of a Nepali by Chinese soldiers on the border. After BP took a stand against the incident, China apologized and compensated the deceased's family. In particular, Congress MPs repeatedly reminded the Prime Minister of the stand taken by BP.

Home Minister Deuba informed the House that the then Kathmandu Police Chief SP Revat Bahadur Thapa had been removed from his duties and the investigation had started. The Home Minister informed that SP Thapa, who was accused of not being present, has been suspended even though the locals reported from the scene that the Indians had committed excesses. But Leelamani Pokharel of United Jana Morcha Nepal questioned why the government did not know when the Indian police stayed in Nepal for 5 days.

Home Minister Deuba admitted that the team entered Nepal and met SP Thapa. Narrating the details of the incident, Deuba said in the House, "Indian police through advocate Mithilesh Kumar Singh met Kathmandu Police Chief SP Thapa on Chait 13 and told them that we will identify a criminal who lives in the house of Madankrishna Shrestha and you have to monitor him." It seems that SP Thapa has assigned Police Assistant Inspector (SAI) Gyanendra Basnet of Kamalpokhari Ward Office to the Indian team.' Deuba's statement showed that SP Thapa was aware of the incident but ignored it. Idris Ansari, who is said to be the victim of the incident, told the Indian police that he saw him in Singha Darbar. Idris accused the Indian police of stealing some cash from the room where he was staying.  According to

sources, MPs said that on 9th of Chait, they entered Nepal from Bhairawa crossing by Indian motorcycle, stayed at Hotel Tulsi in Baghbazar and returned from the same crossing after looking for food in Baneshwar. Speaking at zero time in the House of Representatives, Rashtriya Prajatantra Party's Pashupatishamsher Rana and Prakash Chandra Lohani claimed that the intervention of the Indian police violated international law. They said that according to international law, the extradition arrangement does not give the special police the right to take action.

MPs including the main opposition said that the government will not go down by blaming only one policeman. The Home Minister informed the House that a high-level team has been formed to investigate the incident. He said that the government is committed not to harm the sovereign integrity and independence of the country by saying that no country has agreed to allow the police to take action on their own.

After Nepal expressed its written protest, India expressed its grief over the incident. India said that it was watching the news about the incident in Nepal with "great dismay". India said that it will not interfere in Nepal's sovereignty and integrity. He also informed that he is sticking to the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of Nepal . The Indian government said that a small group of Delhi Police entered Nepal without orders and authority and searched for some unwanted persons.

The news prepared by journalist Narayan Wagle focusing on the entry of Indian police, the protest in the Parliament of Nepal, the official opinion of the Indian government and the government's decision to form a high-level committee for investigation, was published by Kantipur Dainik on 2050 Chait 17 under the title "Information about the House submitting a protest letter to India". In addition, a news prepared by the National News Committee (RASS) was also published on the same day with the title that India expressed its grief over the incident as Nepal had expressed its written opposition to the intervention of the Indian police.

Nepal's parliamentarians had a big debate in the House of Representatives in connection with the incident saying that it was Indian intervention. There seemed to be a consensus on the attitude of the ruling and opposition MPs and the government towards the attitude of the Indian police.

Presentation: Rishiram Paudyal 

Kantipur

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