As the unrest in Nepal, following the declaration of their new Constitution intensifies and reports of obstruction at various entry-exit points at its border with India increases, the National Capital has reiterated that Kathmandu needs to “address the issues involved effectively and credibly.” The Foreign Ministry released a statement saying that issues facing Nepal were political in nature. “Nepalese leadership needs to address the causes underlying the present state of confrontation credibly and effectively,” said spokesperson Vikas Swarup. He added, “Issues of differences should be resolved and institutionalised with broad-based ownership and acceptance.”
The government said the reported obstructions were due to unrest, protests and demonstrations on the Nepalese side, by sections of their population. “As was already said on September 21, our freight forwarders and transporters had voiced complaints about the difficulties they are facing in movement within Nepal, and their security fears, due to the prevailing unrest,” Swarup said, saying that India hoped the situation “was going to ease at the earliest.”
Both the countries have officially denied that New Delhi had asked for any particular amendment in Nepal's new book of law. It is reported that hundreds of protesters opposed to the Constitution blocked a key trade checkpoint with India, cutting off vital supplies to the country, even when an Indian envoy met top Nepalese leaders and assured them that the problem was due to unrest in the region. Hundreds of trucks loaded with essential goods, cooking gas cylinders and petroleum products were stalled at the Nepal-India border at Birgunj.
