Pro-China KP Oli will be the Prime Minister of Nepal: Entered politics at the age of 12, said Ram was from Nepal; How will relations with India be?
It was during the tenure of KP Sharma Oli that Nepal had released its controversial map, which included many parts of India.
After the fall of Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda’s government in Nepal yesterday (July 12), KP Sharma Oli has staked claim to form the government.
According to The Kathmandu Post, Oli has submitted an application to the President to form the government along with Sher Bahadur Deuba of the Nepali Congress. He will be made the Prime Minister by Sunday. He will be sworn in by Sunday afternoon.
According to the deal between Oli and Deuba, both will remain in the post of PM in turns till the next elections. A 7 point agreement has been made between the two to run the government. According to reports, one of these points is also about changes in the Constitution.
Know what happened yesterday?
Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda resigned from his post on Friday. According to Kathmandu Post, he failed to get the confidence vote in the Parliament. He could remain Prime Minister for only 1 year and 6 months.
In the floor test, he got the support of only 63 out of 275 MPs. 194 MPs of Nepal’s National Assembly voted against him. He needed the support of 138 MPs to save the government.
In fact, earlier this month, pro-China KP Sharma Oli’s party CPN-UML broke its alliance with Prime Minister Prachanda’s Communist Party of Nepal. After this, his government came into minority. Under Article 100 (2) of Nepal’s Constitution, he had to prove majority within a month. He could not do so.
Who is KP Sharma Oli who says Ram is from Nepal?
Born in 1952 in eastern Nepal, Oli did not complete his schooling. At the age of four, his mother died of smallpox. He was raised by his grandmother Ramya.
Oli’s political career started at the age of 12 when he went to Jhapa in Nepal with the help of communist leader Ramnath Dahal. Here he joined the Jhapa rebellion.
This rebellion started with the murder of a big landlord in Jhapa by slitting his throat. This rebellion was launched against the big landlords. Actually, in 1964, King Mahendra of Nepal made changes in the land rights. Its purpose was to give the small farmers the land on which they had been working for years. But the big landlords had the right to own them.
Mahendra started this from Nepal’s Jhapa district. During this time, land was given to small farmers. Only after this, a rebellion started between the landlords and the labourers working in their fields. Meanwhile, 22-year-old KP Oli was accused of murdering a farmer, Dharma Prasad Dhakal, and he went to jail.
By this time, Oli had been influenced by the ideas of Marx and Lenin. By 1966, he had entered Nepal’s communist politics. In 1970, Oli joined the Communist Party at the age of 18 and was soon arrested.
KP Oli Sharma with his wife Radhika Shakya in his youth. The two met during the communist rebellion in Nepal.
He spent 14 years in prison. However, he rarely discusses his time in prison. However, those close to him say that prison left a deep impression on him. Oli was released in the 1980s after receiving a royal pardon.
In the 1990s, Oli gained popularity for his efforts in the democratic movement that abolished panchayat rule. Over the next few years, he became a major figure in Nepali politics and an important leader in the Communist Party.
In 2015, he was elected Prime Minister, winning 338 votes out of 597. However, in July 2016, Oli was forced to resign after the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) withdrew its support and he lost a no-confidence motion in Parliament.
In 2015, a new constitution was implemented in Nepal, against which the Madhesis took to the streets. KP Oli Sharma said that India was behind this protest. In 2018, he again came to power with Prachanda.
It was three years ago in 2020. Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli surprised the whole of Nepal and India by making a statement. Speaking at a program organized on Bhanu Jayanti at his residence, Oli said, ‘Lord Ram was not an Indian, but a Nepali. The real Ayodhya is not in India, but in Birgunj, Nepal.’ He also accused India of cultural suppression.
What impact will Oli’s becoming the Prime Minister have on India?
According to a BBC report, after KP Sharma Oli becomes the Prime Minister, there may be some impact on the relations between India and Nepal. During the KP Oli government, Nepal had released a map of its own, which had created controversy.
Nepal released its official map in May 2020, showing Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura areas within Nepal’s border. India had objected to this and refused to accept this map.
This time Nepali Congress is also in the government. This party has good relations with India. Nepali Congress insists on finding a solution to the problem through diplomacy. In such a situation, it is unlikely that the new government will be able to bring much change in the relationship with India.
Why do India and Nepal need each other?
India has a Roti-Beti relationship with Nepal. India has had geographical, historical, cultural and economic relations with Nepal for centuries. In such a situation, there are many reasons why India and Nepal need each other. Such as-
1. Nepal shares 1751 km border with India. A total of five states of India – Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim share border with Nepal.
Out of the total 75 districts of Nepal, 23 districts share borders with India. 12 districts of Nepal share borders with Bihar, 8 with UP, 2 with West Bengal (including one with Bihar), 4 with Uttarakhand (two with West Bengal, one with Sikkim and one with UP). In such a situation, friendship with Nepal is a necessity for India from the point of view of border security.
2. The total population of Nepal is about 3 crores. According to a 2019 data of the Government of India, about 60 lakh people of Nepal live in India and work here. That is, about 20 percent of the population of Nepal lives in India and their livelihood depends on India.
Along with this, people from Nepal are also recruited in the Indian Army. Currently, 32,000 Gurkha soldiers are deployed in the Indian Army and about Rs 3,000 crore is given as pension every year to about 1.25 lakh former Gurkha soldiers.
India has the highest number of citizens working abroad because the borders of both countries are open to each other. While Nepalese have to apply for a labor permit to work in a third country, no such permit is required to work in India.
According to a 2019 report of the Government of India, about 6 lakh Indians live in Nepal. Most of these people go to Nepal for business. There are many people in the areas adjoining the border who live in India but their livelihood depends on Nepal.
3. Many private and government companies of India also work in Nepal. According to a report, 30 percent of Nepal’s FDI comes from India.
India does a total border trade of 90 thousand crore rupees with its 6 neighbouring countries China, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan. Which is 1.56 percent of India’s total trade. Nepal is on top among the 6 neighbouring countries with which India does trade.
