By Telegraph Nepal
The Unified Nepal National Front (UNNF)
chairman Phanindra Nepal led a group of nationalists to submit a memorandum to
the Chief of Nepal Army Chief Chhatra Man Singh Gurung and the Indian Army
Chief Bikram Singh, urging the Indian Army to leave Nepal’s illegally occupied
territories in Kalapani.
Daring job indeed.
Kalapani is the tri-junction between China,
Nepal and India, where India has occupied 37.5 thousand hectares of Nepali
lands.
The Indian habit beginning Nehru days.
In Susta, India has occupied some 14 thousand
hectares and is continuing to make further inroads into Nepal. Yet none of the
Nepali leaders speak even a single word against this occupation. This speaks of
so many things unspoken.
Of the total 26 districts adjoining India,
Nepali landmass to the tune of 65 thousand hectares plus have already been
gulped by the self-proclaimed “big brother”.
Nevertheless, while on the way to the Indian
Embassy to submit their memorandum, the UNNF men were misbehaved by the local
police.
Claims Phanindra Nepal, “We had to forward the
memorandum through post office because we were not allowed by our own police
force. However, we have personally handed over the memorandum to the Nepal Army
Chief.”
In the meantime, President Ram Baran has
conferred upon Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) of Indian Army, Bikram Singh the
Honorary rank of General of the Nepali Army amidst a function at Shital Niwas
at 4 pm on Wednesday.
Nepali and Indian armies have a tradition of
conferring the rank of honorary Generals to each other's chiefs.
Perhaps citizens of a frail nation like Nepal
take it as a matter of pride to decorate the Army General of a country that
occupies their own motherland. What a dilemma?
Bear with this.
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