SEAnews 2016-07-29 ArtNo.45820

【Kolkata】Policy flip-flops have put India on the global chopping block with respect to Oli's ouster from power. For a country that saw eight prime ministers come and go in 10 years, the collapse of Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli's nine-month-old government in Kathmandu shouldn't make big news. But it did.
　Many in India saw Oli's departure as vindication of Delhi's foreign policy and, the return of Indian dominance over Nepal's political affairs. For Beijing it was the loss of a trusted ally. “Indian-backed Nepali political power-sharing deal stirs worries in Beijing,” says an article in Chinese state media Global Times. The truth, however, lies somewhere in between and doesn't call for any celebration in Delhi.
　For the Chinese who recently changed their Nepal strategy, from being passive actors to engaging in direct intervention as was evident in the case of Maoist leader Prachanda's volte-face in May, there is surely a lesson to be learnt. Prachanda, who eventually ended Oli's stay in power by withdrawing key support to the coalition government, wanted to pull out the rug as early as May but changed his mind, reportedly upon insistence by the Chinese. The way the matter ended, shows that Beijing was wrong in following the Indian practice of micro-managing affairs in Kathmandu. It paid the price for depending a bit too much on Nepal's opportunistic political core.
○Avail Indus Water Treaty norms to resolve matters: India to Pak

【New Delhi】India said on the 16th of July, it hoped that Pakistan will avail provisions of the bilateral Indus Waters Treaty to amicably resolve matters of mutual concern pertaining to hydro-electric projects and not violate it by rushing to a third forum.
　Noting that a Pakistan team led by Water and Power Secretary visited India recently, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup announced the above statement.
　According to the reports, Pakistan has decided to move the Court of Arbitration (CoA) against India for alleged breaches of IWT 1960 by erecting Kishenganga (330 MW on Jhelum tributary) and Ratle (850 MW on Chenab) Hydropower Projects with objectionable designs. Pakistan fears that if completed, the projects will inflict damage to the water flow to the lower riparian country.
【News source】

Delhi’s disastrous play in Kathmandu

Avail Indus Water Treaty norms to resolve matters: India to Pak

Pakistan to take India to The Hague after two-day meet yields no breakthrough

○One world：
The aim of SEAnews

The aim of SEAnews is to realize one world that overcomes race / religion / ideological differences.

◆Recruitment of Ad-SEAnews Canvassers

Your Comments / Unsubscribe

SEAnews Messenger

SEAnewsFacebook

SEAnewsGoogle

SEAnews eBookstore

SEAnews eBookstore(GoogleJ)

SEAnews world circulation