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| Nepali party leader blames India for blocking vital supplies |
| 2015-10-01 |
| [Iran Press TV] The leader of a major Nepali party has accused neighboring India of deliberately blocking vital supplies into the landlocked Himalayan country. The allegations by Khadga Prasad Oli, the chief of the Unified Marxist--Leninist (UML) party, comes as a large crowd of angry Nepalese demonstrators protesting against a recently passed national constitution have been blocking a major trading checkpoint between the two countries for several days. Oli, who is also tipped to be the next prime minister, said on Wednesday that the New Delhi government, rather than protesters on the border, is responsible for the ongoing blockade. "India is saying those people (protesters) are in no man's land, they are blocking the roads so (Indian trucks) are not being able to supply, that's not true," Oli said. The senior Nepalese politician also questioned Indian government's sincerity toward Nepal. "There is no gas, no vegetable supplies, no fuel for vehicles, no fuel for airlines, and life is about frozen," the Nepalese leader said, adding, "We don't want this type of friendship." Oli also accused the Indian government of violating existing accords between the two nations. |
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