At an interaction on 'Current blockade and Nepal-India Relations' organized by Political Science Association of Nepal in the capital city, leader Nepal said that the poison of ethnicity and regional sentiment sowed by some non-governmental organizations in the past were being reflected today creating the current problem. He added that the second Constituent Assembly elections had weakened the groups and parties advocating the sentiment of ethnicity.
"The undeclared blockade has reduced the import by 50 per cent and it has affected general livelihood in Nepal," Nepal said adding, "It is our work to finalize Nepal's internal problem and it is wrong that India should meddle in our internal affairs."
The leader stressed that the state must not agree on giving right to self-determination on geographical terms demanded by the agitators and the ethnic rights.
On the occasion, lawmaker Lal Babu Prasad Yadav spoke of the cultural ties between Nepal and India and insisted on resolving the dampened relations through diplomatic means.
Society's Chairman Bijaya Bahadur Silwal said the emerging situation in the aftermath of the undeclared blockade
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