After releasing a new political map of Nepal, Indian Army Chief Manoj Narwane said in a statement that Nepal is doing so at the behest of a third. His reference was towards China. There was a lot of uproar over this statement of the Army Chief. Recently, when the Chinese Ambassador of Nepal was also questioned about this, he dismissed it as baseless allegations. Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hoi Yankee said that this is being said to reduce the dignity of Nepal-China relationship. However, now that Nepal’s domestic politics is in turmoil, the Chinese ambassador is seen to be interfering openly. Even within Nepal, questions are beginning to arise that why is an ambassador doing so much interference in domestic politics?
Prime Minister of Nepal K.K. P. Sharma Oli’s chair is in danger. Senior party leaders are demanding his resignation. Nepal’s ruling party Nepal Communist Party is divided into two camps. One is the Oli camp and the other is the former Prime Minister and party chief Pushp Kamal Dahal Prachanda-Madhav Nepal camp. On June 30, 30 members of the Nepal Communist Party’s 44-member Standing Committee demanded the resignation of both Oli’s party chief and Prime Minister. Apart from Prachanda and Madhav Nepal, these include senior leaders like Jhala Nath and Bamdev Gautam.
Chinese Ambassador Hou Yankee’s activism in the middle of political turmoil in Nepal is astonishing. She has met all government officials and top party leaders of Nepal in the last few days. Last week, Hou met Nepal’s President Bidya Bhandari and Nepal Communist Party’s senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal.
Chinese Ambassador Hou Yankee met the President on Friday, July 3. It is just being called a courtesy visit. However, questions are also being raised about the role of President Bidya Bhandari. Only on Thursday, after meeting Bhandari, Oli decided to cancel the Parliament and took a more strict stand against his rival camp.
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Some officials of Nepal’s Foreign Ministry have said that the diplomatic code of conduct is also being violated by the President’s office in meeting the Chinese Ambassador. h a meeting. There is no official record of such meetings. “An External Affairs Ministry official told the Annapurna Post, “A Foreign Ministry official is posted in Rashtrapati Bhavan to brief foreign diplomats and delegates but about the meeting between Bhandari and Hou abroad.” The official of the Ministry was not informed at all. Whereas according to the Code of Conduct, it is mandatory for the Foreign Ministry official to stay in suc
On Sunday evening, Chinese Ambassador Hou met senior party leader Madhav Nepal. Madhav is also the chairman of the Foreign Department of the Nepal Party. According to sources, there was a discussion between the two about the dispute going on within the party. Hou asked all parties to exercise restraint. It is being said that according to Chinese protocol, before Madhav met Nepal, she would have met both party presidents Oli and Prachanda.
Hou also met Jhala Nath Khanal, another leader of the anti-Oli camp. According to a close friend of Jhala, in this meeting too there was discussion about the arrogance in domestic politics. Sources say that the Chinese ambassador is advising the party leaders to remain united as Beijing is worried about political instability in Nepal.
In the beginning of May, when differences within the party started appearing, Hou also met Oli, Dahal and other party leaders and appealed to maintain the unity of the party. But why are Chinese ambassadors trying so hard? What does China want? Chinese Embassy spokesman Zhang Si said that China does not want the Nepal Communist Party to be caught in any difficulty and that is why it is trying to keep the party leaders united and resolve their differences. Actually, the Communist Party of Nepal has been inclined towards China. The Chinese spokesman said that the Chinese Embassy has very cordial relations with the party leaders and that they can listen to each other’s opinion on the issue of common interest at any time.
However, this interference of the Chinese ambassador to Nepal’s strategists is knocking, especially at a time when the ruling party is passing through a crisis. Former Nepal Ambassador Lokraj Baral said, “I will blame my own leaders for inviting foreign interference in our domestic politics. Earlier leaders of other countries were involved in our internal affairs and now the Chinese have started interfering.”
Baral also hinted at Nepal’s changing relationship with India and China. He said that now India is being viewed with more suspicion than China. He said, we used to call it interference when it comes to Indian ambassadors, but this does not apply to the Chinese. Only the media raises this issue, but political and intellectuals have no problem with it.
Party spokesperson Narayan Kazi Shrestha has dismissed these allegations on social media. He said, we reject the conspiracy theory that the internal politics of our country is going on the directions of foreign forces. Nepal is a sovereign country which is capable of making its own decisions. We oppose any tendency to interfere in our internal affairs.
However, all the leaders of Nepal disagree. Former Nepal Foreign Minister Kamal Thapa said on social media, Prime Minister Oli says that Indian ambassadors are making efforts to topple their government while on the other hand Chinese ambassadors are knocking at every door to save their government.
Nepal’s political affairs analyst told the Post, “As long as the foreign ambassador says, how long will unity prevail in a party. Why are the political parties not able to take a decision on their own within their institutional structure? The ruling party emerged within The dispute may be tempered at the moment by any transaction, but who will guarantee that such situations will not happen again after a few months? “
