Kathmandu: Indications are that India will have rough and tough days ahead in Nepal. It also appears that, if the presumptions based on certain facts and impending Nepali overtures were taken into account, bids are afoot in Nepal emanating as it does from different quarters will do away with the perennial "interference" of India on a permanent basis.

If that does not happen, at least as much as is visible or is in the making, still a sort of anti-India wave will surely check India from poking its nose in Nepal's exclusive internal affairs as has been, as a matter of fact, a matter of routine.

The fact is that India considers Nepal-a sovereign and independent nation with no colonial subjugation at any time since the formation of the nation-state, as an extension of its own domestic territory which it is not.

India and India alone will be held responsible and accountable if Nepali boys, intellectuals, academic personalities, Nepali Diaspora, functioning Nepali media men with nationalist fervor and more importantly the Young Communist League Cadres form a sort of alliance and conclude that Indian hegemony over Nepali affairs must conclude henceforth would not be a surprising affair.

However, the feeling is there which has just to take a formal shape only.

If that does happen would mean an end to the continued Indian hegemony over Nepali affairs.

Analysts' attention has been drawn towards a small piece of interview printed in the Sanghu Weekly dated June 4, 2007. The paper has asked some questions to a lady Young Communist league Leader, Ms. Savitri Gurung-Dura.

Of the many, one question has some thing very bad in taste for the Indian diplomats based in Nepal and more so for the movers and shakers of Nepali politics seated in Delhi establishment.

The YCL leader who is also a Maoist parliamentarian in the current interim parliament of Nepal when asked "well you have talked that the YCL will conduct a march-past against the un-interrupted land encroachment at different parts of Nepal by India, what you and your YCL will do while conducting such a move"?

Ms. Savitri Gurung-Dura bluntly says, "Well the Indian expansionists have encroached upon our lands from East to West which is in our knowledge, we have been studying (Stress added) thoroughly the places where they have grabbed our lands and upon the completion of such a study, we will submit our findings to the government".

She also says in the same breath that the YCL would press the government to take the matter seriously.

"If the entire Nepali population gets united in this regard, we can even chase the Indian security men from Kalapani area". She continues.

And here comes the hair-raising revelation for the Indians.

She says, "How long we can tolerate the direct Indian encroachment? adding that the time had come that all the youths of the country must unite for the preservation of the Nepali nationalism.

Well said Ms. Gurung.

Now, what the YCL means in the given scheme of Nepali politics, analysts presume that the Indian establishment knows it very well.

If they so desire, they can do it, the Indians know it also very well.

Add to this that the freshly concluded CC meet of the Maoists has also pointed that the "nationalism aspect" must not be forgotten while proceeding with other party activities.

Understandably, the party now led by Prachanda and Dr. Bhattarai should be under tremendous pressures from its junior level cadres as regards the preservation of national interests.

The Maoists boys are not fools who could now be lured by their top-hats over national issues.

Eastern Commander of the Maoists, Comrade Badal and the Maoists top-ideologue Mohan Baidya alias Kiran reportedly have also expressed their concern over the party's gross neglect of the national issues that are related with the Indian establishment.

Now that the YCL is ready for such a long march and that the League cadres are already in knowledge of such an encroachment, Indian establishment must have now some sleep less nights.

The Indian establishment now could not afford to tame the YCL and the youths belonging to different political camps in bringing out the land encroachment issue simply by offering Lolly-Pop to Koirala, Madhav Nepal, and the likes who more often than not give an impression that for them New Delhi was every thing to bring them to power.

If the leaders do not change their present culture of appeasing Delhi, a day will soon come when they will be squeezed by their own young and energetic cadres of their own parties in the name of preservation of the country's national interests.

The Nepali academia too appears to have converged at least on two points that India must now be tamed on for example, land encroachment issue and its double standard over the Bhutanese refugee issue. It is only a matter of time when all converge at one point that would mean the beginning of the end of the Indian hegemonic behavior towards Nepal since early 1950s that unfortunately continues till to date.

Courtesy: www.telegraphnepal.com, June 6, 2007