This refers to “For a true reset” (April 10). Indo-Nepal relations have traditionally been cordial with both countries leveraging bilateral cooperation and exchanges in several strategic areas. In 2014, Prime Minister Modi, while addressing the Constituent Assembly of Nepal, set out a detailed framework for a privileged bilateral partnership and hoped for the friendship “to live long”. However, despite India’s immediate assistance in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in April 2015, its support to the Madhesis during Nepal’s constitutional crisis and the months-long blockade of truck trade that followed strained its relationship with Kathmandu.
It is heartening to note that
