Sir, I am grateful to you and the honourable external affairs minister for responding to this Calling Attention notice. Sir, I want to begin by saying that foreign policy is a matter of consensus. It is not a matter of partisan divide. We speak here with a constructive approach and the atmosphere is not one of political acrimony. We trust the Government of India to find a solution and we will be with the government when it finds a solution. But the present situation, sir, is - and the hon'ble external affairs minister is fully aware of it, I am sure - that our relations with Nepal and Nepal itself are in crisis. There is acute shortage of fuel, cooking gas, essential medicines and food items.Our current phase of relations with Nepal is going through perhaps its worst phase ever. The anti-Indian sentiment in Nepal is growing. Even Indian TV channels, I am told, have been put off air. Sir, we are close to handing over Nepal to China on a platter. I say this because there are serious conc

Pavan Varma

Pavan Varma

Pavan Varma

Our ties with Nepal in their worst phase