Beginnings of Indian Military Intervention in Nepal

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 Posted by Eric Ribellarsi

The following was originally posted on Ground Report.

India has floated its signal of military intervention against Nepal by openly flying its supersonic fighter planes into Nepal’s territories on Monday once again, according to Radio Miremire based in Kathmandu. The radio has based its news coverage of the incident on the reports obtained from many locals of Western Nepal. According to several supersonic fighter planes roamed in the sky above Rolpa, Rukum, Salyan and Darchula, the strongholds of former Maoist rebels.

Nepal government has expressed its unknownness to the incident. However, local intelligence sources have admitted to the violation of Nepali territories by Indian fighter planes.

India had spied against Nepal by flying its fighter planes into Nepal’s territories on 21 October.

Local villagers of Salyan, Rolpa and Darchula, who clearly saw the Indian fighter planes over their villages. found the violation more threatening than before.

Analysts have viewed this incident as a possible symptom of Indian military intervention against Nepal.

Former Maoist rebels have accused the current coalition government as the Indian puppet. They have been campaigning against the government led by UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, defeated from constituencies in the Constituent Assembly elections held on 10 April. 2008.