Undoing status quo in Nepal’s India policy

Nepal should avoid getting caught in the crossfire of conflicts between big powers.

Over the last 100 days, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has not only changed his coalition partners but also unveiled two common minimum programmes of his government. With his coalition partners changing, how will Dahal deal with a perennial issue of geopolitical balance between India and China? The Nepali Congress, the government's largest coalition partner, has traditionally been considered close to India; Dahal’s leanings, meanwhile, seem to be vacillating between India and China depending on domestic political situations.