Late Mukherjee had disclosed Indian double standard

By Our Reporter

India’s ex-president Pranab Mukherjee died of coronavirus pandemic on 31 August in New Delhi.
Mukharjee, 84, was the personality to be remembered by the Nepalis forever that he had disclosed the Indian double standard, who had publicly admitted that the Maoist insurgency in Nepal was solely sponsored by the Indian government.
At a time when the Maoist insurgency was taking momentum in Nepal, the Indian external affairs minister had declared the Maoists as “terrorist” when the Nepal government was yet to declare them a terrorist.
The very India declared “terrorist” force was sponsored by India, several years later, in January 2009, when Mukharjee was the external affairs minister, had disclosed. In an interview to Al Jazeera, Mukharjee, disclosing Indian double standard, had said that the Maoist insurgency in Nepal commanded by Pushpakamal Dahal and Baburam Bhattarai was sponsored by India.

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