NEPALGUNJ, JAN 30 - Flags were hoisted, national anthems chanted and tributes paid to martyrs of both the countries--Nepal and India-- in no-man's-land at Jamunaha on Saturday for a reason. The people from the two countries exchanged roses in show of friendship and harmony.

Civil society leaders from Nepalgunj and bordering Rupaidiya had organised a programme for reconciliation between the two sides. Tension had flared up in border areas after the UCPN (Maoist), under its national sovereignty campaign, printed posters showing boots planted on the Indian national flag a week ago.

The civil society leaders present at the function urged the governments of both the countries to resolve border dispute diplomatically.

"All the disputes, including the border one, should be solved in the governmental level through negotiation," said Dr. Sushil Koirala, a Nepali organiser of the friendly programme. Most of the people presented in the programme said that the years long friendly and cultural ties between the two countries should not be violated due to the mistake of a single party.

Mohammad Jubed Pharuki, chairman of Kebalpur Gram Panchayat of India, said that the cultural, social and religious ties among the people of these two countries would not be broken even the governments and political parties tried. "We come up here for friendship and harmony just after the minor tension. Indians and Nepalis always like to live together in a friendly way," Pharuki said. 

 

Posted on: 2010-02-10 08:43

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