Former Finance Minister and Nepali Congress leader Ram Sharan Mahat has said that the Indian government has imposed blockade against Nepal due to misleading publicity by Indian media on the issues of new constitution of Nepal. 

Leader Mahat accused the Indian media of disseminating wrong information in India and among the international community saying that Nepal's constitution was not inclusive. 

NC leader Mahat was speaking at a press meet organised by the Press Union in Bharatpur in Chitwan on Thursday. 

Saying that the blockade has a severe impact on Nepal's economy, he expressed worry over 10 to 15 percent drop in foreign trade of Nepal as the consequence of the blockade.

Likewise, he opined that the blockade has caused a devastating humanitarian crisis in Nepal at a time when the country has been strugging to rise from the impact of massive April 25 earthquake. 

Trade should be done as per laws of both Nepal and India and international laws, he said, adding that the commerce and transit should be run as per past treaty. 

"Supplies should not be restricted on the pretext of internal political problem of Nepal," he stressed. RSS