Fuel shortage: Cars lining up as drivers wait for the opening of a fuel pump at a petrol station in Kathmandu. — EPA
KATHMANDU: Protesters marched in Nepal’s capital, carrying an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing their giant neighbour of imposing an economic blockade and meddling in internal politics over the adoption of a new constitution.
Tension between the South Asian nations has spiked since Nepal adopted the charter last week. It has upset southern minority groups, who fear being marginalised in a new federal structure it lays out, dividing their homelands.
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