Prachanda in power, China renews bid to expand footprint in Nepal
With the coalition led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and K P Sharma Oli in power in Kathmandu, Beijing has renewed its bid to expand its footprints and geopolitical influence in Nepal – reviving a project to lay a cross-border railway track, which has already raised hackles among the security planners in New Delhi. Soon after Dahal, a.k.a. Prachanda, took over as the new prime