They say that all that religious violence happened in India because of its secularism. Secularism is being made a convenient scapegoat without any rhymes or reasons. The BJP-Party in India engineered massacres of Muslims from Ayodhya to Gujarat to whip up Hindu fundamentalist nationalism to come to power - and now they warn Nepal that under "Secular Nepal" more of the same will happen. Hey, these guys are holding Nepal hostage. They, are in effect saying, we will incapacitate Nepal unless its government redeclares Nepal as a "Hindu state"? And they are not saying you can blame us for that – but you have only your ‘secular status’ to blame? This is blackmailing Nepal. This is what I meant when I said using the Hinduttva card, India wants to meddle in Nepal's politics and destiny. And like I have argued the Nepali Hindus in Sajha are playing right into the hands of these India-based fundamentalist orgs and political parties and their stooges (best exemplified by Bharat Keshar Simha) in Nepal That all that religious violence in India happened/happens owing to India's secular status per se has NEVER been properly established. As a student of econometrics, I would go as far as to say that is not even possibly to credibly establish this relationship. The rise of religious violence in India happened because the only way BJP, Shiva Sena, VHF and the like can come to power is if they engineer massacres of Muslims, Dalits and chamars. And yet they want to blame it all on Secularism. I feel sorry for the Nepali Hindus for playing right into their hands. Any wonder that the Nepali Hindu priests play second fiddles to the Bhattas from South India at Pashupati Nath temple. “Hindu Nepal” benefits India-based Hindu fanatics primarily – and their stooges in Nepal secondarily. The rest of us, whether Hindus, Muslims or whatever, lose!