ANI MORN R28-----ANI DEL MANISH TIWARI BYTE On C.P. Radhakrishnan elected as the Vice President of the country and speculation over cross-voting in the election, Congress MP Manish Tewari says, "If there was cross-voting, then it should be seriously investigated by each of the constituents of the INDIA Alliance. Cross-voting is an extremely serious matter. If at all, what you are saying is correct or what is appearing in the public space or is being speculated has an iota of truth in it, then it deserves a systematic and clinical investigation." -------------- On the situation in Nepal, Congress MP Manish Tewari says, "...South Asia is passing through an extremely delicate moment. All the South Asian nations need to be extremely careful. There should be a systematic and proper attempt made to get to the bottom of whether this campaign in Nepal - was it a spontaneous upsurge or was it a systematically orchestrated campaign by interests which see benefit out of instability. So, to think what happened in Bangladesh and is now happening in Nepal is just coincidental would be extremely naive..." "What happened in Bangladesh in July 2024, which led to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina and what is happening currently in Nepal, which has led to the ouster of PM K.P. Sharma Oli, the resignation of his government and the unfortunate death of the wife of a former PM is not coincident. The legitimate grievances and aspirations of young people especially who are suffering from the scourge of unemployment and income inequality is being systematically harnessed and weaponised for the purposes of regime change. This is exactly what happened in the Arab Spring of 2011 when in Egypt and various other countries across the Greater Middle East, including Tunisia, you saw regime change. taking place under the force of people''s pressure. So, South Asia is passing through an extremely delicate moment. All the South Asian nations need to be extremely careful. There should be a systematic and proper attempt made to get to the bottom of whether this campaign in Nepal, the ''Nep Kids'' as it is called, was it a spontaneous upsurge or was it a systematically orchestrated campaign by interests which see benefit out of instability. So, to think what happened in Bangladesh and is now happening in Nepal is just coincidental would be extremely naive for the lack of a better word." ---------------------