Ahead of his visit to India next month, Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Sunday invited Indian businessmen to invest in the Himalayan nation, saying it had lost a lot due to the agitation in the Terai region and that all steps will be taken to create an investor-friendly environment.Interacting with a group of visiting Indian journalists , Oli said Nepal had lost revenue and income due to the more than four-month-old Madhesi agitation in the southern
Terai plains of the country.”I request the business community of India to come here. Of course, due to the unrest in the Terai, we lost a lot… not billions but trillions of rupees. We lost income, revenue… No industry is earning now but we will immediately create an investment-friendly situation,” Oli promised.The southern plains have been simmering with protests against the new Constitution for more than four months now. Over 55 people, including agitators and police personnel, have been killed during the agitation by the Madhesi community.The Madhesi protestors are demanding, among other things, a redrawing of the boundaries of the provinces as proposed in the new Constitution and representation in parliament on the basis of population.