Nepalese leaders have been complicit in this interference. In the decade from 1996, Nepal was in the grip of the Maoist War. India helped resolve the conflict by facilitating a 12-point agreement between the Maoist party and the other national political parties in 2004. Included in the package was a roadmap for subsequent political development in Nepal. But this process also established India, for better or worse, as an extraordinarily powerful political player in Nepal. With many and diverse interests, India’s increasing involvement in Nepal has become increasingly contentious, although there is no national consensus in Nepal on India’s position. What remains clear is that too often the established principles of diplomacy have been ignored by India’s envoys and officials.