<h1>Nationalist leader warns disconnect between governments and people fuels unrest, urges democratic reform, economic self-reliance and vigilance</h1> A senior leader of a nationalist volunteer organisation linked recent unrest and government collapses in neighbouring Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to a disconnect between governments and societies and a shortage of capable, people-oriented administrators, warning of actors both domestic and foreign exploiting such crises. He urged democratic means for change, advocated economic self-reliance and prioritising national terms in international trade, dismissed US tariffs as non-threatening, and called for vigilance on security and regional stability. He also emphasized cultural ties across South Asia, social unity, environmental risks from Himalayan disasters, and reform to address inequality.