Nepal, Nov. 1 -- India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has said "poor governance" was the reason behind uprisings that led to change of governments in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka over the period of past three-and-a-half years, according to multiple Indian media reports.

Democracy and non-institutional methods of regime change in countries such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal have created their own set of problems, Doval said during a function in New Delhi on Friday.

This is the first time a senior Indian government official made remarks on Nepal's government change followed by the Gen Z uprising in early September.

Then prime minister KP Sharma Oli resigned on September 9 after failing to handle the situation that emerge...