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Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli blamed India for the propagation of the coronavirus cases in his country.
Nepal’s Prime Minister K. P. Oli has blamed India for the propagation of the coronavirus in his country and blamed New Delhi for the construction of a road that encroaches on the Himalayan homeland, marking a new low in bilateral relations between the traditional allies.
Nepal has approved a new political map of the demarcation of the Lipulekh pass mountain, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura-places it is said that India has demanded for the construction of a road despite repeated objections, Press Trust of India reported, citing Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali.
Ruling Communist Party of Nepal lawmakers have also introduced a special resolution in the Parliament to demand the return of Nepal’s territory at Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh, the report said.
Oli told Parliament Wednesday that his government would “bring them back at any cost,” of the three territories, before blaming India for the propagation of the coronavirus in your country, NDTV reported, citing a video of twitter by the government of Nepal. India has almost 107,000 confirmed cases of the virus, while Nepal has 402, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University.
This unilateral act is not based on historical facts and evidence, Anurag Srivastava, India, the foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement. “We urge the government of Nepal to refrain from such unwarranted mapping of the affirmation and the respect of India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the statement added.
The Border Dispute
The Lipulekh pass a far western end of the point near Kalapani, a disputed area of the border between Nepal and India. In both India and Nepal claims Kalapani as part of its territory. India says that it is part of Pithoragarh district in the border state of Uttarakhand.
Nepal “learned with regret about the “unveiling” of the new road, according to a May 9 statement on the website of the embassy of Nepal in India. The new road was inaugurated by the Indian defence minister, Rajnath Singh, on the 8th of May.
India’s Chief of Army Staff, Manoj Mukund Naravane, on Friday suggested Nepal to objections to the highway, which connects to the Line of Actual Control — the 3,488 km (2,167-mile) disputed border between India and China-are in “the will of another person,” without elaborating. Dozens of soldiers were injured after clashes between Indian and Chinese troops in the first week of May along the disputed border.
India and Nepal have been allied, New Delhi, which represents more than two-thirds of Kathmandu is the trade. Provides 100% of the oil needs of the nation landlocked.
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