During an election rally in Uttarakhand on December 30, Narendra Modi had said that his government was going to expand the road in Lipulekh. After this, the Nepali Congress, the main party of Nepal’s ruling coalition, objected to this and said that this issue is against the agreement between the two countries. Nepal has been claiming Lipulekh as its share.
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New Delhi: Nepal’s ruling party, the Nepali Congress, has criticized Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for announcing a road extension in the Lipulekh region. Significantly, Nepal has been making such claims that Lipulekh is a part of it.
During an election rally in Uttarakhand on December 30, Prime Minister Modi had said that his government had built a road till Lipulekh and it was being expanded further.
The politics of Nepal has come to a boil due to Modi’s statement for the last two weeks. However, the Government of Nepal has not given any official statement on the matter.
Whereas on Friday evening, the ruling coalition’s main party Nepali Congress issued this statement through the newspaper Republic of Kathmandu, ‘The issue of road construction in Lipulekh is against the agreement of the India-Nepal Joint Commission, in which all bilateral issues are diplomatic. It was a matter to be resolved through treaty/agreements. This is objectionable and should be stopped immediately.
The statement was signed by two secretaries of the Nepali Congress. He has said in this statement, ‘The Nepali Congress clearly believes that Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani are Nepali territories. Indian soldiers stationed in Kalapani should return immediately.
A similar controversy arose after Defense Minister Rajnath Singh launched a road in Lipulekh in 2020, leading Nepal’s Prime Minister and CPN leader KP Oli to release a new political map claiming the area. .
Earlier this week, the main opposition parties CPN-UML, Bibeksheel Samadha Nepali and ruling coalition partner CPN (Unified Socialists) also issued statements opposing Prime Minister Modi’s statement.
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