Newshub18:Nepal’s ex-prime minister’s message to restore land if he wins the polls.
The tone of warning against India is in the voice of the former Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli (KP Sharma Oli). He said on Friday that if his party is returned to power in the November 20 parliamentary elections, the Himalayan country’s territory claimed by India will be restored. “We will bring back land from India, including Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura,” the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) chairman said during an election campaign in Darchula near the Indo-Nepal border. We will not give up even an inch of our territory.”
The controversial map was released by the government during Oli’s two-year rule. There Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura were shown as part of Nepali territory. There was a strong reaction from India. However, Sher Bahadur Deuba, the current Prime Minister of Nepal and the President of the Nepali Congress, has already stated his position in this context. He said that efforts are being made to bring back the occupied land on the basis of diplomatic talks and joint relations. Following Oli’s comments, Deuba’s statement is considered highly significant.
Deuba continues to campaign by promising diplomatic talks on Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura and other territories. However, the former Prime Minister of the country, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, advised not to make the country’s sovereignty an election issue. According to him, sovereignty should not be an election issue of any party. Participating in the election campaign, Oli said, “If our party wins the election and comes to power, we will bring back Kalapani, Lipulek and Limpiyadhura. Our team is committed to providing security to the nation.
Nepal has maintained cordial relations with India for a long time. But since Oli became Prime Minister, the diplomatic relations between the two countries have suffered a bit of a tear. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a road between Libulek and Dharchula in Uttarakhand on May 8, 2020. Since then the Nepalese government has accused India of acquiring their land in Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura. It was then that the controversial map was released by Nepal. Strongly opposing the map, India said that Nepal should not publish any map