Oli’s office rejects claims of using country’s old map in PM’s Dussehra greeting

Kathmandu, October 24

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been criticised by netizens for intentionally not utilizing the up to date map of Nepal, exhibiting three Indian areas as a part of its territory, in his Dussehra greetings, a declare rejected by his workplace which mentioned the revised map was not seen on account of its tiny dimension.

In June, Nepal’s Parliament accepted the brand new political map of the nation that includes Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura which is a part of Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.

Oli in a Twitter message on Friday conveyed his greatest needs to the individuals of Nepal for Vijayadashami or Dussehra.

Many individuals on social media, together with Facebook and Twitter, commented that the Prime Minister’s workplace intentionally eliminated the up to date map after his assembly with India’s Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) chief Samant Kumar Goel.

“How can we think about using Nepal’s outdated map within the PM’s greeting with out incorporating Limpiyadhura as a easy error?” requested principal Opposition Nepali Congress spokesperson Bishwa Prakash Sharma.

Many individuals of their social media posts requested why did the Prime Minister’s workplace take away the federal government’s coat of arms from the map which incorporates Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura.

In response to the criticism, Prime Minister’s Press Advisor Surya Thapa in an announcement claimed that the revised map was used within the Prime Minister’s message, however was not seen on account of its tiny dimension.

“It is natural for the map to appear in such a manner due to its tiny size but the same map, if enlarged, may clearly show the updated areas,” he claimed.           

He additionally requested the individuals to not be misled by such pre-planned efforts to unfold rumours in regards to the map included within the greetings.

“There should not be any confusion that the map used in the greetings is the updated version which was endorsed by Nepal’s Parliament,” mentioned Thapa.

The Press Advisor in his press notice issued via social media additionally included an enlarged model of the map, which clearly exhibits the map which incorporates all of the three territories.

The ties between the 2 nations got here underneath pressure after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated an 80-km-long strategically essential highway connecting the Lipulekh move with Dharchula in Uttarakhand on May 8.

Nepal protested the inauguration of the highway claiming that it handed via its territory.

Days later, Nepal got here out with the brand new map exhibiting Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura as its territories.

India too had revealed a brand new map in November 2019 exhibiting the areas as its territories.

After Nepal launched the map, India reacted sharply, calling it a “unilateral act” and cautioning Kathmandu that such “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims won’t be acceptable to it.

In its response, after Nepal’s decrease home of Parliament accepted the invoice, India termed as untenable the “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims by the neighbouring nation.

India mentioned Nepal’s motion violates an understanding reached between the 2 nations to resolve the boundary points via talks.

Prime Minister Oli has been asserting that Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura belong to his nation and vowed to “reclaim” them from India. PTI