NEPAL AND INDIA DISPUTE

NEPAL'S  NEW POLITICAL MAP CLAIM INDIA'S TERRITORIES.

    New delhi says such artificial enlargement of territorial claims will not be accepted by India :

         Nepal's new official map is " artificial" and unacceptable to India, the Ministry of External affair said on wednesday after Kathmandu niveles a new political map thay claimed kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh of Uttarakhand as part of its sovereign territory.

         " This unilateral act is not based pn historical facts and evidence . It is contrary to the bilateral understanding to resolver the outstanding boundary issues through diplomatic dialogue. Such artificial enlargement of territorial claims will not be accepted by India " , said  official spokesperson Anurag Srivastava, urging Kathmandu to opt for diplomatic dialogue to settle border disputes.

          Earlier in the day , the new map was launched at a press conference in Kathmandu by Minister of land management Padma kumari Ary, who said the government of Prime Minister K.P sharma Oli is committed to protecting the territorial Integrity of the country.

         " It is a historic moment of happiness for the people of Nepal . The government of Prime Minister K.P Sharma Oli will upload the prestige of Nepal. We will publish the new map and make it a part of the school text books " , said Ms Aryal Laundring the map, which escalates the raw over territorial claim between the two south asian neighbour.

         India said Nepal was aware of the understanding on this Issue and asked the government of Mr. Oli to return to dialogue . "We urge the government of Nepal to refrain from such an unjustified cartographic assertion and respect India's sovereignty and territorial intercity. " 

        Nepal diplomatic source maintain the region of Kalapani and the confegurous areas to the east of the river Kali and Susta on the Uttarpradesh - bihar border are the only parts of the yearly 1800km India - Nepal boundary that demain unresolved. The area of Susta near Gorakhpur can also be noted in the new map. Kathmandu claim that India has encroached upon  this area, claiming tracts of land, and wants delhi to evacuate population from the location. Launching of new map took place a day after Mr. Oli in a speech in parliament targeted India for alleged attempts at regional domination 

     " India Ashokan Gillar has the lions with ' truth shall prevail' inscribed at the base. They actually mean 'lion(might) shakl prevail . But Nepal is certain that truth alone shakl precio " , he said on tuesday , holding India responsible for the spread of the novel Coronavirus in the Himalayan country. The observation indicated the mood of the political class in Kathmandu which has been on a collision course with India sine Defence Minister RAJNATH SINGH inaugurated a link road to tibbat on may 8 .

      " We look forward to begin diplomatic negotiation with friendly nation of India regarding the territorial Issues " , Ms. ARYAL said on wednesday.

        Following are the Indian action of may 8 , there were reports on anti-India protests in parts of Nepal.

       Nepal had published a new map on 2 Nov, 2019 representing the political boundaries of the country which showed the states of newly created UNION TERRITORIES of JAMMU AND KASHMIR And LADAKH.  The same map also showed the region of Kalapani as part of the Indian territories.

       Nepal , however maintain that not just the Kala pani region , but Limit adhura and lipulekh are parts of its territory as demarcated in the 1816 TREATY OF SUGAULI. All the three areas are to the east of the river Kali, according to Nepali formula toon. Analyst in Kathmandu argue that the new map in fact is a document that was in circulative in the country till the 1950's. And the territory of Kala pani was given to India by King MAHENDRA after the 1962 INDIA CHINA WAR.  Nepali sources have described Kalapani as the core of the border disputes with India.

     In a speech to parliament last week , President BIDHYA DEVI BHANDARI announced the decision to publish the new map. The move was endorsed at a cabinet meeting on tuesday and the map was unveiled on wednesday.