Therefore, the act of issuing a new map unilaterally was first initiated by India. When India made public the new map, it was not discussed with Nepal. In this new map of India, Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipulekh are included in Indian Territory. But India had issued its new political map on 2 November 2019 (six months earlier) addressing the changed status of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh as Union Territories (UTs). On 20 May, Nepal issued its new and updated political and administrative map after the national consensus. Let’s check the India’s claim: that ‘this unilateral act is not based on historical facts and evidence’. But Indian side speaks less in the key issue and engages more in the subsidiary matter. This is the time, for both Nepal and India, to collect the evidences from their side, to prove their respective claim on the disputed territory. Both the ambassadors – Nepal’s to India, Nilamber Acharya and India’s to Nepal,Vinaya Mohan Qwatra, who seem serious in maintaining bilateral cordial relations, must place their extra effort to bring this issue into negotiating table. The need from the Indian side is to reciprocate Nepal’s humble and modest request to sit in diplomatic dialogue. Though this ‘cartographic aggression’ sounds the conflicting reality rooted between the two nations since 1962, it now can pave a way for the permanent solution of the disputed border. Nepal has uniform voice that diplomatic negotiation is the only way to resolve the boundary issues and this unvarying opinion is equally applicable in reclaiming the territories encroached by India. He requested not to believe in the unauthorised, manipulated information and spoiled minds, whose sole aim is to worsen the Nepal-India relations.
He informed that he has been trying to hold telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and it will be materialised soon in amicable manner. Prime Minister Oli also made it clear that the only way to resolve the boundary imbroglio is peaceful negotiation with India.
The leaders responded positively though the language they used was diverse – may be they were ‘politically correct’. Holding an all-party meeting, he urged all the leaders to unanimously endorse the constitution amendment bill that recognises the new map. Gopal Khanal (KATHMANDU, ) – AFTER one week of the issuance of the new map that includes Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipulekh as Nepali territory, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on 26 May sought national consensus to endorse the updated map from the parliament.
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