UML objects construction of structures on Nepal’s territory by India

January 12, Kathmandu: The CPN (UML) has said its attention has been drawn towards the construction of various infrastructures in Nepal’s Lipulek and Limpiyadhura area by India.

UML’s Foreign Affairs Department’s stated in a press release on Tuesday that Nepal had already made its legal and political stance on this matter clear through the political-administrative map and the constitution amendment last year.

He has also recalled that the Government of Nepal (GoN) leaded by UML had also started diplomatic initiatives for bringing back these territories.

“The serious attention of CPN (UML) has been drawn to the Indian side’s expediting the construction of infrastructures including roadway in the same Nepali territory in violation of the agreement reached in the meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission to settle the remaining issues, including the border issue, between the two countries through diplomatic means,” reads the press release.

The main opposition party in parliament has also called on the Indian side to immediately stop such activities damaging the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and dignity of Nepal.

It has demanded an immediate halt to the construction of structures including roads by India on Nepal’s territory and finalizing the topic through talks.