Communist Party Demands PM Retract 'Misleading' Statement on Border Dispute

Kathmandu. The Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) has demanded that the parliament not proceed until the Prime Minister retracts his misleading statement that Nepal has encroached upon Indian territory. Speaking in Monday's House of Representatives meeting, party chief whip Yuvraj Dulal said the Prime Minister's statement was not only ignorance of border issues but also an expression against national interest.

'It is a serious mistake for the Prime Minister of a sovereign nation to speak on such baseless matters, and it is another mistake for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to distort the truth by defending the Prime Minister by citing the issue of the no-man's-land as cross-border occupancy,' said Dulal.

He further stated that India has encroached upon 60,000 Nepali lands in the Lipulekh region, and without any data, there is no evidence that Nepal has encroached upon Indian territory. He also urged that the parliament should not proceed until the false and misleading statement is retracted.

Similarly, Labour Culture Party MP Aaren Rai said that the parliament cannot function until the Prime Minister apologizes for his statement that Nepal has encroached upon Indian territory.