Kathmandu: Nepal on Friday announced printing of new Rs 100 notes which will have a map which is likely to spark controversy. Actually, the disputed sites Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani will be shown in the map of Nepal made on this new 100 rupee note. India has already termed these areas as artificially expanded. Giving information about the cabinet decision, government spokesperson Rekha Sharma said, ‘In the meeting of the Council of Ministers chaired by Prime Minister Pushpakamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, it was decided to print a new map of Nepal in the Rs 100 note, in which Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani will be shown.
These areas have become a big issue in Nepal
It is noteworthy that Nepal has been raising this issue from time to time by claiming these three areas as its share. Earlier too, former President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari had said that Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura are an integral part of Nepal and whatever dispute there is with India regarding this should be resolved diplomatically. Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura have also been election issues in Nepal and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had promised during the elections that if his party came to power, he would ‘take back’ Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh areas from India through negotiations. Will take.
India has already given a strong reaction
At the same time, there was a strong reaction from India when Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura were shown as its territory in Nepal’s map. All these three places are traditionally located in Uttarakhand on the India-Nepal border. There was a strong reaction from India when these areas were shown as its territory in the new political map of Nepal approved by the lower house of the Nepali Parliament about 3 years ago. An Indian official had said that local land records also show that the land in Kalapani and Lipulekh belongs to the residents of two villages located on the Indian side of the India-Nepal border.
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