India is planning to topple my govt over map row: Nepal PM
NEWDELHI:NEPAL Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday accused India of being behind a conspiracy to topple him for publishing the country’s new map that depicts Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura as part of Nepalese territory.
India has traditionally claimed these, and Nepal’s new claim has worsened relations between the nations.
Oli made the remarks while addressing a meeting held in Kathmandu to mark the birth anniversary of late communist leader Madan Bhandari.
The comments come at a time when Oli is facing criticism from the ruling Nepal Communist Party for his governance and handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and there is a theory that, just like the map crisis that he precipitated, he may be creating a bogey of a coup to stay ahead.
“A conspiracy is being hatched to remove me for releasing the country’s new map and getting it adopted through Parliament. In light of these discussions, the media reports from New Delhi, [the Indian] embassy’s activities and meetings in different hotels in Kathmandu, it’s not difficult to understand how people are openly active to topple me,” Oli said.
He added, “There is a race to remove me. It has been said people who commit such crimes should not be allowed to stay. Printing a map is called a crime.”
There was no immediate reaction to Oli’s remarks from Indian officials.
this month, China deployed martial arts trainers and members of a mountain club in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), which border India, state media reports said on Sunday.
While the reports did not cite a reason for the deployment, the development has come amid the ongoing border tensions between the two countries, which began in early May and escalated into a deadly brawl on June 15, in which 20 Indian soldiers and an unspecified number of Chinese troopers were killed. Bilateral agreements between the two neighbours prevent the use of guns along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Among the newly deployed personnel and five new militia divisions are former members of a Mount Everest Olympic torch relay team and fighters from a mixed martial arts club. The new troops were recruited with the aim of “strengthening the border and stabilising Tibet,” the People’s Liberation Army’s official military newspaper China National Defence News reported.