Deuba just suspected if Oli agreed on Indian map: Spokesperson Sharma

Nepali Congress spokesperson Bishwa Prakash Sharma speaks with journalists in Pokhara on Monday, November 25, 2019.

Kathmandu, November 25

After Nepali Congress President and former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s statement that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli agreed on the new political map of India that includes Kalapani in its territory attracted widespread criticism, the party’s spokesperson Bishwa Prakash Sharma has tried to correct him.

Sharma now says Deuba was just suspecting if Oli agreed on the map. “This is just a suspicion of our president, not the party’s decision.” Therefore, instead of answering Deuba, the government and leaders of the ruling party should take initiatives to talk to India, he suggests.

Speaking with journalists in Pokhara on Monday, Sharma also demanded that the government immediately publish a new map of Nepal clearly marking its borders with India and China. He added that the opposition party would do so if the government did not publish a new map on time.