NEW DELHI: Nepal’s strong protest against India’s new link road to the Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand is probably at the behest of “someone else”, said General M M Naravane on Friday, hinting that
Beijing
could have instigated
Kathmandu
amidst the ongoing heightened tensions between Indian and Chinese border troops.
The Army chief, however, stressed he did not see “any concerted design” in the recent troop face-offs with China in eastern Ladakh and north Sikkim, which are being resolved as per established mechanisms on a case-to-case basis.
“I do not see any contradiction at all as far as the road to Lipulekh Pass is concerned. In fact, the Nepalese ambassador had mentioned that the east side of Ka