India and Nepal require to move quickly to reverse the recent obstacle to ties
After months of brinkmanship, India and Nepal have actually brought their relations to the edge of a precipice. The Oli government’s decision to pass the constitutional amendment validating a modification in its maps that consist of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura, territories that India controls, marks an extremely new stage in ties. While the problem is an old one, it resurfaced in 2019 when New Delhi published new political maps to reflect the changes following the choice on August 5 to reorganise the State of Jammu and Kashmir, and Nepal objected to the depiction of disputed area. In 2000 and 2014, India and Nepal agreed to hold talks about Kalapani and Susta, without much success. Matters grew out of control when India’s Defence Minister inaugurated a surfaced road over the area; when Nepal opposed, Indian Army Chief, General Naravane, recommended it was at the “request” of China. At the base of the rift is the lac