Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli has expressed delight in the unity over the Constitution amendment bill to implement the new map.
He said so while speaking in the House on Wednesday to answer questions raised about the budget for Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.
The House of Representatives (HoR) on Tuesday provided approval in principle to the Constitution amendment bill to implement the new map.
PM Oli pointed that the Nepali people standing firm would suffice now as the forefathers had fought to save the land. He also opined that the House should get credit for the amendment. "It is not that someone will get more credit. Everybody's heart, feeling and consent is seen when the decision is unanimous.
The government registered the Constitution amendment bill to amend the schedule of the Constitution, wherein the map in the coat of arms does not include the territory including Limpiyadhura, to implement the new map.
Constitution amendment requires two-third majority of the House.
The government on May 20 published the new map including Kalapani, Lipu Lekh and Limpiyadhura. The territorial area of Nepal has increased by 335 square kilometers with inclusion of the territory up to Limpyadhura.
The government on May 18 passed the new map including Kalapani, Lipu Lekh and Limpiyadhura after inauguration of the Indian road via Lipu Lekh on May 8.
The Foreign Ministry has already expressed regret over the unilateral construction and urged India to refrain from carrying out any activity inside the territory of Nepal. It then summoned the Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra and handed a diplomatic note conveying Nepal's position on the issue.
Nepal has consistently maintained that as per the Sugauli Treaty (1816), all the territories east of Kali (Mahakali) River, including Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipu Lekh, belong to Nepal.
Nepal had also expressed its disagreement in 2015 through separate diplomatic notes addressed to the governments of both India and China when the two sides agreed to include Lipu Lekh Pass as a bilateral trade route without Nepal’s consent in the Joint Statement issued on 15 May 2015 during the official visit of the Prime Minister of India to China.
