The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has slammed Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli for talking about Ayodhya instead of taking diplomatic initiative for return of territory encroached by India.
The party has also reminded PM Oli that the main duty of government now is to control COVID-19 pandemic and to bring back the encroached territory through diplomatic initiative.
"Two immediate duties of PM are corona and Kalapani. 1. Ram resides in heart, let's worry about likes of Raju Sad. 2. Let's not digress toward 'Ayodhya' and start serious diplomatic initiative to establish rights on the map passed by the House. It is our duty to remind, and CPN's to explain," NC Spokesperson Bishwa Prakash Sharma has tweeted on Tuesday.
PM Oli accused India of encroaching on cultural facts and claimed Ayodhya is not in India but is a village to the west of Birgunj on Monday.
Addressing a program organized at the PM's official residence in Baluwatar to mark the birth anniversary of the First Poet Bhanubhakta Acharya, Oli rued that Nepal has been oppressed culturally.
"We have been oppressed a bit culturally. Facts have been encroached. We still believe that we gave Sita to Indian Prince Ram. But we gave to the prince from Ayodhya not India. Ayodhya is a village a little west to Birgunj, not the Ayodhya created now," he elaborated.
He argued how can a prince from so far come to Janakpur for marriage if the Ayodhya claimed by India were real. He claimed that science and knowledge originated and developed in Nepal and rued that it could not be continued.
