NEW DELHI – Nepal is another South Asian nation that has fallen victim toIndian hegemony in the region.
Recently, India released its updated political map which shows the Kalapaniarea of Nepal as its territory, which is a thirty five square kilometersarea in far Western region of Nepal.
The act sparked an outrage and Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs objectedstrongly to the Indian claim on Kalapani.
Nepalese also took to social media to express their anger over the act.They used the hashtags #BackoffIndia and # Kalapani# to convey theirmessage.
Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement said Kalapani is theland of Nepal and our party stands firm on this conviction.
India is continuously trying to settle this issue, but we won’t go back inour claim.
Indian Ministry of External Affairs, however, claimed that the region waspart of India.
India’s such acts based purely on attitude of high-handedness with itsneighbors revolve around national policy parameters like Akhand Bharat, theevolution and genesis of Indian military through system which is derivedfrom the principles of Chanakya.
It is pertinent to mention that Indian motive of issuing an altered map ofJammu and Kashmir and Nepal may have nefarious intentions for Pakistan andNepal.
Former US President Richard Nixon had described Indians as slippery,treacherous people.
Former US Secretary of State and a great statesman Henry Kissinger assessedIndians as the most aggressive people around who are always plotting awar.