All the 258 votes were in favour of the amendment. Since the house has a strength of 275, the amendment bill was passed by a two-thirds majority.
Kathmandu| Voting for constitutional amendment bill in a special session to update the country’s map, Nepal parliament today passed the map which includes a stretch of land high in the mountains that India claims as its own. The house of representatives voted on the amendment after the deliberations were over.
All the 258 votes were in favour of the amendment. Since the house has a strength of 275, the amendment bill was passed by a two-thirds majority.
Nepal’s ruling party, in last month, had cleared the map drawing huge reaction from India which described the move as “unilateral” and not based on historical facts. However, the opposition Nepali Congress had said it would vote in favour of the amendment, amid the conflict with India over the issue.
After the amendment has been passed in parliament, now it will go to National Assembly where it will undergo a similar process.
The National Assembly will give lawmakers 72 hours to move amendments against the bill’s provisions if any. After approved by the National Assembly, it will be submitted to the President for authentication, after which the bill will be incorporated in the Constitution.
In the month of May, the Nepal cabinet released a new map in which areas of Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh, and Kalapani were displayed as a part of the hill country.
Kathmandu claims the strategically valuable areas of Limpiyadhura and Kalapani, however, Indian forces have been deployed there since India fought a war with China in 1962.
Blaming India on 25th May for the spread of the highly contagious virus in the hill country, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had said that those coming from India are āentering without proper check, which is leading to further spread of the virusā.
PM Oli had added that although, fatality in Nepal is less in comparison to other countries of South Asia.
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