National Assembly, the upper house of Nepal Parliament, unanimously passed the constitution amendment bill clearing the way for the inclusion of the country’s new political map in its national emblem.
Kathmandu| On Thursday, Nepal’s National Assembly, the upper house of Parliament, unanimously passed the Constitution Amendment Bill to update the country’s political and administrative map incorporating three Indian territories- Kalapani, Lipulekh, and Limpiyadhura.
Earlier responding to the bill, India has called Nepal’s “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims “untenable”. The comments came after its lower house of parliament on Saturday unanimously approved the new political map of the country featuring areas that India maintains belong to it.
The National Assembly, the upper house of Nepal Parliament, unanimously passed the constitution amendment bill clearing the way for the inclusion of the country’s new political map in its national emblem.
All 57 members present voted in favour of the bill.
On Sunday, Nepal fast-tracked the passage of a Constitution Amendment Bill to update the country’s map that now includes strategic locations in high mountains such as Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura claimed by India as its own.
A day after the lower house unanimously voted in favour of it, Nepal Parliament’s upper house on Sunday endorsed a proposal to discuss the Bill for approval of the new political map. While several members suggested having an early dialogue with India, many urged the government to “reclaim” the “encroached” territories.
In a move described by New Delhi as “not tenable”, Nepal’s ruling and opposition political parties voted on Saturday in unison to amend the constitution to update the national emblem by including in Nepal’s new political map, Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura, locations in India’s Uttarakhand.
On Saturday, out of 275 lawmakers in the House of Representatives, 258 present lawmakers voted in favour of the Constitution amendment bill.
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