The virus coming from India is more deadly than China and Italy: Nepal PM

Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has made an aggressive statement against India, saying that the virus coming from India looks more deadly than China and Italy.

KP Sharma Oli, while addressing the parliament, accused India of spreading coronavirus in his country, saying, “Coronavirus is spreading in the country from people coming from India through illegal means.” While some local representatives and party leaders are responsible for bringing these people from India to Nepal without testing them.

“It has become very difficult to control the coronavirus due to people coming from outside and now the virus coming from India seems to be more deadly than China and Italy and many people are being affected by it,” he said.

The statement by the Nepal Prime Minister has angered Indian officials and has raised tensions over the inauguration of a new road between India and Nepal.

In the same speech, his first in parliament since a health scare, Mr Oli also said Nepal would “bring back at any cost” the Kalapani-Limpiyadhura-Lipulekh area, which is part of Indian territory.

Recently, the Nepal cabinet had endorsed a new political map incorporating Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh, and Kalapani, which are part of Indian territory.

India and Nepal share a 1,800 km (1,118-mile) open border. The Lipulekh Pass is claimed by Nepal based on the 1816 Treaty of Sugauli it entered with the British colonial rulers to define its western border with India.

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