JANAKPURDHAM: Minister for Physical Infrastructure in Province No 2 Jitendra Sonal has reassured that Nepal’s land will not be allowed to be used for any anti-national activities.
At a discussion program organized by the Nepal-Bharat Khulla Sambad Samuha at Janakpurdham in Dhanusha district on Thursday, Minister Sonal spoke of the need to acknowledge the open border between Nepal and India as an ‘opportunity’ to further strengthen social, cultural, religious and economic ties between the two countries.
Pressing for the need to focus on how to resolve the bordering issue with India in the wake of India placing Nepal’s territory as Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura in its newly unveiled political map and subsequent uproar, Minister Sonal urged one and all not to harbour any doubt that the bordering places in Nepal side will be allowed to used against the national interest.
Similarly, Minister for Social Development of the Province Nawal Kishore Shah said that Nepal had social, cultural, religious ties with India while Nepal was known as ‘Mithila Kingdom’ and this ties, he claimed, will not broken in any circumstances.
Likewise, Policy Commission Vice-chair Dr Bhogendra Jha viewed that Nepal-India ties were ‘natural, fundamental and humanitarian’ and viewed that all sides should be aware to safeguard Nepal’s sovereignty.
Similarly, Province Assembly member Parameshwor Shah added that the citizens of both countries had cordial relations while the political analyst Chandra Kishore argued that since the people-to-people border relations between Nepal and India was a common thread social anomalies should be put to an end collectively.
On the occasion, India border experts professor Nawal Kishore Chaudhary, Ashok Priyadarshi, Nagendra Prasad Singh and Arun Das univocally said that the citizens residing in bordering areas should stay alert on the misunderstandings that the rulers might create over the border relations.
Samuha’s Chairperson Rajiv Jha pointed out the need for public participation, especially of those living in the bordering areas, to combat cross-border criminal activities between Nepal and India.
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