Kathmandu lodges formal objection against Tripura CM's claims of BJP's expansion to Nepal

February 17, 2021 09:11

Nepal has objected to a statement made by Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb in which he quoted Union Home Minister Amit Shah as saying that the Bharatiya Janata Party would soon form its government in Nepal.

Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali took to Twitter on Tuesday to confirm that the Government of Nepal has conveyed its formal objection to the remarks by India's ruling party leader.

"Noted. Formal objection has been already conveyed," Gyawali said in a tweet in response to a Nepali Twitter user, who had drawn his attention to the statement.

According to sources, Nepal's ambassador to India Nilamber Acharya has already conveyed the government's official objection to Arindam Bagchi, a joint secretary who is in-charge of Nepal and Bhutan affairs at India's Ministry of External Affairs, news agency PTI quoted My Republica newspaper.

Biplab Kumar Deb was quoted in media reports as saying that the BJP was planning to extend its footprint in Sri Lanka and Nepal.

On Saturday (February 13), Deb said Amit Shah, when serving as BJP president, had told party leaders that the BJP would establish rule in other regional countries as part of 'Atmanirbhar South Asia' initiative.

Deb said the BJP deeply valued the SAARC partnership. Nepal is a member of SAARC.

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