Deep ties with Nepal, will sort out row with dialogue: Rajnath

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 15

Rejecting Nepal’s territorial claim, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted on Monday that the Lipulekh-Dharchula road falls very much in India and conveyed the Modi government’s willingness to sort out the “misunderstanding” with the neighbouring country through dialogue.

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‘No power in world can break our relations’

Relations between two nations are not ordinary. We are bound by ‘roti’ and ‘beti’. No power in the world can break it. — Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister

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Singh talked of the centuries-old ties between the two counties, noting that they were not only social, geographical, historical and cultural but also spiritual. India can never forget this reality and Indians can never have any bitterness towards Nepal, the defence minister added.

China no alternative to India: Nepalese expert

Nepal-India relationship should not deteriorate. The situation will be vulnerable if India retaliates…. It will be unwise to consider China an alternative to India. — Dr Posh Raj Pandey, leading Nepali economist

He said: “If there is any misunderstanding among the citizens of Nepal, we will resolve it through talks.”

“Relations between the two nations are not ordinary. We are bound by ‘roti’ and ‘beti’ (livelihood and marriage). No power in the world can break it,” Singh said in an obvious reference to China’s growing proximity to Nepal. Rajnath was speaking at the ‘Uttarakhand Jan Samwaad’ virtual rally organised by the BJP.