Kathmandu, Feb. 16
Government has expressed objection to the statement of the chief minister of the Indian
state of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had plans
to expand their party in Nepal.
Minister for Foreign
Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali said in a tweet on Tuesday evening that a formal
objection had been conveyed to the concerned.
He was replying to the
concerns of people over Deb's comment.
In a speech on Monday
while addressing the BJP party workers in Agartala, Capital city of Tripura,
Deb had said that his party had plans to expansion in the neighbouring
countries viz. Nepal and Sri Lanka.
In his speech, he
quoted former BJP national president Amit Shah saying that the party was
planning to expand its footprint and
establish its rule in Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 17 February 2021.
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