On Friday, Nepal declared that a new Rs 100 banknote would be printed featuring a map of the contentious areas of Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura, and Kalapani, which India has already labeled as “artificial enlargement” and “untenable.”
When briefing the media about the cabinet decision, government spokesperson Rekha Sharma stated, “The meeting of the council of ministers chaired by Prime Minister Pushpakamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ took a decision to print the new map of Nepal, which includes the Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura, and Kalapani in the Rs 100 denomination bank notes.”
“The cabinet approved to re-design the banknote of Rs 100 and replace the old map printed in the background of the bank note during the cabinet meetings held on April 25 and May 2,” Sharma, who is also the Minister for Information and Communication, added.
On June 18, 2020, Nepal finished updating its political map by adding three strategically significant areas—Lipulekh, Kalapani, and Limpiyadhura—by amending its Constitution. India reacted angrily, denouncing the “unilateral act” and labelling the “artificial enlargement” of Nepal’s territorial claims as “untenable.”
India maintains Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura belongs to it.
Nepal shares a border of over 1,850 km with five Indian states – Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
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