PM Shah’s border remarks were linked to cross-border land use, says foreign ministry

Clarification follows controversy over Shah’s statement in Parliament that Nepal has also encroached on Indian land in several places.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday clarified that Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s remarks in Parliament about Nepal having encroached on Indian land were made in reference to cross-border land occupation and the use of land across the Nepal-India border, rather than any territorial claim.