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Nepal parliament approves new map that lays claim to Indian territory

Nepal last month released the revised political and administrative map of the country laying claim over the strategically key areas

PM Naredra Modi with his Nepalese counterpart K P Oli during the inauguration of south Asia's first cross border oil pipeline

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PM Naredra Modi with his Nepalese counterpart K P Oli | File photo

3 min read Last Updated : Jun 18 2020 | 11:08 PM IST

Nepal's upper house of Parliament on Thursday unanimously voted to amend the Constitution to update the country's new political map, laying claim over three strategically key areas along the border with it.

India has already termed as "untenable" the "artificial enlargement" of territorial claims by Nepal after its lower house of Parliament on Saturday unanimously approved the new political map of the country featuring areas which India maintains belong to it.

Nepal last month released the revised political and administrative map of the country laying claim over the strategically key areas, more than six months after India published a new

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