Speaking at an event in Kathmandu, Oli had blamed India for cultural encroachment by ‘creating a fake Ayodhya.’ The Nepal foreign ministry on Tuesday issued a clarification on Prime Minister KP Oli’s remarks regarding the birthplace of Lord Ram and allegations that India created a “fake Ayodhya”. In a statement that sought to downplay the row, the ministry said that …
After staking claim to Indian territories of Lipulekh-Kalapani in a new controversial map, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday claimed that Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Rama, is in Nepal and Lord Rama was Nepali. “Although real Ayodhya lies at Thori, city in the west of Birgunj, India has claimed that Lord Rama was born there. In an …