The Kalapani Conundrum: Indo-Nepal Diplomatic Rifts

The government of Nepal raised objection after Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the link road from Dharchula to Lipulekh, identifying Lipulekh as “China border”.

With this, the cordial relations between two conventional friendly nations – India and Nepal – has come under the mode of confrontation with the diplomatic stand-off. The centripetal force of this bilateral diplomatic confrontation goes towards a long–pending territorial dispute over the Kalapani region.