Map politics in South Asia

The bilateral agreement on the trilateral junction of Lipulekh is a case in point.

Nepal seems to have fallen into the trap of map politics that also involves China and India. Border disputes involving the three countries had begun since the early 1960s, particularly following the Sino-Indian border war in 1962 and with the knowledge that Indian troops had been stationed in the Kalapani area of Nepal. It has been learned that this was brought to the notice of the then King Mahendra, who was stated to have suggested not raising this issue knowing the drubbing India received at the hands of the Chinese in the 1962 border conflict.