{"id":12423,"date":"2026-05-04T03:25:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/india-dismisses-nepals-kailash-yatra-objection-over-lipulekh-pass-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T03:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:55:50","slug":"india-dismisses-nepals-kailash-yatra-objection-over-lipulekh-pass-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/india-dismisses-nepals-kailash-yatra-objection-over-lipulekh-pass-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"India dismisses Nepal\u2019s Kailash yatra objection over Lipulekh Pass | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130739626,imgsize-1340705,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/untitled-design-38.jpg\" alt=\"India dismisses Nepal\u2019s Kailash yatra objection over Lipulekh Pass\" title=\"&lt;p&gt;File photo&lt;\/p&gt;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The India-Nepal border dispute could see another flare-up with the new government in Kathmandu officially objecting to India\u2019s decision to resume <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kailash-mansarovar-yatra\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Kailash Mansarovar Yatra<\/a>, with support from China, through the Uttarakhand state crossing at Lipulekh Pass that is claimed by Nepal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Indian government later dismissed Nepal\u2019s territorial claims, saying India has consistently maintained that such claims are neither justified, nor based on historical facts and evidence. \u201cSuch unilateral artificial enlargement of territorial claims is untenable,\u201d it said, responding to a statement by Nepal foreign ministry.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Nepal said in its statement earlier in the day that it had raised the issue diplomatically with both India and China and informed them about its \u201cclear stance and concern\u201d about the planned pilgrimage through \u201cNepali territory Lipulekh\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The external affairs ministry responded by saying India\u2019s position in this regard had been consistent and clear. \u201cLipulekh Pass has been a long-standing route for Kailash Manasarovar Yatra since 1954 and the yatra through this route has been going on for decades,\u201d it said, adding this wasn\u2019t a new development.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>\u201cGovt of Nepal is fully clear and firm on the fact that, according to Sugauli Treaty of 1816, Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani \u2014 located east of Mahakali river \u2014 are integral parts of Nepal,\u201d said Nepal foreign ministry. India has in the past as well responded to such statements by asking Nepal to refrain from making any unjustified cartographic assertion and to respect India\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The border-related issue might be the first real test for ties between the countries as Balendra Shah-led government gets up to speed on foreign policy. Both sides are currently discussing a visit by foreign secretary Vikram Misri to Kathmandu next week to firm up bilateral cooperation agenda.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Lipulekh in Kalapani area in western Nepal is one of the two tri-junctions that Nepal has with India and China. For India, Kalapani area, including Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh, remains a part of Uttarakhand. Nepal had earlier also objected to India and China\u2019s decision to expand trade through the strategic Lipulekh Pass.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The Nepal statement recalled that even before this, it had continuously urged India \u201cnot to carry out any activities in that area, such as road construction or expansion, border trade, or pilgrimage tourism\u201d. <!-- -->\u201cFurthermore, it is clarified that friendly nation of China has also been officially informed that Lipulekh region is Nepali territory,\u201d it added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>\u201cIn line with the spirit and sentiment of close and friendly relations between Nepal and India, Govt of Nepal remains committed to solving border issues through diplomatic means based on historical treaties, agreements, facts, maps, and evidence,\u201d Nepal said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>India said in its response that it remains open to constructive interaction with Nepal on all issues in the bilateral relationship, including on resolving agreed outstanding boundary issues through dialogue and diplomacy.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/india-dismisses-nepals-kailash-yatra-objection-over-lipulekh-pass\/articleshow\/130739615.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The India-Nepal border dispute could see another flare-up with the new government in Kathmandu officially objecting to India\u2019s decision to resume Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, with support from China, through the Uttarakhand state crossing at Lipulekh Pass that is claimed by Nepal.Indian government later dismissed Nepal\u2019s territorial claims, saying India has consistently maintained that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-country"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}