Nepal PM says ‘Lord Ram is Nepali, not Indian’

New Delhi: When tension has been simmering between India and Nepal for quite some time, once again Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on July 13 stoked a fresh controversy after he said the “real Ayodhya” lies in Nepal and that “Lord Rami is Nepali.”

Real Ayodhya lies in Nepal, not in India. Lord Ram is Nepali not Indian: Nepali media quotes Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (file pic) pic.twitter.com/k3CcN8jjGV

— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2020

As per the new agency ANI cited Nepalese media quoting said, “Real Ayodhya lies in Nepal, not in India. Lord Ram is Nepali, not Indian.”

Oli reportedly said, “Till now, we have remained under the belief that Ram, the man Sita married, was an Indian…he was not, he was a Nepali.”

This has been another controversy when tension has been simmering between India and Nepal for some time, recently they intensified after defense minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated an 80-km-long road connecting the Lipulekh pass with Dharchula in Uttarakhand on May 8.