A member of his cabinet has claimed that the incumbent Prime Minister KP Oli was not sincere about bringing back the lands including Lipulek-Kalapani-Limpiyadhura. Minister for Education Giriraj Mani Pokharel of Oli's cabinet said that the then Prime Minister Oli had stopped the distribution of books prepared by the Curriculum Development Center under the Ministry of Education after the government made the new map public and included it in the constitution. Therefore, Pokharel argues that the Oli Lipulek-Kalapani-Limpiyadhura issue is not serious even though the map of Nepal has been made public.
Pokharel, the education minister in Oli's cabinet, had formed the committee under the coordination of the then director-general of the Curriculum Development Center. The book was prepared and distributed to students, teachers, and researchers as reference materials. Within days of the distribution, Prime Minister Oli had stopped short of saying that something had to be done in the cabinet. "If it was not for the government of Nepal, it would have had to be sorted out by the government. The prime minister said not to distribute it," said Pokharel, the then education minister.
Before releasing the book, the then Education Minister Pokharel had distributed the book to the Prime Minister and Ministers and also to the former Prime Ministers. After the publication of the book which included Limpiyadhura, Lipulek, and Kalapani in Nepal, there was a great wave in India. Oli had formed a committee comprising Education Minister Pokharel and Land Reforms Minister Padma Aryal under the coordination of then Foreign Minister Pradip Gyawali. According to Pokhrel, even Padma Aryal wanted to resolve some technical issues quickly but Minister Gyawali did not hold a meeting.
The Curriculum Development Center under the Ministry of Education had prepared the book by including maps and information covering the territory of Nepal including Lipulek-Kalapani-Limpiyadhura encroached by India. The center has prepared the book as reference material for the students of classes 9-12.
This book was prepared with the intention of informing the students about the unification and development of Nepal and developing a proper approach. The Curriculum Development Center was developed as a self-study material with the objective of informing the secondary level students about the territory and borders of Nepal. Nepal had protested on November 2, 2019, after the unilaterally released map of India showing the territory of Nepal including Lipulek-Kalapani-Limpiyadhura in Indian territory and the construction of roads in the territory.
Pokharel said that the book was prepared with the participation of the then Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Padma Aryal, Director General of the Survey Department, Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, heads of departmental bodies, border experts and university geographers.
These were the main themes - Nepal's ancient, 1816 Sugauli sandhi sammako Nepal border and the area of the expansion and contraction historical context - the international borders of the concept, principles, river border is studded with identification, border disputes, the dispute would cause and solution as a short information - Nepal border pricing, China and India border relations, border disputes and solve the efforts - Nepal and India border dispute, in particular, the northwestern border with India encroached Nepal limpiyadhura Kalapanee, lipuleka sector boundary dispute, solutions, and its affiliates historical, administrative, and geopolitical credentials - Brief information about the encroachment of the Susta area of Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Sustapaschim) - Nepal's update maps and map building exercise and the use of identity theme - this will be out of the use of the material and some guidance for teachers Activities -
