Guwahati, June 1 -- By NE NOW NEWS

Guwahati: Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has clarified that Prime Minister Balendra Shah was referring to "cross-border occupation" and encroachment in no-man's land areas along the India-Nepal border when he remarked that Nepal had also encroached on Indian territory.

The clarification came after Shah triggered a political controversy during his first appearance in Parliament to answer lawmakers' questions, where he stated that Nepal had encroached on Indian land in several places despite Kathmandu's longstanding complaints regarding Indian encroachment on Nepali territory.

The remarks drew criticism from opposition parties, foreign affairs experts and border analysts, who argued that the statem...