All political parties, including JSP-N back Constitution Amendment Bill By Our Reporter With Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal backing the Constitution Amendment Bill tabled by the government to change the map of Nepal of the Coat of Arms, all the political parties representing the parliament have now stood together, making it possible to amend the Constitution unanimously. Earlier, the newly unified JSPN has been keeping mum over the issue, instead it was exerting pressure on the government to address their demands of Constitution amendment. But on Tuesday, the party in the House backed the Bill after Minister for Law Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Shivamaya Tumbahamphe Tuesday tabled the Constitution Amendment Bill (Second) in the House of Representatives for discussion. Lawmakers and leaders of all parliamentary parties in the Federal Parliament supported the proposal of the government to amend the Constitution and include the updated map of the country in its Coat of Arms. India has been occupying Nepali land of Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulek for decades. The dispute resurfaced after India issued its political map including Nepali land of Limpiyadhura, Lipulek and Kalapani in November last year, which escalated further after India inaugurated a road in the Nepali land last month. The government had strongly opposed the moves by sending diplomatic notes to India. The government also issued and unveiled an updated map of the country showing all Nepali territories in it. The main opposition, the Nepali Congress, had already decided to support the government to amend the constitution. Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ishwar Pokhrel told the House that Nepali Army was closely but indirectly inspecting and keeping records of Nepal's territory in the south and north by establishing coordination with the semi-military force i.e. the Armed Police Force (APF). As per international principles and practices of the world, the NA cannot be deployed directly in the border, he said while answering the queries of the lawmakers in the House of Representatives also on Tuesday. Likewise, Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawal said India had undermined the sovereignty of Nepal by snubbing requests to sit for dialogue. He said India took the benefit of time constraints and encroached the Nepali land. "Nepal had been trying for the mapping of the land east of Kali River since 1981 but we are not allowed to go up from Kuti. India had consented to foreign secretary level meeting for multiple times but evaded such discussions," he said. Stating that it was astonishing that India was never ready to sit for dialogue despite Nepal's multiple calls, FM Gyawali maintained that Nepal had published the map including Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulek as a symbolic step. "We are continuously urging and following up with India for the talk on the border issues as there is no alternative to it. Nepal has claimed the land which was set as per the Sugauli Treaty, 1816," he said. "Nepal has not aspired for additional land, therefore if India accepts the earlier documents, the dispute will be resolved," he added. He also expressed his surprise that India was sitting in dialogue with China on border issues in Laddakh but it has long ignored Nepal. Following Nepal's multiple diplomatic notes, protesting its encroachment and unilateral development work in Nepal's territory, India had said that it would sit in dialogue with Nepal when the coronavirus pandemic is over.