Nepal Rs 100 notes with map of areas in India: President advisor quits

PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal was said to have spoken to President Ram Chandra Poudel regarding the comments. The President’s office confirmed that his resignation has been accepted.

Many had called for Nepal’s removal from the post including former ambassador to India Nilambar Acharya, former chief of Nepal’s anti-graft body Suryanath Upadhyay and Sushil Pyakurel, adviser to former president Bidya Devi Bhandari.

“I oppose the move as a former Governor of the Rastra Bank, and not as an adviser to the President,” Nepal had said soon after the government’s decision to put the map on the notes was made public on May 4. He said: “Nepal being in dispute with India over certain parts of territory is one thing, but printing in the currency a map that is different from what the international bodies, including two neighbours, have recognised is unwise.”