There is no fear in preaching that Ram is born in Nepal: Prime Minister Oli

Kathmandu [Nepal], July 8 (ANI): Nepal Prime Miniter KP Sharma Oli ha once again reiterated hi claim that Lord Ram wa born in Nepal. Addreing a party event in Kathmandu on Monday, the Nepal PM claimed Lord Ram birthplace lie within Nepal territory and encouraged people not to hy away from preading the meage.
Speaking at a programme organied by hi party, CPN-UML Tourim and Civil Aviation Department, Oli aid hi claim are baed on the original Ramayana written by age Balmiki (Valmiki).
We talk about tourim. But how can omeone jut make a tory about Ram being born omewhere ele, pecifying the place? Ram wa born in Nepal. It i in Nepalee territory; that place now lie in Nepal. I wont ay it wa Nepal even then. Where wa it, where want it? Wa it a Tharu village? But now that territory i in Nepal. Ram i God; it i up to you to believe it or not. Thoe who believe Ram i God, Ram birthplace i acred. We are not able to preach it much. We dont preach more about it. We dont dare to do o. It feel awkward. I think it annoying, the Prime Miniter aid.
The Prime Miniter alo claimed that other figure from Hindu mythology are alo from Nepal. Shiva i from here, Vihwamitra i from here. I am not aying thi; it written in Ramayana, in Balmiki Ramayana. Vihwamitra ay that Ram croed the Kohi River and went wet, and taught Lakhmana. Oli added.
He uggeted that the place mentioned in the epic now lie in Nepal Sunari ditrict, tating, I didnt write that. It i clear that Vihwamitra i from Chatara.
Thi i not the firt time Oli ha made uch tatement.
In July 2020, he claimed that the ancient Ayodhya lie in Thori, Chitwan, Nepal, and ordered the contruction of a Ram temple there. At the time, he had argued that Ram Janmabhoomi rightfully belong to Nepal and cannot be reaigned by creating a tory.
Balmiki Ahram i in Nepal, and the holy place where King Daharath had executed the rite to get hi on i in Ridi. Daharath on Ram wa not an Indian, and Ayodhya i alo in Nepal, Oli had aid.
In defending hi poition, he had quetioned how Ram could have travelled from preent-day Ayodhya in India to Janakpur to marry Sita without any communication infratructure.
Janakpur lie here and Ayodhya there, and there i talk of marriage. There wa no telephone or mobile -- how could the place be known? It wa impoible at that time. It could have been nearer, o he came -- but that hitory i beyond dicuion, Oli had aid.
Oli alo tated that there are difference over claim of Ayodhya that exit in India, which at that time had drawn flak within the party.
Member of the ruling Nepal Communit Party had criticied Oli for making remark that have a direct link with the religiou entiment and thought of people.
Nepal Foreign Minitry alo had to iue a releae clarifying the iue, which ha been brought to the limelight repeatedly by Oli. Week before the September 2020 claim, Nepali Prime Miniter Oli had alo ent idol of Ram and Sita to be intalled in the temple planned in Thori, Nepal. (ANI)