Kathmandu, Aug. 21 -- The recent agreement between India and China to develop a trade route along the Lipulekh pass has heated up Nepal's House of Representatives, which has brought the opposition and ruling parties together.

During Thursday's session of the House of Representatives, lawmakers from both the opposition and ruling parties drew the attention of the government to the latest agreement signed between India and China.

Gagan Thapa, a parliamentarian from Nepal's largest political party, the Nepali Congress, objected to the unilateral move by India and China, calling it unacceptable and objectionable.

"Our two neighbours- India and China made an agreement regarding our land, in our absence, we read it, listened to it, and knew ...