KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 15

On February 14, the Chief Minister of Indian state of Tripura during a public event stated that India's Home Minister and former Chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party Amit Shah has plans to form a BJP government in Nepal and Sri Lanka.

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Soon after, a string of reactions to the statement started appearing in Nepali social media sphere.

The comments ranged from suggesting the Indian political brass to keep Hindutva politics out of Nepal and at bay, to simply labeling it a nonsense.

Is it even possible to do so to a sovereign country or is it just a political card to check the mood of the people?, a Twitter used asked.

Some even quipped that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli should be made the head of the BJP should it extend its braches to Nepal.

This is not the first time that the Tripura CM has made a little too far-fetched remark. However, this is perhaps the first time his comments breached the national boundary and stepped across on foreign 'policies'.

At a Sunday event of the Indian ruling party, Deb announced that the BJP, after completing it's expansion within India, will cross territories as well. He revealed that Home Minister Amit Shah in 2018 shared his plans to instill BJP governments in Nepal as well as Sri Lanka in their run for overseas expansion. 'We have to expand the party in Sri Lanka, Nepal and win there to form a government', Deb shared the excerpts from the conversation with Shah.