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Nepali Maoists have launched an anti-India propaganda in Nepalganj town in Banke division of southern Nepal, about 30 km across the Indo-Nepal border from Bahraich. The campaign aims at provoking India and also throwing Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal out of power.
What commenced as a token demonstration in the Maoist dominated cities in Southern Nepal on May 1 has now snowballed into a major movement.
Anti-posters were spotted on many walls in Nepalganj town on Saturday. The poster depicts India as a poisonous snake that is trying to swallow Nepal.
The posters allege in Nepali that India had encroached Nepal at 66 places across the border, and also accuses India of indulging in "military interference, political interference, economic interference, water resources interference and border interference".
Vociferous about their anti-India campaign, the United Communist Party of Nepal is busy appealing to the people to rise and protest against what they term the "increasing Indian interference in the affairs of Nepal".
The campaign is a two-pronged one that is aimed at the "ouster of Madhav Kumar Nepal" and "bringing and end to Indian interference in Nepal".
Evidently, this was a repeat of the anti-India propaganda blitz that first surfaced on the eve of India's Republic Day on January 26, when Nepali Maoists stuck offensive posters which evoked a sharp reaction from the Indian community.