Anti-India sentiments are being fanned in Nepal

India must be wary of pro-China Maoist groups' anti-India activities in Nepal. They are fanning anti-India sentiments in the country. Their rising anti-India activities and drifting towards China are the result of a long-drawn plan by India’s restive neighbour. India had very cosy and traditional relationship of friendship with Nepal during the period of kingship there. As long as kingship was there, India was considered to be the closest neighbour of Nepal and it was always prepared to provide all kinds of help to Nepal whenever asked for. Before the establishment of democracy in Nepal, there never arose any type of friction between the two neighbours- India and Nepal. India is very shocked over the beatig of India priests deputed in Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal by pro-Maoist group. The government of India has lodged protest with Nepal. And Nepal has swung into action to assuage the ruffled feathers of India immediately. Before the dawn of democracy in the country, Nepal was the only Hindu Rashtra in the world and as India is a Hindu majority country, though its secular credibility is unquestional, the people to people contact between the two countries was on large scale. There is relationship between the people of two countries on large scale. So, on government level also, there were several friendship treatries between two countries put in place. Since the enthronement of king Gyanendra, the relation between the two countries started becomig sour as his accession to the throne was also shrouded in mystery and on a very tragic note in the aftermath of the tragic murder of King Birendra Vikram Shah and all his family members allegedly by his son crown prince Deependra if the murder plot is to be believed. King Gyanendra was also inclined more towards Beijing than towards New Delhi against the established tradition of his country. When there was a transition of power and kingship was ceased to exist and Maoist supremo Prachanda was elected prime minister of Nepal, Beijing became his first destination and he started to be influenced more by China than by India. China in return reciprocated the favour of Maoist-led coalition government. Parchanda made first foerengn visit to Beijing that amply reflected Maoists inclination and preference. Maoists clearly prefer China to India. India must give all types of support to Nepal to strengthen democracy in Nepal so that the Maoists could not grow strong. China showed keen interest in the growth Nepal Maoists, and is also keen interest in striking friendship with Nepal.Maoists extend help to their Indian counterparts to pose threat to internal security of India. China is also prepared to help Nepal monitorily on large scale so that Nepal could be completely destracted and cut off from India. China is very inclined to make a strong base in India’s backyard Nepal and encircle India on all sideds. As far as beating of Indian priests are concerned, the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led government of Nepal has assured security and protection of priests in Nepali shrines. It is a tradition of Nepal that the retuals related to worship in the shrines of Nepal are carried out by Indian priests. Though External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has sought to playdown the alleged incursion by a Chinese helicopter in Ladakh, saying that there is an inbuilt mechanism to deal with it. But the Minister must not forget that under the cover of Hindi-China-Bhai-Bhai attacked India. These days, Indian airspace violation and the violation of International of Control are brazenly committed. Chinese troops have repotedly entered nearly 1.5 kilometres into the Indian territory near Mount Gya, which is recognised as the international border by India and China, and painted the word ‘’China’’ in Cantonese on the boulders and rocks there with red spray paint. The incursions were reported from the area generally referred in the Chumar sector in east of Leh. In view of anti-shrill in India in Nepal, in addition to Pakistan, India is required to be always alive to the situation prevailing in its neighbourhood.