Anti-India sentiment sweeps Nepal

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New Delhi: The 'anti-India' sentiment has been latent in Nepal for a long time. What are the reasons behind the resentment?

While some say it is a result of the country's economic dependence on India, others feel that it is a fallout of India's political intereference in the internal affairs of the country.

Although India did not figure in the pro-democracy agitation in Nepal, things changed after Delhi welcomed King Gyanendra's offer to transfer executive powers.

Within hours of India supporting King Gyanendra's offer, SMS messages were flying all over Nepal's mobile phone network.

The messages were sent to Nepalis, resident Indians and even to Indian diplomats. The message read - chase Indians out of the country.

The message accused India and Indians of conspiring with the King and said that the two were against the popular agitation.

The expatriate Indians are tense and so are businessmen, although they tried to play down the threat.

A businessman in Nepal, Khaitan, says, "We understand the importance of India because 60 per cent of our trade deals with India. Whenever we had a problem, India came up very openly and we also tried to address those to the capacity that we have."

He adds that the unrest sweeping Nepal should be taken as a part of the doings of some anti-social elements and "otherwise there is nothing to worry about".

Meanwhile, South Block is hopeful that its clarification of its stand last Saturday would help quiet the anger in Kathmandu.

But the longer the standoff against the monarch continues, the greater the danger of protests taking an anti-India turn.