China funds anti-India stir along Nepal border

New Delhi, September 6

In a bid to instigate anti-India sentiments, China has been funding organisations in Nepal, which are involved in fomenting anti-India protests along the Indo-Nepal border, intelligence agencies say in a report to the government.

The report said the intelligence agencies had alarmed the government about the Chinese designs to foment trouble in the border areas by funding organisations, which are involved in organising anti-India protests along the border areas and trying to influence locals.

“The Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu has provided financial support of Rs 2.5 crore (in Nepalese currency) to various Nepal-based organisations to carry out demonstrations against India along the Indo-Nepal border that stretches to over 1,700-km,” a source quoting the intelligence report said. The funded organisations have been asked to highlight the recent border disputes and “interferences of India” in Nepal’s internal/political matters, they added.

Earlier this week, the Ministry of Home Affairs had held a high-level border security review meeting, which was attended by DGs of the ITBP and the SSB. Top officials of the two border guarding forces were asked to enhance vigilance on the India-Nepal border. — TNS