ITAHARI, Nov 27: Tension has run high in Itahari after local youths set a fire to the stage where major leaders of the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) were going to hold a huge mass meeting on Friday. Youths have also been shouting slogans against India's blockade on Nepal.
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Meanwhile, securities personnel have been deployed in the incident site to prevent any untoward incident.
Madhesi Morcha had planned to hold a mass meeting at Western chowk of Itahari near Khetikhola.
It is learnt that Upendra Yadav, Rajendra Mahato and Mahanta Thakur are the keynote speakers of the program.
