India, March 12 -- A poster of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has sparked a row in Nepal after it was seen at the welcome event for the country's former King Gyanendra Shah in Kathmandu on Sunday.

It came days after the former monarch made his first direct appeal to the nation for support to 'secure' its future. The poster gave the opponents of the former King great ammunition.

Gyanendra's Kathmandu rally on Sunday, just days after his arrival in Nepal, is being seen as his biggest challenge yet to Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli's government, which is fighting allegations of corruption.

Yogi Adityanath's poster at the event hosting former King Gyanendra Shah sparked a row in Kathmandu as the BJP leader is a known supporter...