Monkey menace becomes election issue in India

Monday, February 12 2007 @ 12:00 AM EST

NEW DELHI: The menace of monkeys in India has intensified to such an extent that political parties contesting state assembly elections are making promises to rid people of them.

The Congress party in its manifesto for the Uttrakhand state assembly elections, cleared by the central panel led by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday, promises to save people from simian terror if re-elected.

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