"Tarai banda"
Tarai districts saw no respite from shutdowns called by various organisations on Sunday as well.
Life in Parsa, Bara, Nawalparasi, Rupandehi and Kapilvastu was crippled due to a banda called by the Broader Madhesi Front (BMF).
Six banda enforcers were injured when police intervened baton rallies at Ghantaghar and Maisthan in Birgunj. The injured are undergoing treatment at Narayani Sub Regional Hospital.
In Bhairahawa, BMF activists started a baton rally from Hanuman Temple, which converged into a corner meet at Buddha Chowk after winding through various places in the city. Addressing the meet, BMF leaders demanded timely constitution with federalism. Banda enforcers also took out a baton rally in Nawalparasi. Market-places in the district headquarters Parasi were shut while vehicular movement was obstructed. A banda enforced by the BMF in Kapilvastu for the past 18 days caused a shortage of daily essentials while businesses in Taulihawa, Krishnanagar, Chandrauta and Bahadurgunj remained closed. Main marketplaces were closed while transportation came to a halt in Bara as well.
Janakpur also saw no respite from a banda called by the BMF for the past 10 days, demanding a single state in the Madhes.
(With inputs from our district correspondents)
SARLAHI: Cadres of the Broader Madhesi Front torched the Nepali Congress district party office on Sunday. Police said the cadres might have torched the office in reprisal after one of their fellows was beaten up over a dispute with NC district president Laxman Raya during the banda at Gamhariya in Malangwa. Police said there was a minor damage to the office.
KANCHANPUR: A general shutdown enforced by various organisations paralysed life in Kanchanpur on Sunday as well. Banda enforcers staged demonstrations in Mahendranagar, Jhalari and Gulariya demanding ‘undivided Far West’. Business persons took out a motorcycle rally in Mahendranagar. Kailali, which would generally be tense during a banda, remained relatively calm on Sunday. Marketplaces were partially opened while motorcycles plied on the streets.
However, various people who protested the banda took out peace rallies, demanding timely constitution. Meanwhile, the Rana Tharu Joint Struggle Committee, which has been agitating since May 9 demanding a Rana Tharu Autonomous State in Kailali and Kanchanpur districts, called off its strike from Sunday following an eight-point agreement with the government.
Life in Parsa, Bara, Nawalparasi, Rupandehi and Kapilvastu was crippled due to a banda called by the Broader Madhesi Front (BMF).
Six banda enforcers were injured when police intervened baton rallies at Ghantaghar and Maisthan in Birgunj. The injured are undergoing treatment at Narayani Sub Regional Hospital.
In Bhairahawa, BMF activists started a baton rally from Hanuman Temple, which converged into a corner meet at Buddha Chowk after winding through various places in the city. Addressing the meet, BMF leaders demanded timely constitution with federalism. Banda enforcers also took out a baton rally in Nawalparasi. Market-places in the district headquarters Parasi were shut while vehicular movement was obstructed. A banda enforced by the BMF in Kapilvastu for the past 18 days caused a shortage of daily essentials while businesses in Taulihawa, Krishnanagar, Chandrauta and Bahadurgunj remained closed. Main marketplaces were closed while transportation came to a halt in Bara as well.
Janakpur also saw no respite from a banda called by the BMF for the past 10 days, demanding a single state in the Madhes.
(With inputs from our district correspondents)
SARLAHI: Cadres of the Broader Madhesi Front torched the Nepali Congress district party office on Sunday. Police said the cadres might have torched the office in reprisal after one of their fellows was beaten up over a dispute with NC district president Laxman Raya during the banda at Gamhariya in Malangwa. Police said there was a minor damage to the office.
KANCHANPUR: A general shutdown enforced by various organisations paralysed life in Kanchanpur on Sunday as well. Banda enforcers staged demonstrations in Mahendranagar, Jhalari and Gulariya demanding ‘undivided Far West’. Business persons took out a motorcycle rally in Mahendranagar. Kailali, which would generally be tense during a banda, remained relatively calm on Sunday. Marketplaces were partially opened while motorcycles plied on the streets.
However, various people who protested the banda took out peace rallies, demanding timely constitution. Meanwhile, the Rana Tharu Joint Struggle Committee, which has been agitating since May 9 demanding a Rana Tharu Autonomous State in Kailali and Kanchanpur districts, called off its strike from Sunday following an eight-point agreement with the government.
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