Maoists picket local bodies across the country Take over Dhankuta Municipality office
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(Updated with details)
KATHMANDU, Nov 2: In their second day of protest program demanding ´civilian supremacy´, the Maoists picketed the VDC and Municipality offices throughout the country on Monday. They did not allow anyone to go inside and come out of municipal and VDC offices across the country from 9 am to 5 pm, bringing all the official work to a complete halt. No incident of violence was reported during the protest.
The Maoists have been demanding that President Dr Ram Baran Yadav´s move to reinstate then army chief Rookmangud Katawal be rectified and a Maoist-led national unity government formed as part of their demand concerning ´civilian supremacy´.
In Kathmandu, the Maoists picketed the Metropolis office during the office hours, bringing all the official work to a halt. They also did not let any vehicle run along the road in front of the office. Maoist activists played drums (Madal) and danced to songs making fun of the government, which they say has been formed by those defeated during the elections.
Similar protests were held at Lalitpur sub-metropolis and Bhaktapur municipality offices in the Valley. Though the Maoists brought all the work to a complete halt, police did not resort to force.
In Kaski, Maoists picketed the office of Pokhara sub-metropolis, Lekhanath municipality and VDC offices brining all the official work to a complete halt. They set up a black flag at the gates of the local bodies and began playing musical instruments and dancing. Maoist district in-charge Ramji Baral claimed that even the employees of the VDC and municipally offices supported the program. The protest was largely peaceful.
Maoists have announced a parallel local government in Dhankuta Municipality. The local government in the municipality will be under Limbuwan autonomous province, said Maoist assistant in-charge in the municipality Urmila Bishwakarma. The local government in the municipality is led by Ganesh Bista. The Maoists put vermilion powder and garland on the members of the announced officials. While announcing the local government, the Maoists captured the keys of the office, evicted the government officials from the office and announced the formation of the body at municipal offices. No official work as carried out during the protest. Likewise the Maoists picketed all 35 VDCs of Dhankuta district. The protest was however peaceful.
In its statement issued on Monday evening, the UCPN (Maoist) has stated that the protest was a grand success and appealed to the masses to participate in the protests. The party also stated that a torch rally held across the country Sunday morning was historic in that it was party´s first successful peaceful protest that saw the participation of “tens of thousands of people”.
Demanding the “restoration of democracy” and a Maoist-led national unity government, the Maoists launched a two-week protest program beginning Sunday. The Maoists are scheduled to picket the District Administration Offices throughout the country on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Maoists Picket Local Bodies Across The Country Take Over Dhankuta Municipality Office
If this is not an act of terror then god knows what is-- our communists terrorists friends have shown their true colors- welcome to people´s war version 2.0
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guyfrmktm
this is absolutely nonesense. these actions state that maoists are not aware of civilian supremacy.
i hope GON does take some step to remove the confusion and problem to the people
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