Incident Reports

UDMF activists vandalise sign boards

2017-03-15

Madhes, Rautahat, Gaur

United Democratic Madhesi Front cadres today resorted to vandalising sign boards installed at rural municipality offices as part of their protest against restructuring of local bodies in Rautahat. Rautahat has 16 local bodies, including three municipalities and 13 rural municipalities as per the recent restructuring of local bodies. UDMF cadres vandalised sign boards installed at most of the offices. Cadres of the front vandalised the sign board of the District Coordination Committee Office today. Similarly, after cadres of the agitating front disrupted and set fire to the stage of the Ishnath Rural Municipality inauguration programme int Oraiya, staffers attending the inaugural ceremony fled the scene. District Coordination Committee Rautahat said regular work was disrupted after the front’s activists vandalised the sign boards of Durgabhagawati, Madhavnarayan, Gadhimai, Gajuramai, Patuwa Bijayapur, Kathariya, Devahai and Maulapur rural municipalities and set them on fire. Coordination Committee Coordinator Umesh Basnet said it was very hard to carry out work from rural municipalities until the problem was settled at the political level. Basnet complained that it was very challenging for civil servants to carry out their work without political solution to the problem. Locals of Sakhuawa Dhamura conducted a chakkajam along Chandrapur road section for four hours saying that the office of Brindaban Rural Municipality was at an inconvenient place. UDMF Rautahat said it had launched the protest against restructuring of local bodies without constitution amendment. Nepal Sadbhawana party leader Anil Singh said they would continue with their agitation until their demands for restructuring local bodies on the basis of population and passage of the statute amendment bill were addressed. संयुक्त लोकतान्त्रिक मधेसी मोर्चाका कार्यकर्ताहरुले रौतहट जिल्लाको विभिन्न स्थानमा स्थापना गरिएको गाउँपालिका कार्यालयमा झुण्डाएको साइनबोर्ड तोडफोड गरेका छन्। स्थानीय तह संरचनाको विरोध गर्दै उनीहरुले वोर्ड तोडफोड गरेका हुन्। रौतहटमा तीन नगरपालिका र १३ गाउँपालिका सहित स्थानीय तह कार्यान्वयन भएका १६ वटा कार्यालयहरु मध्ये अधिकांश कार्यालयका साइनवोर्डहरु तोडफोड गरिएको छ। जिल्ला समन्वय समितिको कार्यालयमा झुण्डयाइएका साइन बोर्डलाई मोर्चाका कार्यकर्ताहरुले बुधवार दिउँसो तोडफोड गरेका थिए। यसैगरी इशनाथ गाउँपालिका औरैयामा उद्घाटन कार्यक्रम संचालन भईरहदा मोर्चाका कार्यकर्ताहरुले कार्यक्रम विथोलेर आगजनी गरेका थिए। यस्तै दुर्गा भगवती गाउँपालिका गंगापिपरा, माधवनारायण गाँउपालिका, गढीमाई, गुजरामाई, पतुवा विजयपुर, कटहरिया, देवाही, मौलापुर गाउँपालिकाहरुमा झुण्डयाइएको बोर्ड तोडफोड गरी जलाएपछि कामकाज ठप्प भएको जिल्ला समन्वय समिति रौतहटले जनाएको छ। समन्वय समितिका संयोजक उमेश बस्नेतले राजपुर र परोहा गाउँपालिकाको उद्घाटन गरिएको उनले बताए। वृन्दावन गाउँपालिका विश्राम्पुरमा कार्यालय संचालन भएपनि राष्ट्रिय झण्डा र कालो झण्डा दुइटै झुण्डयाइएको जानकारी दिदै संयोजक बस्नेतले राजनीतिकरुपमा समस्या समाधान नभए सम्म स्थानीय तहमा काम गर्न निकै गाह्रो भएको बताए। स्थानीय निकायको पुर्नसंरचनाको विषयलाई लिएर रौतहटमा विरोध गरेको मोर्चाले जनाएको छ। समान जनसंख्याको आधारमा स्थानीय तहको पुनर्संरचना हुनु पर्ने र संसदमा दर्ता रहेको संविधान संशोधन प्रस्ताव परिमार्जन सहित पारित हुनुपर्ने माग मोर्चाको रहेको नेपाल सदभावना पार्टीका नेता अनिल सिंहले बताए।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Vandalism
Weapons None
Primary Cause Contestation over Constitution and federal restructuring
Secondary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 20
Actor 1 - Affiliations Madhes-based Parties
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Parsa , Local Newspaper - Mahottari

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