Incident Reports

RJP-N leader stages hunger strike in Rajbiraj

2017-10-28

Madhes, Saptari, Rajbiraj

Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RJP-N) Saptari district leader Laxman Yadav has been staging hunger strike for the past three days arguing that the party had neglected honest cadres during the candidates’ selection for the parliamentary and provincial elections slated for November 26 and December 7. He has been staging the hunger strike floating a seven-point demand in front of the statue of late Gajendra Narayan Singh, the founder of Sadhbhawana Party, at Gajendra Chok in Rajbiraj. He said that his then party had betrayed him during the time of ticket distribution in the election to Constituent Assembly held in 2013. He further said that the party had neglected him though he led the Madhes movement. Saying that conspiracies are being hatched by the party in the ticket distribution, Yadav said that honest cadres should be given importance who works for the betterment of people.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Strike/Bandh
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 7
Actor 1 - Affiliations Madhes-based Parties
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Madhes-based Parties
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Morang

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