Incident Reports

Rural municipality office padlocked

2019-03-25

Madhes, Dhanusha, Aaurahi

On Monday, in the leadership of Vice-Chairperson Mira Devi Sahani, Aaurahi Rural Municipality's Office of Dhanusha, was padlocked indefinitely. Vice-Chairperson Sahani said that the office was padlocked as President Brahmadev Yadav and the employees tried to arbitrarily allocate the budget for fiscal year 2075/076. 

According to Parmeshwor Kumar Mandal, Ward Chairperson of ward no. 5,  ward offices in ward no. 2,4,5 and 6 were padlocked collectively under the leadership of vice-chairperson and respective ward chairpersons after the Brahmadev Yadav went ahead with the tender process by distributing the budget without consulting with the vice president. She also warned of going to the court process if the chairperson would not address us. According to Vice-Chairperson Sahani, chairperson Yadav didn't consult with her about the plans even when she had repeatedly asked him to discuss with her about the plan.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Event Duration More than 1 day
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Local Newspaper - Mahottari

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