2022-05-13
Bagmati, Sindhupalchok, Tripurasundari, Ward 3
A dispute between the cadres of Nepali Congress and security personnel over bringing tiffin boxes to party representatives escalated resulting a clash at Mahendra Pratap Secondary school polling center in Tripurasundari rural municipality-3, of Sindhupalchowk.
The party representatives denied the request of security personals, not to bring lunch boxes inside the polling center, said the police. However, the candidate of Nepali Congress blamed the biasness of security personals as the cause of clash.
The police took the ballot boxes inside the classroom, with the presence of party representatives after the heightened clash. Voting was halted briefly and necessary discussion were being carried out between political parties, polling officer and election observers to resume the voting. There are 2900 voters in the concerned ward, out of which only 1000 vote has been casted.
Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
Primary Form | Violent demonstration |
Weapons | Unclear |
Primary Cause | Election-related incident |
Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | Nepali Congress and affiliated org |
Actor 1 - Youth | na |
Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Police |
Actor 2 - Youth | na |