Incident Reports

Student unions rally against fuel black-marketing

2016-04-02

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Ward 10

Various student unions today took out a rally in the capital demanding that the government take initiatives to control black-marketing of essential commodities, including petroleum products. UP Lamichhane, spokesperson for the Nepali Congress-affiliated Nepal Student Union said they took out a rally, which started from RR Campus and passed through Putalisadak and Baghbazar before converging into a corner meet at Ratnapark. Students unions aligned to ruling CPN-UML and Unified CPN-Maoist also participated in the rally. “The demonstration was a warning to the government to end black marketing and ease the supply of essentials,” he said. The student unions will take out a similar rally in 72 districts outside the Kathmandu valley on April 3. A joint meeting between student unions held yesterday had decided to hand over a memo to Education Minister Giriraj Mani Pokharel on April 4 demanding implementation of their agreement between student unions and the government on April 23, 2015.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Other forms of non-violent protest
Primary Cause Issues related to commodity availability, prices, and subsidies
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Students , UML and affiliated org , CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Entity CPN M
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
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