(Update)--  A minor scuffle ensued after a dispute over the election to pick the official trade union of civil servants at the Ministry of General Administration in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu on Monday. The clash ensued when police tried to open the padlock the office of the election commissioner at the Ministry. Members of a disgruntled trade union had padlocked the office. Four trade unions have resorted to protest against the threshold provision for the representation in the official trade unions. They have been demanding that the provision requiring 20 percent votes should be removed and the election should be proportional and inclusive.CPN-UML aligned Nepal National Civil Servants’ Organisation, CPN-Maoist aligned National Civil Servants’ Organisation and Madhesi Morcha closer Nepal Madhes Civil servants Forum, and the union of civil servant drivers is among the disgruntled trade unions. However, three major civil servants’ unions are in favor of the election and have started their publicity campaign. Spokesperson of the four trade unions, Prabhas Sah, said that they were compelled to protest for the violation of the system adopted by the government for the civil servants’ trade union election. “How could 20 percent threshold be kept in the election participated by 80,000 people while, there is no threshold in the election where 20 million are concerned?” question Sah, adding, “We are forced to protest as the elections were being conducted in collusion of a few civil servants organizations.” However, the trade unions supporting elections said the opportunity for electing the official trade union should not be pushed further under various pretexts. 

(Updated)--Police have arrested 10 employees who were protesting inside Singha Durbar demanding to stop the election of the official trade union of civil servants scheduled for April 22. Chief Election Officer at the Ministry of General Administration demonstrates that they are out of the police and the police car window glass at the election office was vandalized to arrest. Photojournalist Kavin Adhikari was injured. He said he was surrounded and beaten by four policemen