Incident Reports

Voters education materials blazed

2017-05-21

Madhes, Saptari, Shambhunath, Ward 9

The cadres of federal coalition have blazed a voter’s education materials at Rupani village council-2, Terhaut on May 21. The cadres have blazed the materials and have warned that they will not allow operating any election related activities prior to the amendment of constitution. They warned it in a program organized in ward office on voter’s education. The cadres of coalition have set fire on voter’s education hand book, model ballot papers and papers related to election code of conduct. The education program was postponed after the protest from the cadres according to voter’s education campaigner Amrit Lal Chaudhary. The coalition has been operating anti-election activities in Rajbiraj including other parts of the district according to Brij Man Tamang of Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal. सङ्घीय गठबन्धनका कार्यकर्ताहरूले रुपनी गाउँपालिका-२ स्थित तेरहौतामा निर्वाचन शिक्षा सामग्रीमा जेठ ७ गते आगजनी गरेका छन् । वडा कार्यालयमा आयोजित निर्वाचन शिक्षा कार्यक्रममा संविधान संशोधन बिना कुनै पनि निर्वाचनसम्बन्धी कार्यक्रम सञ्चालन गर्न नदिने चेतावनी दिँदै गठबन्धनका कार्यकर्ताले निर्वाचन शिक्षा सामग्रीमा आगजनी गरेका हुन् । आगामी जेठ ३१ गतेको दोश्रो चरणको निर्वाचनलाई लक्षित गरी आयोजित निर्वाचन शिक्षा कार्यक्रममा गठबन्धनमा आबद्ध पार्टीका कार्यकर्ताले मतदाता शिक्षा हातेपुस्तिका, नमूना मतपत्र, निर्वाचन आचारसंहितासम्बन्धी कागजपत्र नियन्त्रणमा लिएर आगजनी गरेको बताए । गठबन्धनका कार्यकर्ताको विरोधपछि कार्यक्रम स्थगित गरिएको निर्वाचन शिक्षा कार्यकर्ता अमृतलाल चौधरीले बताए । गठबन्धनले राजविराज नगरपालिकासहित जिल्लाका विभिन्न स्थानमा निर्वाचन शिक्षासम्बन्धी सामग्रीहरू नियन्त्रणमा लिएर जलाउनुका साथै विभिन्न स्थानमा टाँसिएका पोष्टरहरूसमेत च्यातेको सङ्घीय समाजवादी फोरम नेपालका बृजमान तामाङले बताए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Other forms of non-violent protest
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 24
Actor 1 - Affiliations Madhes-based Parties
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
INSEC , Other Sources

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