Incident Reports

Left alliance students continue protesting against petro- price hike

2018-01-03

The student unions affiliated with the Left Alliance have continued their protest against the recent price hike in petroleum product for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. The protest began from Bhrikuti Mandap and ended at Ratnapark converting into a mass meeting. During the protest, the students chanted slogan against the government and Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC). Similarly, the protestors chanted slogan against the Chief Commissioner of Election Commission, Ayodhee Prasad Yadav demanding immediate publish of the election result under PR electoral system. Speaking at the mass meeting, the speakers demanded immediate resignation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, citing in capacity of Minister of Home Affairs, he ordered the police to suppress their protest. On Tuesday, the police had intervened in the protest and fired two rounds of teargas shells to disperse the protestors. Following the intervention, police had clashed with demonstrators in which one student sustained injuries. On January 1, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), a state-owned oil monopoly, had hiked the price of petroleum products for the third time within a month. Meanwhile, a meeting of ANFSU has decided to organize a Gherao program at NOC on Thursday and Friday demanding the withdrawal of the price hike. Similarly, the meeting has decided to organize a street debate program against the delay on publishing the election result. प्रधानमन्त्री शेरबहादुर देउवाको राजीनामा तथा निर्वाचन आयोगलाई समानुपातिक निर्वाचनको परिणाम सार्वजनिक गर्न दवाव दिन वाम गठबन्धन अन्तर्गतका युवा र विद्यार्थी संगठनले बुधबार काठमाडौंमा प्रदर्शन गरेको छ । सरकारबिरुद्धको नारावाजीसहित बिद्यार्थी र युवाहरुले प्रदर्शन गरेका हुन् । प्रदर्शनीमार्गबाट सुरु भएको जुलुस पुतलीसडक, बागबजार हुँदै रत्नपार्कको शान्तिबाटिमामा पुगेर कोणशभामा परिणत भएको छ । एमाले सम्बद्ध युवा संघ र अनेरास्ववियु तथा नेकपा माओवादी केन्द्र सम्बद्ध अखिल क्रान्तिकारी र वाईसीएलका नेता कार्यकर्ता प्रदर्शनमा सहभागी थिए । कोणसभालाई चारै संगठनका केन्द्रीय नेताले सम्बोधन गरिरहेका छन् । इन्धनमा गरिएको मूल्यबृद्धि लगायत सरकारबिरोधी प्रदर्शनका क्रममा हिजो भएको झडपमा अनेरास्ववियुका उपाध्यक्ष महेश बर्तोलासहित दर्जनबढी नेता कार्यकर्ता घाइते भएका थिए । त्यसैको बिरोधमा आज देशभर प्रदर्शन गर्ने कार्यक्रम अनुसार सबैतिर बिरोध प्रदर्शन भइरहेको अनेरास्ववियुका सचिव आरसी लामिछानेले जानकारी दिए । उनका अनुसार प्रधानमन्त्रीले राजीनामा र निर्वाचन आयोगले समानुपातिकको मतपरिणाम सार्वजनिक नगरेसम्म आन्दोलन जारी रहनेछ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Other political issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 100
Actor 1 - Affiliations Left Alliance (CPN-MC, UML & others) , Left Alliance (CPN-MC, UML & others)
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
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Chitwan , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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