Incident Reports

Demonstration held against NHRC report

2018-07-19

Cadres of Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal, Saptari, staged a demonstration today protesting the report made public by the National Human Rights Commission on the Maleth incident. The RJP-N leaders and cadres called a vehicular strike on Rupani road in Rajbiraj Municipality — the incident site — for an hour from 9:00 am, demanding that the ‘faulty’ report be scrapped. RJP-N central general secretary Manish Kumar Suman, district chair Sunil Kumar Jha, joint-secretary Gajendra Mandal and district coordination committee chief Prabhakar Yadav staged a protest on the road and obstructed vehicular movement for about an hour. Birendra Mahato, Pitambar Mandal and Sanjan Mehata of Maleth, Ananda Kumar Sah of Prasawani and Indradev Yadav of Jamunimadhyapura were killed in police firing while they were trying to disrupt a programme of the then CPN-UML in the industrial estate of Rajbiraj on March 6, 2017. To probe the tragedy, the commission had set up a committee. RJP-N general secretary Manish Kumar Suman said the demonstration was a show of protest against the report. The report is not anywhere close to the truth and it is just an effort to please the ruling party, he said, adding, “This is a symbolic protest. We’re ready to intensify our protest if the faulty report is not scrapped.” Suman, who is also a member of the Provincial Assembly in Province-2, sought an inquiry into the faulty report. सप्तरीको मलेठबारे राष्ट्रिय मानवअधिकार आयोगले गलत रिपोर्ट दिएको भन्दै राष्टिय जनता पार्टी (राजपा) सप्तरीले आन्दोलन घोषणा गरेको छ । आयोगले दिएको प्रतिवेदन घटनाविपरीत रहेको र त्यसलाई खारेजी गर्नुपर्ने माग राख्दै राजपाले आन्दोलनका कार्यक्रम सार्वजनिक गरेको हो । तत्कालीन नेकपा एमालेले शुरु गरेको मेची–महाकाली अभियानका क्रममा २०७३ फागुन २३ गते मलेठ नजिकैको औद्योगिक क्षेत्रमा कार्यक्रम गर्नेबारे विवाद हुँदा प्रहरीको गोली लागेर मलेठका संजन मेहता, वीरेन्द्र महतो, प्रसवनीका आनन्द साहसहित पाँच जनाको ज्यान गएको थियो । लगत्तै आयोगले यसको छानबिन गर्न समिति गठन गरेको थियो । तर राजपाले रिपोर्ट गलत भएको भन्दै खारेजीको माग गरेको छ । उसले विभिन्न आन्दोलनका कार्यक्रमसमेत घोषणा गरेको छ । राजपा सप्तरीका सह–महासचिव गजेन्द्रकुमार मण्डलले शुक्रबार घटना भएको मलेठस्थित रुपनी रोडमा बिहान ८ देखि ९ बजेसम्म धर्ना दिइएको जानकारी दिए । उनका अनुसार आजै दिउँसो राजविराजको जनआन्दोलन चोकमा सार्वजनिक गरिएको प्रतिवेदन जलाउने र कोणसभाको आयोजना गर्ने कार्यक्रम छ । शनिबार दिन दिनको १ बजे रुपनी बजारको बजार सेटमा जिल्ला स्तरीय नेता तथा कार्यकर्ताको वृहत भेला गरी थप विरोधका कार्यक्रम घोषणा गर्ने निर्णय भएको पनि उनले जानकारी दिए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 25
Actor 1 - Affiliations Madhes-based Parties
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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