Incident Reports

Local representatives attack each others with chairs in Bara

2019-06-22

Madhes, Bara, Jitpur Simara

In Jitpur Simara Sub- Metropolitan City, local representatives have resorted to attacking each other with chairs at the executive meeting on 22nd June.

The incident took place due to the allegation that the income and expenditure of Fiscal Year 2075/2076 were not transparent. There is an allegation that the distribution of Fiscal Year 2076/2077's budget was done secretively. Seven ward chairperson of Nepali Congress and Rashtriya Janata Party Nepal had attacked with the chairs and thrown the chairs. They chanted the slogan in the meeting. They showed a black flag to Mayor Dr. Krishna Paudel. They even protested for a while carrying the black flag in their hands. The Ward Chairperson of ward no. 7, Rambabu Gupta, has alleged that the Mayor did not let him write a note of dissent in the minute of 37th and 38th Municipal Executive Meeting. 

The Ward Chairperson of ward no. 10, Saroj Patel has allegedly said that the Mayor and Deputy Mayor are conspiring to freeze the budget of the wards where the elected representatives are from a different party than theirs.   

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Other violent form
Weapons Other
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 7
Actor 1 - Affiliations Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Local Newspaper - Bara

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