Incident Reports

General strike in Banke affects daily life

2019-11-15

Tarun Dal, a sister organization of the main opposition party Nepali Congress has called upon a general strike in Banke District on Friday protesting against the arrest of its cadre. Police, on November 1, arrested five individuals including Sandeep Jang Shah, leader of Nepal Tarun Dal with a pistol from Namaste Resort in Janaki Rural Municipality-6. Tarun Dal has accused the police of arresting Shah by framing him on a fake charge.

The general life in Banke has been affected due to the general strike. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Strike/Bandh
Primary Cause Issues related to legal action and access to justice
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Nepali Congress and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Rupandehi , Local Newspaper - Banke , Local Newspaper - Dang

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