2021-02-12
The ongoing Chairman's Cup sports competition in Sunkoshi Rural Municipality of Sindhuli was stopped after the Nepal Communist Party (Oli group) and Congress ward chairpersons protested against the Dahal- Nepal faction of being arbitrary in the Sunkoshi village sports. The chairman and vice-chairman of the Rural municipality belong to the Dahal-Nepal group.
According to Binod Shrestha, chairman ofSunkoshi Village Sports Development Committee, a group of protesters came and vandalized the competition ground on February 12. They vandalized the gate, stage, and wires, tables, and chairs of the sports ground with black flags and slogans against sports.
Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
Primary Form | Vandalism |
Weapons | Blunt weapon |
Primary Cause | Contestation over non-elective positions and influence |
Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | NCP (Nepal Communist Party) and Affiliates , Nepali Congress and affiliated org |
Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | NCP (Nepal Communist Party) and Affiliates |
Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |