Nepali Congress (NC) cadres staged a demonstration in Janakpur against coalition on April 20. After the meeting of the ruling coalition parties divided the candidacy  of the sub-metropolis awarding the candidateship for deputy mayor of Janakpur Sub-metropolitan City to JSP (Janata Samajwadi Party), the cadres of the Nepali Congress staged demonstration chanting slogans against NC president Sher Bahadur Deuba. NC cadres stated that Nepali Congress could win the local election in Janakpur Sub-metropolitan on its own without the need for any coalition.