Incident Reports

Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Center) cadres clash in Siraha as Congress accuse Maoist Center candidate of distributing money to voters

2022-05-12

Madhes, Siraha, Aurahi, Ward 4

Cadres of Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Center) clashed in Aurahi rural municipality-4 of Siraha, on May 12 after Congress cadres accused CPN (Maoist Center) candidate for the post of chairperson of Aurahi rural municipality Siddhartha Yadav of distributing money to voters in ward 4 of the rural municipality. A cadre of Nepali Congress was injured in the clash. Cadres of Nepali Congress and Janata Samajwadi party picketed Yadav who had reached the ward. Police arrested him on the charge of violating election code of conduct.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons None
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Secondary Cause Contestation between Parties
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation Nepali Congress and affiliated org
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 1
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