Incident Reports
Sindhupalchowk's Panchpokhari tense due to clash between CPN-UML and Nepali Congress
2022-05-19
Bagmati, Sindhupalchok, Panchpokhari Thangpal, Ward 5
Situaiton in Gunsa of Panchpokhari rural municipality-5 turned tense due to a clash between cadres of Nepali Congress and CPN-UML on May 19. The clash ensued after Nepali Congress cadres retaliated in response to an alleged attack on a cadre by CPN-UML at Gunsa while he was heading to the office of Panchpokhari rural municipality. Congress cadres later vandalized the house of the chairperson of ward 5 Kale Gole who was elected from CPN-UML. Additional police was deployed at the site to prevent situation from escalating, according to DSP Dakshya Kumar Basnet. The root cause of the clash is said to be a dispute between Nepali Congress and CPN-UML the previous day on May 18 over vote counting. Nepali Congress and other parties had demanded recounting of votes after 3 ballot papers were found missing while 4 ballot papers were found half torn. The CDO and election officers had resumed vote counting by mediating the dispute over lost ballot papers. CPN-UML's candidate for chairperson of ward 5 had won by a margin of 15 votes.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Twosided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
| Primary Form | Assault (large group) |
| Weapons | Blunt weapon |
| Primary Cause | Election-related incident |
| Secondary Cause | Contestation between Parties |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | UML and affiliated org |
| Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation | Nepali Congress and affiliated org |
| Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
| Totally damaged Vehicles | 1 |
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