Incident Reports

Office of mayor and deputy mayor padlocked in Nijgadh municipality in Bara

2022-08-08

Madhes, Bara, Nijgadh

The ward chairpersons and the members of municipal committee have padlocked the office of mayor and deputy mayor at Nijgad municipality since July 8. They condemned the transfer of the chief administrative officer of the municipality, Suman Kumar Karki who was posted in the municipality for more than 2 years. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, according to its decision on August 27 had transferred Karki to Pachrauta municipality. The ministry had transferred the chief administrative officer of Thaha municipality of Makwanpur district, Mr. Harilal Puri in his place. 

Karki then lobbied against the decision of the ministry and influenced to keep his position at Nijgadh municipality, and went to office on August 21. However, the mayor Sarath Puri padlocked the chief administrative officer's office and prevented Kaki from attendance. 

The mayor who was elected from CPN UML blamed the ward chairperson and members of municipal committee in close aide to Nepali Congress for trying to further agitate the issue. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Event Duration More than 1 day
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Issues related to policies and regulations internal to the government bureaucracy (e.g. civil servants wages, work conditions and promotions)
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 2
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
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