2022-11-10
Industrialists and Businessmen of Janakpur staged a demonstration in Dhanusha on November 10 against increase in interest rate on loans by banks and financial institutes. The protesting entrepreneurs submitted a memorandum to the finance minister through the chief district officer saying that the double digit interest rate is unsustainable. The demonstrators displayed placards against banks and increased interest rate.
Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
Primary Form | Demonstration |
Primary Cause | Access/control of economic markets (syndicates, market relocation) |
Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | Chamber of Commerce and entrepreneur's associations |
Actor 1 - Youth | na |
Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Government and civil servants at central level |
Actor 2 - Youth | na |