2023-01-30
Businessmen and entrepreneurs of Kathmandu staged a demonstration on January 30 against the government. The demonstrators alleged that the government had been indifferent to the concerns of businessmen and was facing terror from financial institutes like banks and micro-finances. The demonstrators displayed placards demanding the government save their businesses by uplifting the economy and controlling the interest rates of the banks.
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 |