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Indefinite Baglung banda called in protest of splitting district

2015-08-09

Gandaki, Baglung, Baglung

Political parties and civil society leaders have enforced district banda on Sunday in protest of splitting the district while demarking the boundaries of the federal states. The banda has affected normal life at Baglung bazaar, Burtibang along with rural parts of the district. All the political parties active in the district, civil society leaders along with others called an indefinite district banda beginning from today in protest of the agreement. Baglung, Rukum, Nawalparasi districts split in new federal set up On Saturday night, four major political parties had agreed to federate the country into six provinces splitting three districts-- Baglung, Rukum and Nawalparasi. As per the Saturday's deal, eastern part of the Baglung district will be in the Province no. 4 while the western part of district was included in the Province no. 5. The protesters have warned that the banda would continue unless the decision to split the district not withdrawn.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Strike/Bandh
Primary Cause Contestation over Constitution and federal restructuring
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations CSO/NGO , Other/multiple/unspecified political affiliation
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
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