The business community in Birgunj has said SLMM activists have been extorting businesspersons. They have claimed that the protesters have been demanding money from businesspersons to allow them to run their businesses. “We have to pay Rs 10,000 a day to run our factories. If we fail to meet their demand, they hurl stones and petrol bombs at factories,” said an industrialist seeking anonymity. SLMM has been demanding a hefty amount from educational institutions