Coalition blocked the road in Darchula, claiming that activists been beaten

KATHMANDU: The coalition blocked a road in Darchula, where activists were beaten. Workers from the ruling coalition’s affiliated party blocked the road in Darchula, claiming that their workers had been beaten up by CPN-UML workers.

The activists of the alliance, according to the police, blocked the road in the Dhuligada area of the Gokuleshwar Khar Khalanga road.

A clash took place on Sunday between the coalition which was engaged in campaigning in Naugad Rural Municipality-6 Khed and the UML activists who were going to a election meeting in Jamir of Naugad.

The alliance’s activists have stated that they will open the road only if the UML activists involved in the clash are arrested. Janak Singh Thagunna, chairperson of the CPN-UML Naugad Rural Municipality, stated that the alliance had blocked hundreds of activists from across the district in Dhuligada Kheda.

According to him, UML activists and local residents who attended the election meeting in Naugad have returned home due to a road blockage. The participants and artists who attended the program came to a halt in the Hoprigad Jamir area.