Firing In Kathamandu

भिडियो हेर्न तलको बक्स भित्र क्लिक गर्नुहोस

Police on Monday afternoon fired tear gas shells at Jamal in Kathmandu to disperse the agitating protesters of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). The RPP supporters had reached Jamal to picket the Election Commission (EC)’s office against the constitutional body’s decision to delete ‘constitutional monarchy’ and ‘Hindu

state’ from party statute.It has been learnt that the authorities lobbed the tear gas shells after the RPP supporters made an effort to breach the police barricade.The EC on Friday had made remove some sections from the RPP statute claiming how the portions contradicted constitutional provisions of republican order and


secularism. Following the EC’s decision, the party on Saturday had decided to flex the Supreme Court against the EC’s decision to erase some sections of the statute. The RPP on Sunday had registered a constituent

amendment proposal at the Parliament Secretariat against the EC’s thought.RPP Chairman Kamal Thapa had also warned that his party would decide the streets by quitting the government if the EC would not roll back its decision to remove “constitutional monarchy” and “Hindu state” coming from a statute.