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Maoist strike paralyses life in Nepal | Normal life throughout Nepal was adversely affected on Sunday by a general strike called by the Unified CPN (Maoist). Cadres of UCPN (Maoist) and
its sister organizations gathered in various places to impose a shutdown. Both
private and public vehicles remained off the roads. Over 16 vehicles were vandalised
by protesters in Kathmandu and outside districts. Shops and shopping malls in
downtown Kathmandu and major squares have remained shut, while few retail stores
and tea-shops in the interior parts of the city are open. In Baneshwor, Maoist
activists pelted stones on a vehicle carrying State Minister for Tourism Shatrughan
Mahato, who was on his way to the airport to welcome Prime Minister Madhav Kumar
Nepal who is returning from Copenhagen after attending a climate change summit
today. Mahato is said to have escaped unhurt in the incident. Meanwhile, the home
ministry has said that police have arrested more than 30 Maoist activists for
engaging in vandalism and trying to enforce the shutdown from various parts of
the country. This is the third strike called by the former rebels within a month,
demanding restoration of "civilian supremacy" and rectification of President Ram
Baran Yadav's move to reinstate the then army chief Rukmangad Katwal that had
led to the fall of the Maoist Government, Nepalnews reports. |
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