Transport service on the national highway and other roads is closed due to the strike, causing inconvenience to the people.[break]
The alliance called for a transport strike to thwart the election campaign programmes which the UCPN (Maoist) chairman is scheduled to attend in these districts today.
Min Bahadur Baniya, the District In-charge of the Alliance and the CPN-Maoist´s District Co- in charge, said the transport closure has been organized as per their programme of barring the leaders of the four major parties from entering the districts.
Meanwhile, a UCPN (Maoist) cadre came under attack at Singa of Myagdi district on Wednesday night.
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