Maoists set off protests

KATHMANDU, Nov 1: On the first day of their second phase of protests demanding restoration of “civilian supremacy”, Maoists held torch rallies across the country on Sunday evening. Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Senior Vice Chair Mohan Baidya jointly inaugurated the protests by lighting a torch at Old Bus Park in Kathmandu.







The party stated that similar torch rallies were held in all 75 districts. “The first day of the protest was a grad success with the participation from tens of thousands of people,” said Tilak Pariyar, vice chairman of the Maoists´ United National Mass Movement Committee.



In Kathmandu, the party took out processions of torch-holding cadres from Old Bus Park, New Road, Bir Hospital, Jamal and Durbar Marg simultaneously. Similar rallies were held in Lalitpur and Bhaktapur.







Meanwhile, the heaps of charred sticks thrown by the Maoists after the torch rally caused a motorbike accident in front Nepal Airlines office near New Road, Kathmandu. The biker, however, escaped any serious injury.



Vehicular movement along the road was badly affected for an hour as there were two heaps of charred sticks in the middle of the road.

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