"At least 23 persons, including some regional leaders sustained injuries when the police baton charged the demonstrators at the rally, which was this afternoon marching from Bhadrakali towards the main gate of Singha Durbar,” said Nanda Raj Bhatta, secretariat member of the NPF.
A regional leader of the NPF, Ram Chandra Bhatta, received a head injury and another leader, Ram Pahadi, fractured his leg in the police attack. “Several others have returned home after receiving general treatment at different hospitals,” said Nanda Raj.
Supporters of National People´s Front chant slogans against federalism at Bhadrakali on Monday.
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The NPF had launched a series of protests from Saturday against the government proclamation to transform the country into a federal nation.
The NPF is the only party to officially object to the idea of transforming the country into a federation.
Meanwhile, a group of leaders led by NPF Chairman Chitra Bahadur KC submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in the evening, urging the government not to go ahead with their plans of turning Nepal into a federation.
The delegation headed by KC had submitted a separate memorandum to President Dr Ram Baran Yadav on Sunday. On Tuesday, the leaders are scheduled to submit a similar letter to Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subhas Nembang.
The NPF has maintained that adopting a federal structure would lead to the disintegration of the country and upset the communal harmony in society.
The Interim Constitution in its second amendment has referred to the country as the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.
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