Some Maoist leaders, cadres and police were injured in intervention by police at Bhotahiti in Kathmandu while the dissident activists was setting the document on fire. Police baton-charged the protesters and used tear gas while the latter hurled rocks. [break]
A meeting of 34 parties held at the CPN-Maoist head office at Buddhanagar on Friday evening after the protests, decided to boycott all the public activities of the president and government leaders and restrict them from entering the districts. They also made public a new series of protests.
"The meeting concluded that only a people´s movement remains as a means of throwing out this government which was built to the design of foreigners, and also for forming a consensus government of political parties," said Pampha Bhusal, spokesperson of CPN-Maoist, informing media about the decisions of the meeting.
Opposition leaders. (Photo: Keshab Thoker)
According to party Secretary Dev Gurung, the alliance will hold mass meetings in the major cities on Sunday. Similarly, the alliance will hold interactions with ex-lawmakers on Monday and with leaders of civil society and members of the intelligentsia on Tuesday.
Earlier, 22 of the parties had enforced a Nepal banda on Thursday and organized other protest activities.
"We will bring in strong protest programs soon after the SLC exams," said Bhusal, adding that they would do so after holding a meeting of the alliance.
According to her, the cadres of the alliance would not allow the president, Chairman of the Interim Council of Ministers Khilaraj Regmi or ministers of the current government to enter the districts. All their programs would be boycotted.
"We will boycott the president also. The president endorsed the anti-people step of the parties in forming the Regmi-led government," said Bhusal.
Protestors in a scuffle with police at Ratnapark. (Photo: Keshab Thoker)
Meanwhile, addressing the program, CPN-Maoist Vice-chairman CP Gajurel and chief of the alliance said the protest programs are ´rehearsals´ for the new people´s movement. He argued that the programs would be like the initial phases of the movements of 2036 and 2046 BS.
"Our protest against the unconstitutional government will be like the developed stages of the people´s movements of 2036 and 2046," added Gajurel.
He also said that his party and the alliance would not accept the current government, stating that it did not represent the people and its formation process was unconstitutional.
"We will throw this government out through the force of the people," said Gajurel.
The alliance has also condemned the police intervention in the peaceful demonstration. "Only 5 percent of the documents were yet to burn when the police baton-charged and used tear gas," said Jhak Bahadur Malla, Maoist Kathmandu in-charge.
According to the Maoists, police attacked Gajurel and another leader, Pawanman Shrestha.
Gajurel, Shrestha and around a dozen cadres were injured. DSP Hem Thapa was also injured in the clash.
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