Although the Chand-led party called it a nationwide strike, some districts including Banke, Dhading and Myagdi were more impacted. The party had called the one-day strike to protest against the 'Lipu Lekh' agreement signed between India and China, the 16-point agreement reached among the four major parties, the contents of the preliminary draft of the new constitution and corrpution in earthquake relief distribution.The cadres of the Chand-led party burnt four vehicles in Banke district and two vehicles in Dhading district, according to police. After the vehicles were burnt down, the effect of the banda was more visible in the two districts.
According to District Police Office (DPO), Banke, the agitating cadres torched two passenger buses (Bhe 1 Kha 585 and Bhe 1 Kha 808), which were parked near the buspark area. Likewise, they burnt an Indian school van with registration number UP 40 T 0763 that had come to Nepalgunj to collect Nepali students. The fourth vehicle they burnt was a truck (Na 5 Kha 1450), that was parked at Khaskusma VDC-4 for repairs.
"So far, we have arrested two members of politcal parties involved in the vandalism," said SP Basanta Pant, who is also the DPO chief, Banke.
SP Pant further said that police are looking for more people involved in violence and vandalism during the banda.
In Dhading, police and locals had rushed to the incident site soon after the party cadres set an LP trailer (Na 4 Kha 3622) on fire at Bhumesthan VDC. As a result, the vehicle, however, was saved from burning into ashes. The banda activists also burnt a motorbike with registration number Na 10 Pa 1845 at Nalang VDC-6.
One of the party activists, Prem Bahadur Thapa was taken into police custody, according to DPO, Dhading.
Life in Myagdi district also came to a grinding halt due to the banda as transport services, market places, educational institutions and factories remained shut due to the banda.
Likewise, the general strike hit normal life in Sindhuli district even through there were not many strike enforcers on the streets.
However, the banda caused no significant effect in many of the remaining districts including Ramechhap.
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