The decision was reached by a three-party meeting chaired by Chitwan Chief District Officer Ratnaraj Panday.
At the same time, the Nepal Students Union in Chitwan has declared a Chitwan shutdown on Thursday, fearing agitation on election day. To counter this a joint panel of students affiliated to the three communist parties organized a press conference and declared that they would disallow any attempt to stop elections on Thursday.
Chitwan is not the only place witnessing trouble. In Nepalgunj, the FSU election is taking its tole on the city. Demanding a proportional election process, the Madhesi Student Forum (MSF) has declared a boycott the FSU election at Mahendra Multiple Campus.
MSF accused student unions affiliated with the large political parties of misusing FSU funds.
According to Sarif Jasgadh, president of MSF at the campus, MSF members also blocked the road joining Nepalgunj and the Indian border Wednesday afternoon and locked the college election office in protest.
“The student wings of large parties have distributed the FSU funds at the rate of 15 thousand per party. They have also admitted non-students to the college. This is why we are protesting,” said Jasgadh.
The largest college of the region, Mahendra Multiple Campus, is where this student union affiliated with the Madhesi People’s Rights Forum has fielded candidates for all posts including the post for president of FSU.
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