Protests against Vice President Parmananda Jha's swearing-in in Hindi language continued for the fifth straight day, on Monday.
More protesters were seen on the streets of Kathmandu today. They chanted slogan against the Vice President, burned his effigies and forced vehicles out of the road.
Students staging protest against Vice President Parmananda Jha for...
Students organised angry demonstrations in front of the public colleges in Kathmandu in the morning. Kesharmahal, Lainchaur, Ratnapark, Tripureshwor, Kalimati and Chabahil areas remained tense for several hours with the students frequently clashing with the police.
The protesters have demanded that the Vice President publicly apologise for hurting the sentiment of the people and violating the constitution by taking oath in a 'foreign language'.
There were reports of protests in Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari and few other eastern districts.
In Nawalparasi, at least five persons were injured in police action at Kawasoti Bazaar after the protesters tried to close down the government offices there, reports said.
Student groups affiliated with different political parties including the three major parties - CPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress and CPN-UML - had announced protests from Thursday, a day after Jha, who won the vice presidential slot as a Madhesi Janadhikar Forum candidate, was sworn in
More protesters were seen on the streets of Kathmandu today. They chanted slogan against the Vice President, burned his effigies and forced vehicles out of the road.
Students staging protest against Vice President Parmananda Jha for...
Students organised angry demonstrations in front of the public colleges in Kathmandu in the morning. Kesharmahal, Lainchaur, Ratnapark, Tripureshwor, Kalimati and Chabahil areas remained tense for several hours with the students frequently clashing with the police.
The protesters have demanded that the Vice President publicly apologise for hurting the sentiment of the people and violating the constitution by taking oath in a 'foreign language'.
There were reports of protests in Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari and few other eastern districts.
In Nawalparasi, at least five persons were injured in police action at Kawasoti Bazaar after the protesters tried to close down the government offices there, reports said.
Student groups affiliated with different political parties including the three major parties - CPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress and CPN-UML - had announced protests from Thursday, a day after Jha, who won the vice presidential slot as a Madhesi Janadhikar Forum candidate, was sworn in
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