Normal life in Nepal's Nawalparasi was disrupted after an indefinite strike and shutdown were enforced to protest alleged border encroachment by India in the district's Susta area.
KATHMANDU: Normal life in Nepal's Nawalparasi was disrupted after an indefinite strike and shutdown were enforced to protest alleged border encroachment by India in the district's Susta area.
The markets in Nepal's western district remained shut and the vehicular movement was disrupted as the East-West highway remained closed and the local people went on an indefinite strike to oppose the alleged border encroachment by India in Susta, a private television said.
The local administration has initiated dialogue with the agitators to end the strike. However, no breakthrough was made in the talks, the report said.
Last week, activists of the leftist Rastriya Janamorcha-Nepal (RJM Nepal) had planed an agitation to demand the abrogation of the landmark Indo-Nepal Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1950.
Meanwhile, Nepal's Constituent Assembly, which is tasked to frame a new constitution for the country, was disrupted for more than an hour after the Terai Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP) lawmakers obstructed its proceedings in protest against the budget announced by the CPN-Maoist-led government.
Terming the new budget as "anti-Madhes," the TMDP members said that it undermined the interest of the people living in the plains of southern Nepal near the Indo-Nepal border.
They were opposing the provision that allows government to charge tax on Indian vehicles entering into Nepalese territory. Earlier there was a provision that the vehicles running in both sides of the border should be waived off charges if they operate for 24 hours only.
Meanwhile, at least five people were injured on Monday when a group of unidentified gunmen opened fire at passenger bus in Nawalparasi district. The bus was heading towards Kathmandu from Nepalgunj, the police said.
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