Baidya led Maoist impose band in Dhankuta

DHANKUTA: Poll opposing parties including the CPN-Maoist have enforced shutdown in Dhankuta on Thursday to obstruct the pre-scheduled arrival of Unified CPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal in course of election campaign.

Cadres of the CPN-Maoist had disrupted vehicular movement by falling trees on the Koshi Highway last night to disturb Dahal’s entrance to Dhankuta.

It is learnt that the Maoist cadres had fell down trees in half a dozen places in Rudrabari, Chyangchyangbari, Dhat and Schooldanda along the Dharan-Dhankuta Road Section.

The local administration has cleared the traffic obstruction this morning after mobilising police on the road section. However, normal life in Dhankuta has been affected due to strike.

The move was taken to not allow the entrance of UCPN-Maoist Chairman to Dhankuta, said the CPN-Maoist.

The local administration has beefed up the security arrangement by massively mobilising security personnel on different places so as to thwart possible danger in course of his arrival in Dhankuta.