KATHMANDU, Oct 1: Anti-corruption activist Gyanendra Shahi has been discharged from the hospital on Wednesday.

Shahi was admitted to National Trauma Center in Kathmandu after sustaining injuries on head and body when he attacked by an unidentified group of youth in Chitwan on Saturday.

Shahi was assaulted with rods, stones and sticks while he was returning to Kathmandu in a microbus after his anti-corruption program in Chaubiskoth, Bharatpur was obstructed by the group.

Shahi was rescued by the police and was taken to Chitwan Medical College before he was transferred to the Trauma Center.

Opposition leaders have claimed that the assault on Shahi was carried out by the cadres of ruling Nepal Communist Party, who had previously warned him not to conduct as such programs in the districts.

The ruling party and its cadres were angered after Shahi, in a video he shared on his facebook page, was found confronting and insulting Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai for delaying a flight at the Dhangadhi airport on September 14.

After the minister labeled Shahi protest inside the Buddha airplane as “pro-monarchy activity” and “threat to democracy”, he had called a press meeting claiming the minister “a liar”.

But, after some of the participants of the press meeting came aggressively on Shahi in support of the minister, the police had “rescued” him.

The police were preparing to file a case against Shahi for misconduct. But, he was released a day later in the condition of “not repeating the indecent activity again”.

Following the incident, the sister wing of the NCP had banned Shahi from entering a number of districts including Chitwan, Kaski, Siraha and Dhanusha.

KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Chairman of the Federal Council of Samajbadi Party Nepal, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai has expressed concerns over the recent activity of the cadres of ruling Nepal Communist Party.

“Just because the Mandales (pro-panchayats) assaulted the democrats in the past (during the multiparty movements), the democrats should not suppress the elements having different opinions. In a democracy, the regressive forces should be controlled and punished as per the system–which is a key difference between democracy and despotism/fascism. Are our comrades heading toward fascism?” Bhattarai wrote on twitter.

His remark comes following the incident in which “the cadres of ruling Nepal Communist Party” allegedly attacked anti-corruption activist Gyanendra Shahi while he was returning to Kathmandu on a microbus from Chitwan.

Shahi was in Chitwan for “an anti-corruption campaign” when a group of unidentified youths broke into the stage, tore the banner, seized the mic and obstructed the function, according to reports.

After the program was obstructed, Shahi was returning to Kathmandu when he was attacked by the group of youths, whom many have claimed to be the cadres of ruling NCP.

However, it has not been revealed whether the attackers were the cadres of the ruling party.

Shahi was rescued by the Police and taken to the Chitwan Medical College for treatment. He was later transferred to the National Trauma Center in Kathmandu.

His condition is normal, according to the doctors.

The attack has been widely criticized by the main opposition party Nepali Congress and Sajha Party as “arrogance of the cadres ruling party”, “illegal”, and “attack on democracy”.

हिजो मण्डलेले लोकतन्त्रवादीलाई पिटे भनेर आज लोकतन्त्रवादीले भिन्न मत राख्नेलाई पिट्न मिल्दैन! लोकतन्त्रमा प्रतिगामीलाई पनि विधिसम्मत ढंगले नियन्त्रण वा दण्डित गर्नुपर्छ! निरंकुशता/फासिवाद र लोकतन्त्र बीचको मुख्य अन्तर यही हो!के हाम्रा कमरेडहरू सामाजिक फासिवादतिर उन्मुख भएकै हुन्?

— Baburam Bhattarai (@brb1954) September 29, 2019