KATHMANDU, Aug 24: The Bibeksheel Sajha Party has expressed its concern over the rising incidents of sexual harassment, rape and murder after rape.

Issuing a press statement on Friday, the party spokesperson Ramesh Poudel, has also demanded stern action against the culprits involved in such heinous crimes and inhuman acts.

The party has demanded a stern action against those involved in the rape and subsequent murder of 13-year-old Nirmala Pant of Bhimduttanagar, Kanchanpur district.

The locals have intensified street-based protests since and local administration had enforced curfew in riot-prone areas Thursday.

The party has also urged all including party leaders, cadres and well-wishers to launch awareness raising program against such crimes in their respective surroundings and localities.

KATHMANDU, July 29: Bibeksheel Sajha Party has said that the reforms in medical education and health sectors raised by Dr KC should not be used for partisan interest.

The Party clarified that although it expressed solidarity with Dr KC’s demands, its leaders and social campaigners had joined the demonstration personally.

Party Spokesperson Dr Suryaraj Acharya, said that lawyer and member of party’s campaign department, Om Prakash Aryal, had facilitated the talks between the government and Dr KC in a personal manner, claiming that such message was disseminated in a wrong way.

He said, “Our leaders and cadres had not participated in the demonstration carrying party’s flag. We are clear that none of the political parties should use such issues for political benefit.”

Dr KC ended 27-day long hunger strike on Thursday after the government and Dr KC signed the nine-point deals including amendment to medical education bill. RSS

KATHMANDU, June 30: Police have arrested the cadres of the Bibeksheel Sajha Party from Maitighar Mandala on Saturday for staging protest in the prohibited areas.

The Bibeksheel Sajha cadres were demonstrating against the government decision to prohibit protests at Maitighar Mandala.

According to the party central member Milan Pandey, nine leaders and cadres of Bibeksheel Sajha Party including coordinator Ujwal Thapa, central member Sashi Bikram Karki and senior advocate Surendra Bhandari were arrested today. They have been kept at Metropolitan Police Circle Singha Durbar.

The protest was aimed at putting pressure on the government to replace the Medical Education Ordinance without any amendment.

KATHMANDU, July 26: The two newly emerged parties Bibeksheel Nepali Party and Sajha Party have announced their merger on Wednesday.

Leader of Bibeksheel Party, Ujwal Thapa and Sajha Party leader Rabindra Mishra announced their unification into one party amid a press meet in the capital today afternoon. The unified party has been named as ‘Bibeksheel Sajha Party’.

The symbol ‘Taraju’ will be the electoral symbol of the newly formed party. Earlier, the logo ‘Taraju’ was being used by Sajha Party.

The new party will have 34 member central committee- comprising 17 members from each party.

Both the chiefs, Mishra and Thapa are ‘joint coordinators’ of the party.

The new unified party has also formed an eight-member Coordination Committee, which will function as the supreme body of the party until general convention.

The Committee includes Mishra, Surya Raj Acharya, Nirupani Yadav and Manuram Khanal from Sajha; and Thapa, Anusha Thapa, Govinda Narayan and Ramesh Poudel from Bibeksheel Party.

Mishra will chair the meeting of the committee.