A clash ensued between the protesters and police in Libang, the
headquarters of Rolpa district, Thursday, making the situation tensed.
The protesters were holding demonstrations against the constitution
amendment proposal the government registered in parliament, objecting to
the provision of separating the hilly districts from Province-5.
However, the Nepal Magar Association, Rolpa had organised a programme
welcoming the proposal separating Rolpa district from Province-5 and
including it in Province-4 when protest agitation was intensifying in
the district.
The protesters and the participants of the Magar Association programme
both were holding their programmes at the same venue and all of a sudden
started pelting stones at each other.
Police, in its attempt to take the situation under control, rounded up
some people from both sides, baton charged on the crowd and lobbed
teargas shells. Eight persons from both sides have sustained injuries
due to the baton charging by police.
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