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Major
political events of the day |
Date:
Chitra 16, 2061 (Tuesday)
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Contempt
of court case against RCCC A contempt of court
application has been filed in the Supreme Court against
the Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC), its
chairman and the Chief District Officer (CDO) of Pyuthan
district regarding the arrest of Pyuthan District Judge
Birendra Kumar Karna.
CDO of Pyuthan district Ram Prasad Ghimire, had arrested
judge Karna under the direction of the RCCC.
Meanwhile, Chief Justice Hari Prasad Sharma, upon his
return from an international conference, denied commenting
on the arrest of Judge Karna. "I don't have any comment
on the issue," he said.
"The defendants (RCCC), its chairman Bhakta Bahadur
Koirala and CDO Ram Prasad Ghimire) arrested the judge
going against the Constitution and crossing the legal
authority given to them," Advocate Purna Chandra
Paudel, who filed the case at the apex court on Monday,
has argued in the application. Interestingly, the SC has
promptly scheduled Tuesday for its hearing.
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NC (D) to
launch protest soon President of the Nepali Congress
(Democratic) Sher Bahadur Deuba has said his party was
for launching protest programs soon for restoration of
democracy, but the plan has been delayed as the leaders
of major political parties are under house arrest.
Talking to journalists at his residence in Budhanilkantha
Monday, Deuba said the announcement of the program has
been delayed as Girija Prasad Koirala and Madhav Kumar
Nepal are still under home arrest. "Them being out
of contact has made it difficult to announce the program.
Now, since it's taking time, I'm discussing with other
leaders who are in-charge of their parties to move ahead,"
he said.
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Insurgency
fueling flesh trade Rima, 20-year-old mother
of a child and her husband found it difficult to stay
in their village near Nepalgunj, the headquarters of Banke
district in the mid-western region due to continuous threats
from the Maoists.
The couple fled their village and left for Nepalgunj,
as it was the nearest city and presumably safe from the
Maoists, to make a living.
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Over 150
demonstrators arrested Over 150 Nepali Congress
(NC) leaders and cadres were arrested across the country
on Monday as they took out protest rallies against the
February 1 royal proclamation.
According to an NC central office press statement issued
here, 80 NC cadres including Mahasamiti member Harsajit
Lama and Nepal Women Organization (NWO) president Chandra
Laxmi Tamrakar were arrested from Kathmandu.
The NC took out a protest rally at Singha Durbar in
the capital under the leadership of Shivaprasad Humagai,
NC president of Kavre district.
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AI probing
HR violations Amnesty International (AI) representatives
have initiated human rights investigation in Pokhara and
Palpa districts.
Signe Poulsen, AI-London representative and Teranaka
Makoto, AI-Japan General Secretary, have started collecting
information regarding human rights violations from human
rights defenders, media persons and victim families. The
team has taken the killing of three students in Chidipani
of Palpa on March 24 quite seriously. The students were
killed while they were collecting donation on the occasion
of Phagu Purnima.
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