KATHMANDU: The Prachanda-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has announced ‘Nepal bandh’ on Thursday.
The disgruntled breakaway faction, which has been agitating against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR), has called a general strike on Thursday.
Markets, transportation, industries, factories, and offices will remain closed during the strike. However, the vehicles ferrying dairy and agricultural products, and the students carrying their admission cards will be allowed to operate.
The Prachanda-Nepal has called the general strike on the eve of the huge mass meeting to be organized by the Oli-led faction on Friday.
Chairman of NCP Bagmati Province Narayan Dahal said the general strike has been announced to protest the appointments of the office-bearers in the Constitutional Bodies, and the “unconstitutional” move of Prime Minister KP Oli.
The Prachanda-Nepal faction, opposition parties including Nepali Congress, has been staging demonstrations after President Bidya Bhandari dissolved the HoR on the recommendation of the cabinet on December 20.
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