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Protesters set fire to Nepali Congress General Secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma’s residence



KATHMANDU: Demonstrators set fire to the residence of Nepali Congress General Secretary Bishwaprakash Sharma in Jhapa on Tuesday.

The arson follows the government’s crackdown on the Gen-Z protests.

Earlier, protesters had set fire to the residence of Congress General Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa in Ratopul, Kathmandu, and former vice-president Bimalendra Nidhi’s residence in Baneshwor Heights.

 

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