Miscellaneous
Baneshwor area tense after clashes (Update with photos)
Situation became tense outside the Constituent Assembly (CA) building in New Baneshwor, Kathmandu, after supporters of Omkar Pariwar clashed with security personnel.Even as the Constituent Assembly meeting conducted voting on Articles of the Revised Draft of Constitution Bill 2072, supporters of 'Omkar Pariwar' clashed with security personnel at New Baneshwor on Monday.
The situation outside the CA building became tensed after supporters of Omkar Pariwar demanding reinstatement of Hindu state, tried to enter the prohibited zone.
Police wielded baton and used water canon to disperse the crowd from the area. The police have been able to hold back the demonstrators at Hotel Everest at the moment.
Meanwhile, the protesters vandalised a vehicle belonging to the United Nations.
The amendment proposal submitted by Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal to declare Nepal as a Hindu nation by scrapping secularism as mentioned in the revised draft has been rejected by a majority during the voting at Constituent Assembly today.