Baburam Bhattarai has reached Kailali district despite the local administration’s plea to cancel his trip to the district citing security concerns.

Bhattarai will address an assembly organised by Tharuwan/ Tharuhat struggle committee at Masuriya. He said he would be meeting the local Tharu community in Kailali. He will stay in the district today.

The local administration had urged the leader to cancel his trip to the district. Nine persons, including a Senior Superintendent of Police and a two-year-old child, were killed on a violent protest in Tikapur, Kailali.

The security situation of the district has been tightened in view of the leader’s visit.

The former Maoist leader is travelling to different parts of the country as a part of his campaign to form a new political force.