Normal life has been paralysed in major parts of Lumbini, Gandaki and Dhaulagiri due to a bandh (shutdown strike) imposed by Chhetri Samaj, an ethnic outfit, on Wednesday.
Both short and long-route vehicles stayed off the road due to fear of reprisal from protestors while main markets, factories, educational institutions remained closed in the affected districts.
Police arrested five Samaj activists while they were enforcing the strike in Butwal today morning.
Chhetri Samaj called the one-day shutdown strike in the three zones putting forth a seven-point demand that includes enlisting Chhetris as Janjatis (indigenous nationalities), reservations in national body and timely promulgation of the constitution, among others.
Reports coming in say that the bandh has especially affected Lumbini as hundreds of Nepali migrant workers returning home from India have been stranded there without any vehicles to travel to their destinations.
The outfit had imposed a similar bandh in Rapti zone two days ago against caste based federalism.
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