Oli in Pokhara: 25 detained in Pokhara for trying to show flag

Pokhara, July 19

Twenty-five people have been detained in Pokhara as they tried to show Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli black flags.

Oli, who landed in Pokhare on Thursday afternoon, is due to attend the 15th general assembly of Pokhara Universtiy and address the Gandaki Province legislature in the afternoon.

Those detained are learnt to be supporters of the Nepali Congress-aligned Nepal Students’ Union and the Baburam Bhattarai-led Naya Shakti. The incident comes as the main opposition, the Nepali Congress, intensified protests against the NCP government calling it autocratic.

The Nepali Congress has said it will obstruct the proceedings of the assembly if Oli tries to address the House.

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