7 Cadres Of Chand Led CPN Arrested Protesting Visit Of US Diplomat

Kathmandu, July 28, 2022: Police have arrested seven cadres of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal for showing black flags to US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Affairs, Donald Lu on Thursday.

The cadres showed black flags to Lu, who arrived in Kathmandu on a two-day visit to Nepal this afternoon, at Gaushala while he was heading towards the hotel.

They showed the black flags demanding annulment of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and State Partnership Program (SPP).

Police arrested All Nepal National Independent Students Union-Revolutionary (ANNISUR) Chairman Prakash Shahi, General Secretary Lalit BK, Secretariat member Tara Sanjel, central members Prem Sijapati, Lalit Bam and Ramesh Rawat and Bhaktapur Coordinator Ashok Mahara, Secretariat member Subash Joshi said.

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