Students continued anti-government protests Friday by burning effigies of “regression” at campuses in the Valley and other parts of the country.

Students and police clashed at Tri-Chandra Campus and Padma Kanya Campus where police entered the premises, students said. The protest created huge traffic jams in the city.

Seven student unions affiliated with opposition parties Friday decided to call a strike in Chitwan on December 29 to protest what they call government excesses against protesters there Thursday. Defiant students Thursday chanted anti-King slogans in campuses for five minutes.

Students stoned a government vehicle in Pokhara; a strike call Friday in Chitwan affected normal life in Bharatpur, local reports said.

Despite the release and withdrawal of state offence charges against three student leaders for chanting anti-King slogans on December 16, students said they will continue their stir until government apologizes for the excesses and compensates injured students. nepalnews.com br Dec.26