The Maoist-affiliated Nepal Dalit Liberation Front has called off its nationwide bandh (shutdown strike) scheduled for March 30.

Issuing a press statement on Friday, Tilak Pariwar, chairman of the Front, announced to withdraw the bandh in order to make effective the nationwide protest programs called by the seven political parties from April 6 to 9.

The parties had announced the general strike following a release of the second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the CPN (Maoist) recently. The Maoist leadership also called off its blockades imposed in the capital, Kathmandu, and district headquarters.

The Front said it would support the seven parties’ protest programmes.