Claiming that they would not allow pro-regression parties to organise any program, the students close to the eight political parties have intervened and foiled the gathering of Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP) in Rajbiraj on Monday.

The students belonging to unions affiliated with the Maoists, Nepali Congress, Nepali Congress (Democratic), and UML pelted stones and thrashed activists of NSP injuring twelve persons.

The clash occurred near Shiv Shankar Chitra Mandir when the NSP leaders and workers were heading for Keso Anirudrawati Secondary school premises where they were planning to hold mass meeting.

Even NSP chairman Laxman Lal Karna and its senior leader Rameshwor Raya Yadav were injured after the students attacked them accusing them of having backed the King during royal regime. Injured persons were taken to Sagarmatha zonal hospital.

The NSP was earlier chaired by Badri Mandal, who was an active supporter of the King and was a minister in the royal cabinet. After the April change, leaders led by Karna had removed Mandal from the party.

Earlier, the students had foiled the gathering of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP-Nepal) in Pokhara for the same reason. They also attacked RPP-Nepal cadres when they tried to submit a memo to the Prime Minister in Baluwatar.

The attacks have come in the wake of concerns expressed by Ian Martin, Personal Representative of UN Secretary General, about the need to allow any kind of political party to express their opinions in a peaceful manner in order to ensure free and fair elections of Constituent Assembly.

Meanwhile, on Monday, two pro-monarchy parties RPP (Nationalist) led by Rajeshwore Devkota and Bidwat Parishad led by Jit Bahadur Arjel have decided to become united under the RPP-Nepal led by Rabindra Nath Sharma to strengthen the hands of ‘nationalists.’