Student activists loyal to the CPN-UML Monday morning disrupted vehicular traffic at several points in the capital to symbolically protest the October 4 dismissal of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba by King Gyanendra and the hike in petrol and gas prices by the government of Lokendra Bahadur Chand.

Several students detained during the protests were released later in the day. The CPN-UML has threatened to launch a nation-wide stir if the King does not “correct” what the party calls a “procedural mistake” while dismissing Deuba and appointing Chand.