Election assemblies of the Nepali Congress (NC), organised as part its election campaign, continue in Terai districts despite series of bomb blasts targeting the participants in recent days.

Sher Bahadur Deuba
Over a dozen minor bomb explosions occurred in Malangawa of Sarlahi district Wednesday where the NC was organising a mass meeting that was attended by senior party leader Sher Bahadur Deuba and general secretary Bimalendra Nidhi. Nobody was injured in the blasts.

Addressing the mass meeting, Deuba said the people in Terai were ready to cast their votes in the constituent assembly election even as the rebel groups are trying to terrorise them by exploding bombs.

He warned that if the Madhesi groups failed to grasp the opportunity of participating in the election, the achievements made so far would go down the drain.

The cadres of United Madhesi Front and Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party showed black flags to Deuba when he was on his way to the mass meeting venue.

Around a dozen people including a policeman were injured during a clash between the cadres of Nepali Congress and the agitating Madhesi parties. nepalnews.com ia Feb 06 08