One cadre of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) was killed and a dozen others were injured on Wednesday in a clash with the activists of Nepali Congress (NC) in eastern Nepal.
In Solukhumbu district, some 125 km east of the Nepali capital Kathmandu, CPN-M cadre Ganga Bhujel died on the spot after the NC activists attacked the CPN-M activists on Wednesday morning, local leading news website eKantipur reported.
Around 9 CPN-M activists were critically injured in the clash.
The clash erupted after the NC activists tried to disrupt whilethe CPN-M was preparing to organize an electoral rally, according to the report.
Confirming the clash, Assistant Chief District Officer Bedh Nidhi Khanal said the detailed report of the incident is still to come.
Meanwhile, the CPN-M Central Information Bureau said that the party's fraternal wing Young Communist League (YCL) member Bhujel died after the NC's student front Tarun Dal activists opened fire at the CPN-M cadres when they were setting up a stage for an election assembly.
The CPN-M claimed that dozens of its cadres, including CPN-M district secretary Himal, were injured in the firing.
The CPN-M cadres have been demonstrating, stating the NC candidate for the Constituent Assembly (CA) polls Bal Bahadur KC directed to launch the attack.
The animosity between the major political parties is escalating as the much crucial CA elections to elect a body to draft a new constitution is less than two weeks away on April 10.
The CPN-M is the second largest party after the NC, in the Nepali Interim Parliament.
Source:Xinhua
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