MPRF cadres burn Nepali newspapers

BIRGUNJ, Aug 27: Cadres of the Madhesi People’s Right Forum (MRPF) burnt down Nepali-language newspapers at Ghantaghar, Birgunj.



A group led by MPRF Birgunj city committee president Ajay Chaurasiya burnt down copies of Nagarik daily, a sister publication of myrepublica, along with Kantipur, Annapurna Post and Naya Patrika.



According to Chaurasiya, they burnt down the newspaper in protest of the Supreme Court verdict on Vice President Parmananda Jha’s oath-taking in Hindi language.

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