No public service vehicles plied due to the Banda, but no remarkable impact has been seen of the strike in Dharan of Sunsari. [break]
The Area Police Office Itahari arrested six leaders and cadres of the party including Sunsari District Member Parameswor Mandal who were in Itahari to close the markets and stop vehicles early in the morning along with party flags.
Those arrested are Madan Mandal, Raman Khan, Bhupen Kumar Thakur, Naresh Mahato and Pramod Chaudhary, police said. They are detained at the Area Police Office.
Schools and other educational institutions are not affected. No vehicles plied from Itahari to east, west and south.
Meanwhile, in Chitwan, five leaders and cadres of the party were arrested from Ratnanagar of Chitwan this morning while trying to stop vehicles.
The arrested cadres of the Sadvawana Party led by Rajendra Mahato were Central Member Arjun Upreti, Kushal Subedi, Indra Subedi, Sandesh Tamang and Jiwan Chaudhary. They are detained at Area Police Office, Ratnanagar.
The party has demanded immediate declaration of the CA election date and removing load shedding. The police opened the traffic disrupted in the morning by using force.
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