The Speaker of the Madhesh Province Assembly, Ramchandra Mandal, has manhandled the lawmakers who reached the Office to file the impeachment against him.
Seven political parties on Thursday evening reached the Secretariat of the Madhesh Province Assembly to lodge an impeachment against Speaker Mandal.
No sooner had lawmakers of the seven political parties reached the office, than the Speaker mobilized goons to manhandle them, Maoist Center lawmaker Dabahar Lal Kushwaha said.
"We 20-22 lawmakers on Thursday evening reached the Secretariat of the Madhesh Province Assembly to lodge the impeachment against the Speaker. Speaker Mandal mobilized 50 to 60 goons to attack us," Kushwaha told Nepalkhabar, "Speaker himself manhandled lawmakers Mahesh Yadav and Raju Gupta in front of his office yesterday."
Speaker and CPN (UML) cadres locked them up in the office of the Deputy Speaker for about two hours, according to Kushwaha.
"We were locked up in the Deputy Speaker's room from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm," Kushwaha said, "We were released only when a police team led by DSP arrived for our rescue."
However, the lawmakers managed to register the impeachment against Speaker Mandal despite obstructions posed by the Speaker and the UML cadres.
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