PARSA, NOV 26 - The agitating civil servants and their umbrella organisations brought the entire administrative work in all government office across Parsa district to a grinding halt on Thursday protesting against the attack on then Parsa CDO Durga Prasad Bhandari by Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Karima Begam.

The civil servants, who have been staging two hour pen-down daily as a part of their protest since last Friday, resorted to the indefinite strike from today saying that the government did not proceed action against the minister.

Earlier, the civil servants had issued an ultimatum of seven days to the government to bring Minister Begam to justice.

According to Sachidananda Singh, Pasra chairman of Nepali Civil Servants Union, they will not roll back their agitation until the minister was booked.

Singh also said that they were compelled to launch the protest as incidents of this sort will repeat in the future as well.

Last week, the civil servants and their umbrella organisations had warned to halt the administrative work in the government offices across the nation if the government failed to book minister Begam within two days.

In response to a public offence case filed against Minister Begam, Parsa District Police Office on November 12 had issued an arrest warrant against the minister on charge of assaulting CDO Bhandari. However, District Police Office, Kathmandu, has been saying that it has not received the copy of the warrant.

Meanwhile, Minister Begam's party Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (Loktantric) has appealed to the civil servants to return to their work saying the protests have left the service seekers in trouble.

Minister Begam had beat up then Parsa district CDO Durga Prasad Bhandari for providing her with an old vehicle on November 10.

 

Posted on: 2009-11-26 03:28

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