PM asks Home Minister to take tough action against those obstructing Indian vehicles

Prime Minister Babuaram Bhattarai has asked Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar to strongly deal with those preventing vehicles with Indian number plates from plying on Nepal's roads.

PM Bhattarai called DPM Gachchhadar at his Baluwatar residence Friday morning and gave the instructions. He said the ban on Indian plate vehicles was a serious matter and that it needs to be death with strongly, a source close to the PM said.

Home Minister Gachchhadar informed that the security agencies had been given order to take strong action against those trying to obstruct Indian vehicles.

The PM's instruction comes a day after the Mohan Baidya-led CPN-Maoist announced a nationwide ban on vehicles with Indian number plates and Hindi movies. nepalnews.com