The Maoist youth wing, Young Communist League (YCL), and former disqualified combatants have padlocked the Maoist party offices in the far-western region, demanding same assistance package provided to the voluntarily retiring PLA members and those being integrated with the Nepal Army, on Monday.

YCL cadres and the disqualified combatants closed down the district party offices in nine districts in the region.

Organising a press meet in Dhangadi, secretary of YCL's Tharuwan State Committee Lalit Thapa said they had locked all the party offices in the region and have seized the documents and the assets of these offices. Â

According to him, they have also decided to bar senior party leaders from visiting the far-western region.

On Sunday, the disqualified combatants had resorted to vandalism at the Dashrathpur cantonment of the PLA when the technical teams deployed by the Army Integration Special Committee's secretariat were distributing pay cheques to the voluntarily retiring combatants. nepalnews.com