Over 50 Maoist cadres who were arrested along with nine lawmakers while staging protest against the President's 'unconstitutional' move in front of Singha Durbar Sunday morning were released later in the afternoon.

The Maoist lawmakers were released within a couple of hours while other Maoist cadres were detained a few more hours.

Police intervened as soon as the Maoist cadres started sit-in protest at the southern gate of Singha Durbar where the local administration has banned protest rallies.

Those arrested included Ram Lal Bishwokarma, former chairman of National Dalit Commission, and Maoist lawmakers Tilak Pariyar, Binod Pahadi, Tej Bahadur Mijar, Hari Shripali, Santoshi B.K, Jhudki Devi Paswan and Min Kumar Sunar. All the arrested Maoist lawmakers come from Dalit community.

Apart from protesting against the President's move, they were also remanding end to discrimination against Dalits.

Today's protest was in a series of agitations carried out by the Maoist party against the President's move reinstating the sacked army chief, which led to the fall of the Maoist-led government.

The Maoists organised major mass assemblies in all five regions last week as part of their protest movement. nepalnews.com

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