The UML Dhanusha convention has become tense due to increased power accumulation between UML leaders Raghuveer Mahaseth and Leela Shrestha in Madhesh province. Clashes, vandalism and beatings took place at the UML Dhanusha convention on Tuesday, the day of voting. The election process of the 8th session of Dhanusha UML has been postponed till Wednesday due to the rising tension.
There was a clash between the two sides during the convention. Dhanusha police said that 5 leaders-activists were injured in the clash. They were given first aid on the spot. According to the Dhanusha police, Satyanarayan Mahaseth and Mahesh Das are among the injured. Mahaseth and Das's head was broken and 3 others were injured in the beating. UML Dhanushaka The outgoing president Rajkishore Yadav was beaten up while writing.
UML Dhanusha leaders-activists, who were angry about the extension of the election process for district leadership selection and the addition of names to the list of candidates, had increased the tension on Tuesday. Preparations were made to start the election from 8 am on Tuesday at Mahendra Narayan Nidhi Mithila Culture Center in Janakpur. As the working committee of UML Dhanusha could not be elected by consensus, voting was decided. Voters who came to vote in large numbers in the morning were told that the voting would start only at 10 o'clock as they were not prepared.
At the same time, UML's Dhanusha president candidate Lakshminarayan Yadav staged a dharna at Nidhi Bhavan demanding that the voter list be corrected by saying that unnecessary additions and reductions were made in the voter list and those who did not meet the criteria were retained as office bearers. "He is a district official, he must have worked for one term as a district member or one term in the central fraternal organization," Lakshminarayan said, "There was also a complaint filed against candidates who did not meet the criteria. However, the Election Committee retained their candidacy.
UML's youth leader Jani Khan, in the notification published by the Election Committee on Monday night, Mohammad Ekwal's name was nominated as a Muslim member, but in another notification on Tuesday, his candidacy was removed. "The election committee has been paralyzed by confusion," Khan said, "The election committee has done the work of removing and adding candidates voluntarily. So the situation became tense.' In the
convention, leader Mahaseth party has nominated Bhola Yadav as the president, while Lakshminarayan is the candidate of leader Umashankar Aragaria party. Argaria is supported by Neta Shrestha. There is a dispute between these two parties regarding the convention. After the controversy escalated, the tables, chairs, computers and other items used by the election committee were vandalized on Tuesday. An employee of the center said that the main assembly hall of Nidhi Bhawan was also vandalized and the exact details of the damage could not be obtained. The security system was increased after the leaders-activists of both sides of the presidential candidate in Nidhi Bhawan where the UML convention was being held and started vandalism.
UML Dhanusha leader Som Sharma said that the voter list was published three times. "The final list was published three times," he said. Some candidates' nominations were returned without being asked. That's why confusion and doubt have arisen. UML's district convention in Dhanusha was inaugurated by party vice president Ishwar Pokharlel on Saturday. The conflict between UML leaders Mahaseth and Shrestha in Madhesh state also affected the Dhanusha session.
