Nepal police detains 6 people for sloganeering against election

BY A STAFF REPORTER: Nepal police on Saturday arrested six members of the Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist) who had been sloganeering against the upcoming election which is scheduled to take place on November 20. “6 people have been arrested and are kept at Durbar Marg,” SP of Kathmandu Valley Police Officer Sitaram Rijal. The protesters were representing an alliance of communist factions against the General Elections. Nepal on November 20 will elect 165 representatives as per the First Past the Post (FPTP) in the 275-member House of Representatives or the Lower House of the bicameral parliament. The remaining 110 seats will be decided on a Proportional Representation basis. The state assemblies on the other hand would account for 330 seats.