Prachanda gets a tight slap.

Update: UCPN Maoist leaders meeting concludes that the incident is a pre-planned conspiracy to prevent the  agreement between political parties from happening and hints the Baidhya led Maoists party to be responsible for the incident as Padam Kunwar-the guy who slapped Prachanda is known to be affiliated with N.C.P.- Maoist (Baidhya). Nepali TV channels also confirmed his affiliation with the Baglung Jana Swamsebak sang, a youth wing of Baidya Led Maoists.

UCPN Maoists Chairman Prachanda has got a tight slap from a citizen in an event organized by the party marking the different festivals. A guy named Padam Kunwar from Baglung slapped the former prime minister and former rebel leader when he was in the dais, shaking hands with people. Though it is known that Padam Kunwar's family is affiliated to the Maoists party, but it's not clear which faction he is in now.

After the slap, UCPN cadres attacked him and Kunwar was seriously wounded with the punches. Now he is in Birendra Police Hospital for checkup. Hospital sources say he has serious wounds in his mouth and is not able to speak clearly. Meanwhile there is a simultaneous meeting of security meetings in Home Ministry and Maoists leaders meeting in Prachanda's Residence.

Padam Kunwar seriously wounded from Maoists cadres attack , after slapping Prachanda.

This sort of slap or physical attack on high level political leaders is in series after the attack on UML leader Jhala Nath Khanal and Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala. Though People are furious with the current crisis in the country, (yielding no significant development in the stalemate) this sort of attack promotes anarchy. As such attack happened previously from the general people, political leaders are still not aware of the people's anticipated anger towards the political development, but instead they kept on working on their own, leaving people's aspiration for a prosperity and development. I predict more of such attacks if the political stalemate continues and the parties/leaders kept on thinking on their own circle, instead of the whole country.

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