Normal life in Gulmi district have been affected on Tuesday due to a general strike called by Nepali Congress (NC) protesting against the attack on NC cadres including the district president.
Women Association, Tarun Dal and Nepal Students' Union (NSU) jointly called for the shutdown bringing the entire industries and markets areas to a standstill.
Hundreds of vehicles and thousands of travelers have been stranded at the Tamghas bus park due to the strike.
NC leader Rajan Prasad Pant had been injured and several others got beaten up after students of Maoist affiliated All Nepal National Independent Student Union- Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) attacked NC cadres at Tribhuwan Multiple Campus in Palpa on Sunday.
The clash ensued following a disagreement over erasing the graffiti painted on the wall of Free Students' Union office in the campus.

Source: eKantipur