Kathmandu, March 25 -- Protesters in Nepal on Tuesday resorted to hitting the street demanding reinstatement of Nepal Electricity Authority chief Kulman Ghising, who was suspended from post on Monday evening.

In various protests held in Kathmandu, dozens of protesters skirmished with Nepal police near the parliament as they attempted to break the restricted area. Later in the evening, the All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Revolutionary) burned the effigy of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, protesting the move to depose Ghising.

The cabinet meeting held at Singha Durbar on Monday evening decided to relieve Managing Director Ghising of his post.

During the protest, the protesters raised slogans such as 'Ujyalo Nepal Zindabad, A...