Kathmandu, Nov. 20 -- Various political parties, party leaders and constitutional experts have condemned the Bara incident where Gen Z youths and CPN-UML supporters clashed on Wednesday. They also expressed concerns that if such incidents repeat, how can elections happen that are scheduled to take place on March 5.

The clashes began after Gen Z youths demonstrated when they learned UML leaders were arriving in Simara. UML General Secretary Shankar Pokhrel and leader Mahesh Basnet, among others, were scheduled to attend a function in Parwanipur, prompting the protests. Then, the local youths protested at the Simara airport. After the protests, a plane scheduled to carry both Pokhrel and Basent, among other passengers, could not fly to Sim...