As part of the demonstration, the protesters disrupted traffic for one hour in Rajbiraj. Hundreds of students from half a dozen schools in Rajbiraj also participated in the protest. Later, a large number of police personnel were mobilised to clear the road obstruction.

Similarly, the protesters have also staging a sit-in in front of the District Administration Office for the past five days.

On Tuesday, they took out a rally that went through various area of Rajbiraj before converging into a corner meet at Janaandolan Chowk.

Addressing the gathering, Bikash Tiwari, chairman of Nepal Sadbhawana Party (Gajendrabadi), said that right to expression still exists in the country and the government made a mistake by arresting Raut on the charge of expressing his views.