At least 12 persons were injured, 10 of them critically, when a clash broke out between the cadres of Nepal Congress over ticket row.

Siraha district President Ram Chandra Yadav, lawmaker Padam Narayan Chaudhary, Ganesh Mandal, Moktar Ahamad on Wednesday tried to resolve the issue of candidacies in Siraha Municipality through a discussion by keeping both the disgruntled sides together.

According to district President Yadav, the clash ensued between the cadres after the supporters of Subash Yadav, mayoral candidate of Siraha Municipality, started attacking with stones and batons.

NC constituency-3 president Sanjay Prakash Yadav, Ram Babu Yadav of Siraha 15, Sudhan Yadav, Mukeshn Yadav, Budhan and Arun, among others, were injured in the clash.

SP Shekhar Koirala informed that they have been referred to a hospital in Biratnagar for further treatment.