Microfinance borrowers on Monday protested on the premises of the New Baneshwar-based Parliament.
The government has announced the area surrounding the Parliament building as a no-go zone. However, some of the protesters managed to enter the premises through gate number 3 despite the presence of security personnel while the meeting of the House was underway.
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They protested by lying on the ground inside the Parliament premises saying that they were ready to be shot to get their demands fulfilled.
Police detained scores of protesters.
The debtors, who walked to Kathmandu all the way from various districts, have staged Kathmandu-centric protests for the past few days.
Their demands include scrapping microfinances, writing off their loans and removing loan defaulters from the black list and freeing up their collaterals.
They have accused the micro-finance institutions of enforcing exorbitant interest rates.
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