Cadres of Naya Shakti Nepal organised a protest against the Election Commission's decision not to provide election symbol to the parties not representing at Parliament as per the Local Level Election Act-2017 at the District  Election Commission (EC) Office at  Bijulibazar in  Kathmandu on  Monday.

The party's supporters torched copies of election Code of Conduct during today's protest.

Earlier, former prime minister and coordinator of the Naya Shakti Nepal Baburam Bhattarai, his spouse Hisila Yami of Naya Shakti Nepal, CPN Maoist Revolutionary leader CP Gajurel, lawmaker Ganga Chaudhary, former state minister for home affairs Rijwan Ansari, among leaders of five dozen fringe parties were arrested for staging a sit-in outside the office of the Election Commission (EC) in the Capital on Sunday

The detainees were forcibly released from Police Club on Sunday evening after they refused to leave the camp.

They continued their sit-in also in police custody, refusing to leave the detention centre until their demands are met.

The agitating parties had submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhee Prasad Yadav on Thursday, demanding an amendment to the act within 48 hours of its submission.