Background: Tharuhat movement had been on going in different forms since decades. In 2015 during the making of 2015 Constitution, protests erupted again which lasted months particularly in Nepal's Western Terai. It reached to its apex at Aug 24, 2015 when 7 police officers and a child were killed during protests which turned the fate of protests.
2015 Jul 2: Constituent Assembly started to discuss over the draft of the new constitution presented by constitution draft committee.
2015 Aug 8: Four major political parties Congress, UML, Maoist and Forum-Democratic agreed on a new 6 states model.
2015 Aug 21: After several protests in two weeks 3 major political parties (Congress, UML & Maoist) agreed on a new 7 states model. MJF-democratic opposed the agreement. Tharuhat and Madheshi protests was ongoing.
2015 Aug 24: Tikapur Incident 2015: 7 police officers, 1 two-years old child, and 3 protesters killed in Tikapur, Kailali district in a violent protest organized by Tharuhat/ Tharuwan united front. Other 17 from Nepal Police and 21 from APF were injured in the incident. Police were killed by extreme measures like by spear, sward, and buring alive. Many accused including Resham Lal Chaudhari went underground.
Killed:
(1) SSP Laxman Neupane (fatally impaled with spear)
(2) Police inspector Balaram Bishta (killed by sharp weapons)
(3) Police inspector Keshav Bohora (killed by sharp weapons)
(4) Police constable Laxman Khadka.
(5) Police constable Lokendra Chand (killed by sharp weapons)
(6) APF Head Constable Ram Bihari Chaudhary Tharu (burnt alive)
(7) APF Head Constable Lalit Saud.
(8) Tek Bahadur (2 years old son of APF head constable Saud).
Emergency meeting of the National Security Council in Kathmandu decided to deploy the army in Kailali, Sarlahi and Rautahat districts.
2015 Sep 13: Kailali district police filed murder case against 21 person for killing 8 police and 1 child in Aug 24. Indicted include Mjf-D central committee member Laxman Tharu, tharu kalyankari sabha president Laruham Chaudhari. Police had arrested 39 people among whom 18 were released on general date.
2017 Nov 26 & Dec 7: General election held. Resham Chaudhari won election from Kailali-1. He ran from RJPN Party by registering his candidacy via proxy while still in hiding.
2018 Feb 26: Resham Chaudhary surrendered to Kailali district court.
2019 Jan 3: Resham Chaudhari sworn in as a member of house of representative. Chaudhary was brought in from the Dilli Bazar Jail to parliament building for the ceremony and the police took him back to the prison after its completion.
2019 March 7: Kailali District Court gave life sentence to 11 people including then RJPN MP Resham Lal Chaudhary for their role in the massacre. RJPN opposed the decision saying the incident was political not criminal. As a convicted criminal, Resham Chaudhari automatically lost his post of member of house of representatives.
Convictions: life sentence (11 people), 10 years (12 people), six months (1 person)
Resham Lal Chaudhary,
Harinarayan Chaudhary,
Raj Kumar Kathariya,
Sundar Lal Kathariya,
Brija Mohan Dagaura,
Rajesh Chaudhary,
Bir Bahadur Chaudhary,
Pradip Chaudhary,
Sitaram Chaudhary,
Shrawan Chaudhary,
Gangaram Dagaura Chaudhary, and many others
2020 Dec 17: The Dipayal High Court upheld the 2019 March decision of the Kailali District Court about convicting lawmaker Resham Chaudhary and seven others. A division bench of judges Tek Narayan Kunwar and Sitaram Mandal issued the verdict. The high court also added the punishment to Laxman Tharu now giving his life sentence. District Court had released Tharu after three years in jail.
2022 Jan 3: Resham Chaudhari registered new political party named "Nagarik Unmukti Party". His wife Ranjita Shrestra became chairman of the party. Chaudhary was with Mahantha Thakur-led Loktantrik Samajwadi Party Nepal (LSP) after the split in Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP).
2022 Nov 20: General election held in Nepal. Nagarik unmukti party won 4 seats (including 1 independent seat). Ranjeeta Shrestha (Kailali 1), Arun Kumar Chaudhary (Kailali 2), Ganga Ram Chaudhary (Kailali-3) were the winners. Where as Resham's father Lalbir Chaudhary (independent) won form Bardiya 2 as a back up candidate as candidacy of Resham Chaudhari was denied in Berdiya-2.
2023 May 11: The government introduced a new bill to parliament with the aim of releasing former lawmaker Resham Chaudhary. The Bill to Amend Some Nepal Acts, has a provision that people affiliated with political groups that have signed agreements with the government to join peaceful convicts will be freed of their charges.
2023 May 16: The Supreme Court upheld the decisions of lower courts to convict Resham Chaudhary in 2015 Tikapur incident. A division bench of justices Anand Mohan Bhattarai and Nahakul Sudedi gave that verdict. Resham and 10 others were convicted by the Kailali District Court on Mar 6, 2019 and by the Dipayal High Court on Dec 18, 2020.
2023 May 28: President pardoned Resham Chaudhari by the recommendation of the government. He is being released 14 years 9 months earlier, as he was given life sentenced (20 years) among which he already spent 5 years and 3 months in prison. Sharada Bohora (kadayat), wife of police inspector Keshab Bohora who was killed in Tikapur incident, filled writ petition in the Supreme Court against this decision.
2015 Jul 2: Constituent Assembly started to discuss over the draft of the new constitution presented by constitution draft committee.
2015 Aug 8: Four major political parties Congress, UML, Maoist and Forum-Democratic agreed on a new 6 states model.
2015 Aug 21: After several protests in two weeks 3 major political parties (Congress, UML & Maoist) agreed on a new 7 states model. MJF-democratic opposed the agreement. Tharuhat and Madheshi protests was ongoing.
2015 Aug 24: Tikapur Incident 2015: 7 police officers, 1 two-years old child, and 3 protesters killed in Tikapur, Kailali district in a violent protest organized by Tharuhat/ Tharuwan united front. Other 17 from Nepal Police and 21 from APF were injured in the incident. Police were killed by extreme measures like by spear, sward, and buring alive. Many accused including Resham Lal Chaudhari went underground.
Killed:
(1) SSP Laxman Neupane (fatally impaled with spear)
(2) Police inspector Balaram Bishta (killed by sharp weapons)
(3) Police inspector Keshav Bohora (killed by sharp weapons)
(4) Police constable Laxman Khadka.
(5) Police constable Lokendra Chand (killed by sharp weapons)
(6) APF Head Constable Ram Bihari Chaudhary Tharu (burnt alive)
(7) APF Head Constable Lalit Saud.
(8) Tek Bahadur (2 years old son of APF head constable Saud).
Emergency meeting of the National Security Council in Kathmandu decided to deploy the army in Kailali, Sarlahi and Rautahat districts.
2015 Sep 13: Kailali district police filed murder case against 21 person for killing 8 police and 1 child in Aug 24. Indicted include Mjf-D central committee member Laxman Tharu, tharu kalyankari sabha president Laruham Chaudhari. Police had arrested 39 people among whom 18 were released on general date.
2015 Sep 20 Sun (Ashoj 3, 2072 BS): President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav promulgated the Constitution of Nepal 2015 at the last meeting of Constituent Assembly.
2015 Sep 24 Thu: India started blocking the open Indo-Nepal border to pressurize Nepal through control of supply in solidarity with Madheshi and Tharu protests. Which lasted a few months. India always denied the blockade.
2017 Nov 26 & Dec 7: General election held. Resham Chaudhari won election from Kailali-1. He ran from RJPN Party by registering his candidacy via proxy while still in hiding.
2018 Feb 26: Resham Chaudhary surrendered to Kailali district court.
2019 Jan 3: Resham Chaudhari sworn in as a member of house of representative. Chaudhary was brought in from the Dilli Bazar Jail to parliament building for the ceremony and the police took him back to the prison after its completion.
2019 March 7: Kailali District Court gave life sentence to 11 people including then RJPN MP Resham Lal Chaudhary for their role in the massacre. RJPN opposed the decision saying the incident was political not criminal. As a convicted criminal, Resham Chaudhari automatically lost his post of member of house of representatives.
Convictions: life sentence (11 people), 10 years (12 people), six months (1 person)
Resham Lal Chaudhary,
Harinarayan Chaudhary,
Raj Kumar Kathariya,
Sundar Lal Kathariya,
Brija Mohan Dagaura,
Rajesh Chaudhary,
Bir Bahadur Chaudhary,
Pradip Chaudhary,
Sitaram Chaudhary,
Shrawan Chaudhary,
Gangaram Dagaura Chaudhary, and many others
2020 Dec 17: The Dipayal High Court upheld the 2019 March decision of the Kailali District Court about convicting lawmaker Resham Chaudhary and seven others. A division bench of judges Tek Narayan Kunwar and Sitaram Mandal issued the verdict. The high court also added the punishment to Laxman Tharu now giving his life sentence. District Court had released Tharu after three years in jail.
2022 Jan 3: Resham Chaudhari registered new political party named "Nagarik Unmukti Party". His wife Ranjita Shrestra became chairman of the party. Chaudhary was with Mahantha Thakur-led Loktantrik Samajwadi Party Nepal (LSP) after the split in Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP).
2022 Nov 20: General election held in Nepal. Nagarik unmukti party won 4 seats (including 1 independent seat). Ranjeeta Shrestha (Kailali 1), Arun Kumar Chaudhary (Kailali 2), Ganga Ram Chaudhary (Kailali-3) were the winners. Where as Resham's father Lalbir Chaudhary (independent) won form Bardiya 2 as a back up candidate as candidacy of Resham Chaudhari was denied in Berdiya-2.
2023 May 11: The government introduced a new bill to parliament with the aim of releasing former lawmaker Resham Chaudhary. The Bill to Amend Some Nepal Acts, has a provision that people affiliated with political groups that have signed agreements with the government to join peaceful convicts will be freed of their charges.
2023 May 16: The Supreme Court upheld the decisions of lower courts to convict Resham Chaudhary in 2015 Tikapur incident. A division bench of justices Anand Mohan Bhattarai and Nahakul Sudedi gave that verdict. Resham and 10 others were convicted by the Kailali District Court on Mar 6, 2019 and by the Dipayal High Court on Dec 18, 2020.
2023 May 28: President pardoned Resham Chaudhari by the recommendation of the government. He is being released 14 years 9 months earlier, as he was given life sentenced (20 years) among which he already spent 5 years and 3 months in prison. Sharada Bohora (kadayat), wife of police inspector Keshab Bohora who was killed in Tikapur incident, filled writ petition in the Supreme Court against this decision.
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