Chief of Naya Shakti, Baburam Bhattarai along with other political figures including CP Gajurel, Hisila Yami and Parashu Ram Tamang were detained while demonstrating outside EC Office at Kantipath. Sixty-four parties have demonstrated a sit-in, demanding party election symbols.
Initially, the leaders were kept in a police battalion in Maharajgunj and then transferred to Nepal Police Club in Bhrikutimandap.