Netra Bikram Chand alias Biplav General Secretary of Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand) in a press release has announced a five-day agitation against the arrest of leaders including ‘western command in-charge’ and secretariat member Dharmendra Bastola ‘Kanchan’, reports Khabarhub on January 14. The statement said that a nationwide protest rally would be held on January 16, a protest rally on January 18, a protest assembly on January 20, a torch rally on January 21, and Nepal Bandh on January 23.