Though, showing the cause of unsound financial condition of NOC (Nepal Oil Corporation) and in the name to bring price as per across the border, the government forgot its social duty that faced by poor Nepalese people in hard and grief in their life. The government took the mean to load over the price on the shoulder of poor Nepalese people rather than to infiltrate, transparent and to assume competitive NOC corrupted mechanism to revive in its' precondition.

Moreover student community humiliated and fired with this decision of Chanda government after not any alternatives left to survive with their limited resources. The cost of rationing they declared in kerosene, would be 23.00, is not more than the vested interest of the corrupted NOC mechanism with the patronage of the related government. Public transport owners hiked the fares on public buses by 30-40 percent. And, domestic airline operators decided unilaterally to add RS. 350 per passenger in airfare. As a vanguard of social and democratic movement, ANNFSU took out rally to protest this public-suffering decision of the government. Writing each letter on black cotton sheet and tying each it in their chest, ANNFSU leaders and cadres chanted and demonstrated on the street for the immediate drawl of this decision.

BUTWAL MURDER: A SHAMEFUL ACT OF SINFUL GOVERNMENT

The students were returning back to the campus after successfully lunching 45-minute strike program at Mahendrachwok-Butwal as per already scheduled  by the seven students' organisations of Nepal against this petroleum price hike by the government. Certainly, in nature, students were more excited with these governments' non-philanthropic decision. They articulated the slogans against the king Ganendra's evil interest to disparate the multiparty democracy. Then the skirmish took place with police. The police with out warning and with out taking any measure to control to the students, they opened fire and shot dead one district student leader Devi Lal Paudel. The police entered within the campus premise. They brutally Lathi charged, opened the tear gas and fired two blank shots. Dozens of students sustained injuries.

Then to protest this venerable act of police, the students took a mean of bull-diplomacy by stopping vehicles and took set ablaze the police beat.

Paudel was a District Leader of Nepal Progressive Students' Union also was in the joint student movement along with ANNFSU and with all other sevens. Bullet penetrated his head. His blood spilled all over the ground of Butwal Campus. He sacrificed his valuable life for the cause of student rights, democracy and social justice. He will remember as a first martyr of the whole pro-democratic movement launched after the King's retrogression path by the Oct. 4^th, 2002.

At that night ANNFSU and seven students' organisation took meeting, honoured Paudel as a martyr and committed to uplift the movement by transforming this hour of grief towards the glorious path of victory. By the next morning, ANNFSU and seven organisations carried out a protest rally against the brutal incident of Butwal.

Next day, early in the morning, they noticed in all campuses of valley. Thousand of students gathered at Ratnapark by eight o'clock flattering the flags of organisation and shouting  the innermost anger on their slogans against regressive government they shouted - King Ganendra down! down !, Chanda government- downfall! downfall!  Long live- martyr Devi Paudel! . Brutal government-downfall! etc.

The fierce and anger mob headed in the direction of Putalisadak. All the traffics were jammed. Student set ablaze a fire on tyre in the middle street. Police could not dare to come near to the students' rally. They were consistently facing the hit of stone and bricks. Then the rally turning by the direction of R.R. campus reached again at Ratnapark. Till this moment, the small demonstrations were on to join the main rally. The continued skirmish was happened between police and students. The students' leader addressed the students' mass gathered and then dispersed the mass to converge at that day-protest-program at Trichandra collage.

On 9th April, the Home Ministry constituted a three members probe committee headed by joint secretary of home ministry to investigate upon the death of student leader of Butwal incident to submit a report to the government within three days. Along with major political parties, a number of organisations had condemned this Butwal incident. The office of dean of Tribhuwan University urged demand to find fact and take immediate action on such accuses. At the same day, Supreme Court issued a showcase to the government for the reason to hike petroleum-price.

At noon of April 10^th, ANNFSU and seven agitating student organisations organised protest mass meeting against this brutal act of government. The heavy flow of the students joined this program. Since the valley is under full of horror, no buses and other vehicles seem to the street. Students' of TU, Patan, Pashupati and from many other colleges came Trichandra collage crossing long way of two hour on foot. They reached at program spot joining a fight with police. They demonstrated and shouted on the whole way.

They reach at the heart of Kathmandu demonstrating and shouting the slogans against government, and setting a fire on tyre along the whole way. They smashed the police beats and dozens of government vehicles they met on the street.

At around to full gathering of students', the students' started to ablaze a fire with tyre in the middle of the Kings way near to the front gate of TC collage. The skirmishes were started between police and students. Police were back towards the direction of royal place due to the heavy thrown of bricks and stones from the students' side. At that day's protest with mass meeting, ANNFSU president Rajendra Kumar Rai, NSU secretary general Gagan Thapa, ANNISU-Revolutionary president Devendra Parajuli, ANNISU unified President Krisna Adhikari addressed the mass meeting. The student leaders lambasted the king and king's government not to play with this fire, the 'student-forces'. There, in other side, fray between police and students' was continuing. Police fired tear gas and two students cadres were seriously injured.

After finished the program, the students were dispersed on their way. Looking this chance, the police broke into the campus and beat up the students. The students' were dragged out from the buildings and thrashed with boot and batons. The traces of blood of the students seemed scatter around the campus premises. The three students thrown down from the rooftop of building. Hence, dozen of students were seriously injured. In Butwal, the whole day was in full of tense. The annoyed demonstrations of the students poured over in the street. The whole city was closed down. Vehicles took a rest in full of strike. The same also happened in Biratnagar. The heavy mass of the students came out in the street and flayed this bloody killing of the student.

The movement cut fire nation-wide. The joint student struggle committee put forth the demands to the government to take action against accusation and to give compensation to his family of Devilal Paudel. They issued an ultimatum to fulfil their demands with in a week. Though, they reduced the indefinite call of Butwal Band for a week, Its' repercussions not only seen in Butwal, but spread up to Rupandehi and Chitwon. This was perhaps the longest strike seem In Butawal. It faced the shortage of daily usable goods and vegetables. Since, it is the neck point to pass east west, all national transportation system was on jam. The fierce demonstrations were continued and skirmishes between police and students were happened. In Butwal, dozens of students were injured as police Lathi-charged to disperse protesting students. Life of Butwal remained paralysed. The western important city Nepalgunj also cut fire of this movement. As the students were parked to flay the Butwal incident and started to close down the shutter of shop, the fray took place between police and students. The police atrocities seem again there in Nepalgunj. Seven students and ten policemen wounded. The policemen severely beaten up one local journalist keeping him in custody. In Biratnagar, students showed black flags to prime minister, who was in the city to inaugurate a newly built building of Morang Industry organisation. They shouted aggressive slogans against him. The whole city was closed. Some government vehicles have been targeted at a moment. Police charged the batons and new skirmishes took place between police and student. As police cracked down the masses of students, they followed the agitators and entered inside the newspaper office. They could not able to find the demonstrators but they beat up the local journalists.

On April 10, Narayangadh and Butwal converted into full of tension. Butwal Joint Struggle Committee (BJSC) called whole Rupendhehi close along with Butwal city.

In Narayangadh, students demonstrating a fierce rally brunt an effigy of primer-ship at Sahid-Chwok. They launched three-hour vehicle strike. The mean of tauro-machy by destroying government vehicles was also taken there. The police and army jointly deployed to repress agitators. They Lathi Charged on the mass of students.

At the same day Janakpur and Rajbiraj were also closed down. In Janakpur, a fierce group of students threw stones at home of Dr. Asharfi shah, one of the minister of Chand Government. They dismantled the glasses of police beat-post of Bhanuchwok.

To reduce the tempo of the spreading movement, retrogressive King Ganendra took dismissal to the home minister Dharma Bahadur Thapa, Education Minister Devi Prasad Ojha and Supply minister Mahesh Lal Pradhan. It was the quackery to be safe from the out burst anger of the student community. And, it was trial to be seen the king in philanthropic motive among the people.

Through by this removal of three ministers, students' agitation did not come on cool but advanced and spread up nation-wide.

In Bara district, huge rally was demonstrated demanding rolling back of petro-prices and resignation of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chanda. In Bhairahawa, the general strike called by joint action committee of student organisations culminated in a joint mass meeting. In the same way, Kapilvastu also fell on the verge of general strike. At that evening, the student organisations lunched successfully black out program. Police arrested 21 protestors along with NSU general secretary Gagan Thapa and ANNFSU secretariat member Rajan Rai(11^th April).

Next day, student organisation announced closure of petrol pumps nation-wide. On April 13^th, eight student organisations called a massive protest program as scheduled closure of all private schools and campuses on April 26 and 27.

Students' organization that led movement:

All Nepal National Free Students' Union (ANNFSU)
Nepal Student Union (NSU)
All Nepal National Independent Students' Union (Unified)-(ANNISU-Unified)
All Nepal National Independent Students' Union Revolutionary (ANNISU-R)
Nepal Progressive Students' Union.
All Nepal National Free Students' Union (ANNFSU-split group).
Nepal Revolutionary Students' Union
Nepal Students' Forum.

By this meeting, there seemed differences on how to drive further movement. As Tribhuwan University has already declared the election of Free Student Union, ANNFSU and other seven were on stand to conduct simultaneously the student movement and election. But, ANNISU-revolutionary was insisting to postpone the poll. In fact, Free Student Union election is the result of great struggle of student during the hard time of Panchayat autocracy. It played vital role for the democratic movement of Nepal.

According to regular schedule, the election should be hold as scheduled. But, at that time ANNFSU-Revolutionary stood against this student election as they put demand to T.U. administrative to make public the status of their detained student leaders. Actually, during the time of state of emergency, the fray between state and moist was on climax. As related with this movement their student leader also arrested and kept in custody. Their where about was not making public. Probably, they were brutally killed. Of course, it is great violence in reflection of international law and human right. But this time Maoist and government were on talk making cease-fire. They should create pressure to the government. But, they did not do so. They took mean of tauromachy on their military might creating terror among campuses to abrupt the election process.

On such a fashion, ANNFSU-Revolutionary, We ANNFSU, remaining other student organisations and T.U. administrative came to agreement to put demand and pressurise to government to make public the arrested student leaders. And, consequently agreed to lunch student election by the next Month.

This time also, they expressed openly not to let proceed the election. It brought the clear differences on the stance between ANNISU-Revolutionary and other seven. We made best try to go jointly proposing them by setting demand of detained student leaders on the chart of joint student movement. They did not come to agree.

They were willing to postpone the scheduled election. Here, the question generally arises, why they wanted to impede abruptly the student election? The crystal clear fact is that their party in national contest has been demanding the referendum for constitutional assembly. In Nepal, student election measures the popularity of political power among the educated new generation. It relied, as mini general election. ANNFSU-Revolutionary's popular base among the campus students is too poor. From the beginning of the history, ANNFSU has been being great winner in this election. This time, ANNFSU was reunified. No doubt! ANNFSU would gain landslide victory in this free student election. Hence, the ultra leftist organisation did their best by impeding the election with their military terror made relief on what the ultra rightist should bear tension in the future. Because, the ultra rightist know very well that the seed of democratic movement has grown up on this fertile land of free student union. Hence, differentiating on this issue ANNFSU-Revolutionary ousted from the joint student movement.

The declaration of movement conjoining with scheduled election was lunched vigorously nation-wide.

In due course, the Rautahat was closed (general strike). The clashes between security forces and student made tense situation. Student hit over government vehicles and damaged many government offices. Police arrested more than 17 students. As they called nation-wide Banda on April 28 and 29,as its' pre program blackout, massive torch light rally and nation-wide strike were successfully lunched till April 19th. The government strictly banned over the torch light rally. In hundred of places, student carried out torchlight rally and fierce demonstration. Police brutally poured over this rally, though not succeeded to over these street tigers.

With the hidden patronage of Chand government and T.U. administrative, ANNFSU revolutionary forcefully locked on offices of election procedure brought the movement again in juncture to burst. The postpone notice of T.U. on FSU election indefinitely showing due cause of Revolutionaries pressure geared up the tempo of irritation among the students. The announcement of TU to suspend the proposed FSU election on April 17^th converted the campus premises and annexed streets into battlefield. The rattling of bricks and stones among the students and police rejoined the tug of war. They brunt tyres on the street near campus premises.The street of RR Campus, Amrit Science Campus, Shankardev Campus and dozens of Kathmandu were on a dilapidated look with brunt tyres and pile of bricks and rocks. Beergunj and Butwal also remained tensed. Students brunt the chair of campus chief. In Gaighat, campus and other educational institutions were closed down. The Far East Jhapa and western part-Nepalgunj was floored under the angry demonstration of students. At that day more than 25 students were arrested and dozens of students were injured. Students of Mahendra Multiple in Dharan closed two plain cloth police personals inside the campus building. Agreed in writing not to inter in campus in future, he released after several hours. And, the same happened in Biratnagar. Plain cloth police personnel closed in campus premises from 10 am-6pm. After trilateral meeting between police, student and campus chief, he released later making assign on the paper of accusation.

The Rattle-Battle in campus
As the security forces entered the premises of central campus TU on 18^th April, 2003, students protested them telling the 'words of anger' on an evolving ground of one of their friends crusade at Butwal and the day before postpone of FSU election. This converted the situation in tense. Hence, the rattling of bricks and stones of students vis tear gas of riotous polices converted the TU premises on the battlefield.

The hostel and campus premise barricaded compiling stones and bricks, breaking the way by the electricity poles and cut-downed tree and showing the tog of war backwards and forwards along with rattling stones and teargas cells. Police fired more than 200 tear gas cells and students rattled stone and bricks in against. As more, they caught the thrown teargas-cells stopping up in its leakage and reimbursed to the police. Cells chemical blistered on hand of the fighters. It made wound on fingers and later had to treat.

As fighting was continuing, the police intervened the hostel. Police ruthlessly beat up the student whether they were involved in fighting or not. Two students were thrown down from the rooftop of three-stair hostel. Fortunately, they could alive, as they were thrown via plywood rooftop of another small building and finally fell on ground. Police damaged door and entered inside. After four Friends jumped down through window and ran way facing the baton of police. ANNFSU cadre Rajendra was still in the room. There was other police waiting the ground severely beat up on his unconscious falling condition. According to eyewitness, the one of the students was on middle of the 10^th of polices and batons were charged on him at once. In adjoining street of campus premise, the combating forces uploaded in 3 trucks were patrolled.

Dozens of student seriously injured & three of them were arrested. The wounded students rushed to the Teaching Hospital. Among them the condition of Rajendra was too serious. The three arrested, Kibraj sharma & …… cadres of ANNFSU and Tara Dhamala of NSU were jailed in Bisalbazar police station. As he told to me, Khibraj bore police atrocities within police office. Police severely beaten up after taking him in jail.

Next day, central campus was on verge of violence and full of tension. Some of the students who were beaten up last day, set fire on old book store building on thought of rivalry to the brutal government. At noon, in fierce mood, the cadres of student organisations set fire on the chairs of FSU election commission office & principal office of central campus. Though government media rumoured this event at large as the students burn the Gandhi Bhaban and campus Building. Actually students did this mean of tauromacy to relief their irritation.

In downtown campuses of capital, R.R. campus was already fallen in verge of confrontation. To burn tyres, blockade the traffic, piling and throwing stones were students' common duty. As police had the stone blocking plastic shields the students used tin and 'silt net' to block bricks from police side. The silt net was kept there to filter the silt for the building construction. Seeing the silt net police used to laugh but continued again to fight.

Students of Shankerdev also blocked traffic of Putalisadak till three hours. At exchange of breaks and stone from student and police, the almost shops were closed that day.
The students of Ascol, Trichandra, Padma Kanya, Mahendra Ratna, patan and Sarasoti also joined a stone-brick fray to the police at the whole daylong. The road of Ascol Campus was under the control of students. No vehicles were aloud to pass though this way. In P.K. campus, the police arrested Indra Tiwari, Urmila Pangyar and Binita Adhikari from the battle of students and police. Police also arrested the FSU-Mahendra Ratna campus Vice-president Mohan Gautam from the campus premises.

The front street of campuses of capital seemed as littering stone and breaks and with remnant of burnt tyres.
In out of capital, the same happened in the major cities of country such as in Pokhara, Biratnager, Butwal, Chitawn, Surkhet, Nepalgunj, Dhangadi, Mahendranager, Janakpur and Hetauda with clashes between police and students, closedown of city and educational institutions, burning of tyre and attack over government vehicles.

At the same day to cool students' fierce mood, the government compensated five hundred thousand rupees to the diseased family of student. This was no more than crocodile tearing to subjugate the spreading of students' movement. The deputy prime minister Badri Parsad Mandal at occasion to give compensation blamed the leaders of political parties to 'derail the peace process. At a time to hand-over cash, martyrs Devi Paudel's old father burst into tears asking the minister; ' Was My Sons life worth five hundred thousand rupees?'

In another hand government ordered the district administrative to take stern action against all those involved in violent action. As stipulated by the home ministry statement, "at a time when the peace talks between government and Maoist are about to start, we are deeply in hurts by these types of vulnerable activities." It cleared that the revealing sentiment of government was in hurry. Certainly, student movement succeeded to over the police force. In next day, the government ordered prohibitory banning over the torchlight rally. This ban was issued, keeping in mind, that day's open students' torch light rally on the eve of the nation-wide after-day strike. The students overcome defying the ban of home ministry. In Kathmanda valley, more than 22 places, including Sundhara, Ason, Indrachoak, Raktakali, Baneshwor, Gyanesshor, Patan, Khichapokhari, Maitidevi, Chhetrapati, Naradevi, Suryabinayak, Koteshor, Lagan, nagol, and Kirtipur. Rallies were demonstrated across the major cities nation-wide. The skirmishes took place between students and police in Jhapa, Sanja and Palpa. In Jhapa, more seven students were injured when police blank fired in air and 4 students were injured with their baton charge.

As students making for evening touch light rally, police arrested four cadres. That day riot police with supportive of Army poured in the street. They were seemed in mood to snatch the rally before starting.