[3] Party president Prachanda publicly maintained that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) Nepal Compact could not be ratified without amending certain clauses.

[5] Major national newspapers criticized Prachanda's move, saying it would deteriorate Nepal's diplomatic strength and virtue.

[6][7] They reported that it was dual nature of the party to both stay in government and protest at the same time for personal profit and vote swing.

Trees were broken, the blocks of footpath were removed to attack police as shown in picture.

Leader of opposition and chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist), KP Sharma Oli of condemned the decision of Maoists to stay in government while destroying public property at the same time.