Clashes have erupted between Nepal's young activists and loyalists of the former ruling party that was overthrown in an uprising in September propelling the Prime Minister Sushila Karki to appeal for calm, reports news agency AFP.

Scuffles broke out after Gen Z members and supporters of ousted former prime minister KP Sharma Oli's Communist Party of Nepal - Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) both held rallies in Simara, a town in Nepal's southern Bara district, on Wednesday.

Though calm did return to Simara but the curfew-was re-imposed till 8pm on Thursday due the continuous tensions and flare-ups between the 2 rival camps.

The former chief justice who was appointed interim prime minister, called on all parties to \"refrain from unwanted political provocation\", and to trust the democr

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