KATHMANDU: A group of people carrying yellow and saffron flags and demanding that Nepal be declared Hindu state clashed with security personnel at New Baneshwar area  in the Capital on Monday afternoon.

Police resorted to lathi charge and used water cannon to disperse the agitating Hindu activists as the latter dismantled the barricade and tried to enter the prohibitory area near the Constituent Assembly building.

Blowing conch, the protesters wanted to march towards the CA when police intervened them.

Following the police action, an irate group vandalised a UN vehicle with blue licence plate that diplomatic missions use.

Earlier today, the CA rejected the amendment proposal to recognise Nepal as a Hindu state and endorsed the Article 4 which reaffirmed that Nepal will remain a secular state.