Quote of the Day (#1):
“You should pressure the Maoists to make public about the status of abducted people before asking the government. Call off the stir and instead, pressure the Maoists to publicize whereabouts of people disappeared by them.”
-Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (as quoted by a family member of the disappeared person this afternoon). Koirala said that the government would make public the whereabouts of those disappeared at the hands of state only after the Maoists disclose details of those they have disappeared. (source)
[The Prime Minister couldn't be blamed for making such statements because the Maoists are intensifying their policy of double standard politics by encircling the army headquarters while negotiating peace with the government. This should be stopped along with extortion and 'taxing' Nepali people.] Continue reading
