Incident Reports

Ganga Maya hunger strike: PM, NHRC Chair meet to discuss demands

2018-06-14

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Anup Raj Sharma on Wednesday held discussion regarding the demands of Ganga Maya Adhikari, whose health condition is deteriorating after she resorted to a hunger strike. The meeting between PM Oli and NHRC Chairman Sharma took place at 11:30am this morning. Ganga Maya, who has been seeking justice for the murder of her son Krishna Prasad Adhikari for the past 13 years, began her hunger strike soon after the government decided to grant amnesty to murder-convict Bal Krishna Dhungel on the Republic Day. Ganga Maya is currently receiving medical treatment at a special bed at Bir Hospital following deterioration of her health condition. Erstwhile CPN (Maoist Center) leader Balkrishna Dhungel, a convict for the 1998 murder of Ujjan Kumar Shrestha of Okhaldhunga, was released from Dillibazaar prison after receiving Presidential Pardon on May 29. पछिल्लोपटक आमरण अनशन थालेकी गंगामाया अधिकारीको स्वास्थ्य अवस्था नाजुक बन्दै गएपछि उनको माग बारे छलफल गर्न प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओलीले राष्ट्रिय मानव अधिकार आयोगका अध्यक्ष अनुपराज शर्मासँग परामर्श गरेका छन् । बुधबार बिहान साढे ११ बजेदेखि प्रधानमन्त्री ओली र अध्यक्ष शर्माबीच छलफल सुरु भएको हो । बालकृष्ण ढुंगेललाई सरकारले गणतन्त्र दिवसका दिन सजाय मिनाह गरी कारागार मुक्त गरेसँगै गंगामायाले पुन: आमरण अनशन सुरु गरेकी थिइन् । स्वास्थ्य अवस्था नाजुक बन्दै गएपछि उनलाई वीर अस्पतालको विशेष शैय्यामा राखेर उपचार भइरहेको छ ।

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