Activists continue Save Ganga Maya campaign
Save Gangamay campaign @ DHARNA in front of Singhadurbar South gate (2wards CDO off) 2day morning. #savegangamaya pic.twitter.com/AL2HDkCbBE
— Charan Prasai (@CharanPrasai) August 15, 2016
KATHMANDU: Human rights activists have staged a sit-in outside the southern gate of Singha Durbar today under the "Save Ganga Maya" campaign.
Rights activists had started the campaign from Sunday to exert pressure on the government for protecting Ganga Maya Adhikari's life as she has resorted to a hunger strike forsaking intravenous liquid and even water since Thursday last week.
She has been calling for action against the murderers of her son, Krishna Prasad Adhikari, who was killed during the Maoist insurgency period on June 6, 2004.
Human rights activists Charan Prasai, Indra Aryal, Suman Adhikari, Krishna Aryal, Shova Maharjan, Sabitri Shrestha and Bhijraj Chapagain among others had participated in the sit-in.
Ganga Maya and her husband, Nanda Prasad, had first begun their hunger strike in front of the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar in January 2013. They launched their second hunger strike the following month and ended it on the 47th day after an agreement with the government, which included action on the First Information Report against some suspects, including Parshuram Paudel. But, they were released later.
Nanda Prasad had died on September 22, 2014 after 329 days of fast-unto-death at the Hospital. Even after losing her husband, Ganga Maya had continued her hunger strike for a total of 360 days until the government signed a five-point deal with her in October 2015.
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