Bharati Manandhar continues hunger strike in Maitighar

Bharati Sherpa (Manandhar) continued her hunger strike for the second day on Thursday.

Manandhar started a hunger strike in Maitighar, Kathmandu from Wednesday, demanding justice for her husband Chetan Manandhar.

She began her hunger strike against the decision of the government to grant amnesty to her husband’s murderer gangster Yograj Dhakal aka Rigal.

President Ram Chandra Paudel on the recommendation of Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government granted amnesty to 670 persons including Rigal serving prison under various charges.

She also filed a case at the Supreme Court against President Paudel who pardoned Rigal’s remaining jail term.

Manandhar, who had reached the Supreme Court from the hunger strike venue on Wednesday, fell unconscious at the premises of the apex court and rushed to the Bir Hospital for treatment.

She started her hunger strike again after the treatment.