Wednesday, 23 June 2010 18:56
The government has declared1626 people killed during the Maoist conflict as martyrs.
A cabinet meeting took the decision to this effect on Wednesday.
Nepali Congress, UML and some other parties had been demanding that those killed by the Maoists during the insurgency be declared martyrs and their families be compensated.
Previous Maoist-led government had also declared 7000 people, most of them its cadres killed by the state forces, as martyrs.
In another decision, the cabinet meeting decided to transfer cabinet secretary Dhruba Sharma to the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction.
Likewise, the cabinet also decided to hold a ministerial conference of mountainous countries in Kathmandu from September 27 to 28, as per the decision of the cabinet meeting held at the Everest base camp. nepalnews.com
http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/1-top-story/7035-govt-gives-martyr-status-to-1626-people-killed-during-insurgency.html
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