"The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and news reports have been saying that you UML leaders have been protecting the accused. As the issue has been given a political color, the task of arresting the accused has been further complicated," sources at the home ministry quoted Mahara as saying. "I needed support from you as the chairman of the CPN-UML."[break]
Mahara visited the prime minister´s official residence at Baluwatar seeking support from Khanal Sunday morning while the home minister is facing widespread criticism for failing to arrest the accused.
Responding to Mahara, Prime Minister Khanal said would leave no stone unturned with regard to punishing any UML cadre if found guilty.
"I´ll help you arrest the guilty if any UML cadre has committed crime. You go ahead, I will back you from my side," the source quoted Khanal as saying.
However, the prime minister´s press advisor Surya Thapa refuted it and said the meeting was a regular one. "There is no reason for the home minister to seek support from the prime minister, who has already instructed the minister to spare no one with regard to taking action against the assailants," Thapa told Republica.
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