Nepal, Jan. 17 -- The opposition Nepali Congress has drawn the government's attention to the demands of Dr Govinda KC, who has been staging his sixteenth hunger strike in Ilam, at the earliest.

Accusing the government of ignoring KC's demands at a time when his health is deteriorating by the day, the party called for resolving the issue by implementing the agreements reached with him in the past.

Organising a press conference at the party office in Sanepa, Lalitpur, on Wednesday, NC Spokesman Bishwa Prakash Sharma accused the government of not being serious about addressing the campaigner's demands. He also urged the KP Sharma Oli-led administration to resolve the issue urgently.

"The Nepali Congress condemns such tendency, and urges t...