The seven agitating political parties have said that the government is yet to resume the telephone lines of more than one hundred leaders of seven-party alliance.

The government disconnected telephone lines of leaders and cadres from January 19 ahead of mass meeting of the alliance.

Though the government has been releasing leaders and cadres of political parties arrested ahead of municipal polls, the telephone lines are yet to be resumed, according to reports.

The government is yet to resume the telephone service of Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala, though he was released from house arrest after six days.

The telephone lines of General Secretaries of NC Ram Chandra Poudel and Kul Bahadur Gurung, joint general secretary Dr Ram Sharan Mahat, Dr Ram Baran Yadav and spokesperson Krishna Sitaula have not resumed yet, reports Kantipur daily.

Likewise, NC leaders Nara Hari Acharya, Chakra Prashad Bastola, Arjun Nurshing KC, Bal Dev Majgainya, Dil Bahadur Gharti, Laxman Ghimire and Shyam Lal Shrestha are also out of telephone service.

Likewise the telephone lines of General Secretary of CPN-UML Madhav Kumar Nepal and central committee members Surendra Pandey, Rajendra Pandey, Raghuji Pant, Gokarna Bista, Mahendra Pandey and Bhanubhakta Dhakal also remain dead.

The telephone lines of Lila Mani Pokhrel of People’s Front Nepal, General Secretary of NC (Democratic) Bimalendra Nidhi and central committee members Dr Minendra Rijal, Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat and Bal Krishna Khand among others also remained disrupted.

Two telephone lines of party headquarter of CPN-UML and All Nepal Trade Union Federation (GEFONT) and the mobile phone of student leader Gagan Thapa also remain dead.