MEDIA GOOGLE CPN-Maoist General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal came down heavily upon the UCPN (Maoist)-led government. He alleged that Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai have outdone the Panchas, Nepali Congress and CPN-UML in terms of anti-national activities. “The government signed anti-national Bilateral Investment and Protection Pact Agreement with India. It has also sold rivers and airport among others sensitive areas,” claimed Thapa,” (Ram Bahadur Thapa, The Kathmandu Post, 30Aug.) “If Bhattarai announces his retirement immediately after his return from Iran, a national consensus government would be formed and the nation would also get a political outlet from the current deadlocks, “We are not going to announce the candidate until there is a certainty of Bhattarai’s resignation,” (NC leader Prakash Sharan Mahat, The Kathmandu Post, 30 Aug.) nnnn. nnnn