DETAILS OF ANTI-GOVT.PROTESTS WEDNESDAY KATHMANDU, 22 Jan.: Nine parties are coming out Wednesday with details of their anti-government protests. Top NC and UML leaders discussed the plans Tuesday. Nnnn UPDATE AAHA GOLD CUP Kathmandu, 22 Jan.: Jawalakhel Youth Club defeated Dharan Football Club 4-2 in the inaugural match of the Aaha Gold Cup in pOkhara Tuesday. Nnnn THREE ARRESTED WITH ITALIAN PISTOL Kathmandu, 22 Jan.: Three persons were arrested Tuesday by police with an Italian pistol at Chauni. Bullets were also recovered from ,Santosh Dangal of Morang, Mahendra Bhattarai of Paanchthar and Rabin Bista of Jhapa. Nnnn PM GETS A BASHING ON TWITTER Kathmandu, 23 Jan.:If Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai was looking for some positive feedback on his 17 months in government in his newly-opened Twitter account, he was in for a rude awakening, The Kathmandu Post writes.. The PM is on the receiving end in his first two days at the micro blogging platform, with his handle flooded with displeasure over a range of his government’s decisions. On Sunday, Bhattarai joined Twitter, creating a handle @brb_laaldhwoj, to reach out to Nepali social media users. “Nepalese people were expecting much more from Dr Bhattarai but now all expectations are almost dead,” tweeted Basu Timalsina, an immigrant Nepali in the UAE. The angry tweeples complained that ‘dirt cannot cleanse dirt,’ referring to Bhattarai’s post and arguing that his government was finding it difficult to address the problem of loadsheeding that began much ahead of his party’s ascent to power. “Comrade is likely to set a record of the most criticized prime minister in twitter ,” commented Kali_da, an anonymous follower of the PM. Bhattarai’s way of handling his Twitter account was sharply criticised and people argued that ‘he had no social media strategy.’ “His Twitter handling has been very poor in the first two days. He has unfollowed people whom he followed yesterday (Sunday), which is very disappointing,” Indra Dhoj Ksherti, a social media enthusiast, blogger and a journalism teacher, told the Post. “So far, the PM has not made posts mentioning anyone and this shows that he is in no mood to interact and just wants to have his say.” As of 10:30 pm Monday, Bhattarai had 3,107 followers and he followed only six, including a single Nepali. Experts say that the PM can at least follow some prominent Nepalis rather than just going behind Foreign Policy, World Economic Forum, EPW, Monthly Review and US President Barack Obama. On Monday, Bhattarai came out strongly, demanding unconditional release of Nepal Army Col Kumar Lama. Lama, whose arrest drew a strong national as well as international response on impunity in Nepal, will be presented in a UK court for a second hearing on Thursday. “Col Kumar Lama must be freed unconditionally. It is Nepal’s business to deal with him according to transitional justice mechanism,” wrote Bhattarai, adding that ‘transitional justice mechanism not traditional criminal justice system’ should deal with conflict-era cases. “If you want this, put off your papers from post of PM; if you are only the PM of Kumar Lama and of UCPN Maoist,” replied an angry Anil Karki. nnnn