Demonstration effect

摘要

Lighting Kathmandu with torches by night, protesters have been darkening it by day. Wherever Madhav Kumar Nepal, the prime minister, and his cabinet go, they are greeted by angry Maoists brandishing black flags. A political stand-off is worsening, threatening the fragile peace that has prevailed in Nepal since the end in 2006 of the Maoists' ten-year insurgency.rnSeptember 11th saw the biggest demonstration since May, when Pushpa Kamal Dahal (formerly known as Prachanda), the Maoist leader, resigned as prime minister and took his party into opposition. In a speech to a flag-waving crowd of about 15,000, many in red bandannas, he recalled the 40 demands he made in 2006 to the then government. Its mistake, he said, was to ignore them. Now he has 45.