KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Minister of State for Health and Population, Dr Toshima Karki has issued a clarification after she was criticized for making a video of her visit to the Kirtipur-based burn hospital on Wednesday and for entering the burn ward of the hospital without wearing gloves and without taking permission to meet Prem Prasad Acharya who committed self-immolation in front of the parliament building in New Baneshwor on Tuesday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Mayor Balendra Shah has stated that due to the actions of the state, individuals have been driven to the point of setting themselves on fire in front of the parliament building in the capital. He shared this message on his official Facebook page on Wednesday.