Yesterday night, Chautara the district headquarters of Sindhupalchok was attacked by Maoists. Perhaps it was part of the so called peaceful SPA- MB alliance. Attacks lasted throughout the night. 4 civilians killed and 10 were injured. Maoists forcibly broke the doors of the residences of civilians and launched the attack. Govt buildings and schools were burnt. News channels except one or two were busy discussing the heights of the current SPA-MB loktantrik andolan, how the police shelled tear gas on 'innocent' demonstrators and things like that. But the aforementioned incident didn't get place anywhere except for a fleeting 2 sentences. Perhaps everyone feels that the Loktantrik andolan will suffer if the deeds of the Maoists are brought in light. Perhaps the SPAs still don't feel that the success is not their own but due to the agreement with the maoists. I feel sad, but the I feel the real portrayal of the situation is never there. If this andolan succeeds, then will there be loktantra with SPAs or Prachanda's autocratic rule? I don't know.