KATHMANDU, March 20 -- The agitating Gurkhas Joint Satyagraha Struggle Committee (GJSSC) has threatened to launch stringent protests from July 1 if their demand to form a talks team comprising the representatives of Nepal government, UK government and agitating ex-Gurkha servicemen to settle the issues of compensation and pension parity with their British counterparts.

While expressing disappointment that the British government had recently announced a 'meager' hike in their pension instead of ensuring parity with their British counterparts, the GJSSC has announced to launch various protests including mass demonstrations both in Nepal and the UK, obstruct the work of Gurkha recruitment centers and stage decisive a hunger strike against t...