MPRF-R leaders gave such instruction to the party´s leaders and cadres at a two-day orientation program that concluded on Sunday in Dhulikhel. [break]
“As the major political parties are indifferent to Madhes-based issues, we instructed party cadres to prepare for yet another movement in order to safeguard the achievements of the Madhes movement,” MPRF-R General Secretary Atmaram Sah told Republica.
He said the leaders expressed doubt over country turning federal following the remarks made by coordinator of the State Restructuring Commission Dr Madan Pariyar. Pariyar had said that north-south division of the states would be appropriate for the country
MPRF-R, a constituent party of United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF), has been criticizing the Madhesi alliance for failing to exert pressure on the government to implement the four-point agreement reached between the Maoist party and UDMF on August 29. The present government was formed following the four-point deal.
Sah said they held the two-day program in order to brief the leaders and cadres about progress on Madhes-based issues in the four-point agreement.
“We conveyed that we will keep on exerting pressure from parliament, but if we failed you (must be ready to take to the streets,” Sah told party cadres.
Earlier, a central committee meeting of MPRF-R had warned that the party would be compelled to reconsider its participation in the government if the government remained indifferent to Madhes-based issues.
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