Submitting a memorandum to Chairman of Interim Council of Ministers Khil Raj Regmi in Baluwatar on Saturday, MPRF-N Chairman Upendra Yadav urged the government to maintain law and order in Tarai. [break]
“The security situation is worsening day by day in Tarai,” said Yadav, adding, “On broad day light, our party leader Pragash Shah was shot at Jaleshwor by an unidentified group on Thursday.” He maintained that the firing at the party office in Jaleshwor, Mahottari reflected ‘naked’ security lapse in Tarai.
“Nepal Police and armed groups of Tarai must have a good relation and the attack on our party leader was a sponsored act,” claimed Yadav. He further said that Tarai-based armed groups were getting political protection. He accused the Regmi-led government of not being serious towards maintaining security situation in the country.
In a separate context, Yadav said that the rescue team and flood relief fund should be sent to the flood-hit areas of the country.
When asked about the possibility of Constituent Assembly (CA) polls on the scheduled date, he was quick to respond that the elections would not be held in status quo. “Unless the 11-point and 25-point agreements are scraped, a conducive environment for the polls will not create,” said Yadav accusing the government of being run by the ‘four party syndicate’.
I have not gone underground: Gupta
Meanwhile, Coordinator of Terai-Madhes National Campaign, Jay Prakash Gupta has clarified that he will not choose the path of violence. Issuing a press note on Saturday, Gupta said, "I haven’t gone underground and I do not feel that the police are keeping a close eye on my activities as the media has reported."
“Madhesi leaders are not working for the cause of Madhes,” said Gupta, adding, “They are deceiving the Madhesi people as they are only involved in fulfilling their own personal ambitions.”
Speaking to Republica, central committee member of Tarai Madhes National Campaign, Rakesh Gupta Roshan said that his chairman Gupta had no connection with armed outfits. “What we believe is that Tarai- based armed outfits should also join peaceful politics,” said Roshan , adding, “Our party chairman Gupta is no more interested in power politics and we will not register our campaign as a political party.”
He claimed that the CA polls would not be held on the scheduled date of November 19. He further maintained that Madhesi parties are out of track as they had already given up on Madhesi agendas.
Meanwhile, a three-day meeting of Central Working Implementation Committee of Sadbhavana Party (SP) that concluded on Saturday has decided that the party should take an initiative to bring Tarai-based armed outfits into mainstream politics. “We have already merged four of the armed groups in our party and we are taking initiatives to unify more armed groups,” said party spokesperson Santosh Kumar Mehta.
Mehta further clarified that unification talks between his party and Mahanth Thakur-led Tarai Madhes Democratic Party was heading in a positive direction. “We are intensifying our talks to unify all Madhesi parties into a single party,” he said.
On a different note, he revealed that some of the central committee members of MPRF-Nepal, MPRF-Democratic, and some other Madheshi parties too are likely to join his party within a few weeks. “We are in favor of meaningful CA polls and the CA elections must be held on the scheduled date,” said Mehta.
Central committee member of SP Rajeev Jha said, “Our three –day meeting has decided to bring other armed groups into open politics and we have planned to suggest the government to withdraw different criminal cases pressed against them so that they can unify with our party.”
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