Yadav argued that the formation of the Constituency Delineation Commission without any powers to bring changes to the number of constituency was a part of one of such conspiracies. "Though the Constituency Delineation Commission (CDC) has been formed, it may fail to meet our demands," said Yadav.
He said that the formation of the commission alone is not enough to address the demands raised by the agitiating parties. He said the commission should be empowered so that it can increase or decrease the number of constituencies as required.
Speaking at a function organized by his party in Janakpur on Saturday, Yadav clarified that they are not rooting for a 601-member CA. "We do not have any objection to the size of the new CA. Whether it is 601 seats or 491, it is okay for us but our main demand is that there should be 58% seats allocated under proportional electoral system and 42% under the first-past-the-post system as in the former CA," he said.
He criticized the four major parties represented in the High Level Political Committee (HLPC) for reducing the proportional representation seats. Earlier, the HLPC had agreed to allocate 240 seats for proportional representation system and 240 for first-past-the-post system.
Addressing the same function, senior leader of MPRF-Nepal Bharat Bimal Yadav said an autonomous Madhes province was not in the agenda of the UCPN (Maoist). "The intention of the UCPN (Maoist) in supporting an autonomous Madhes now is nothing but a conspiracy to divide the Madhesi people," Yadav added.
On the occasion, Chairman Yadav welcomed 64 members of the UCPN (Maoist) to the MPRF-N. The leaders defecting to the MPRF-N include Sadhu Yadav, Sudhir Panjiyar, Ashok Raya Yadav, Raj Kumar Mandal and Ramananda Thakur.
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