UDMF leaders stage sit-in at Birgunj border point

BIRGUNJ, Sept 24: Leaders of the United Democratic Madhesi Fornt (UDMF) have staged a sit-in here at the border point of the Nepal India border here in Parsa district on Thursday.

Various Madhesi leaders including Nepal Sadbhawana Party Chairman Anil Kumar Jha, Madhesi People's Rights Forum-Democratic (MPRF-D) Parsa Chairman Shashi Kapur Miya, Parsa chapter Chairman of Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN)Pradip Yadav among others are holding the sit-in at Miteri Bridge linking Raxaul of India with Birgunj.

Following the sit-in, all the cross border supplies have been obstructed. According to Indian employees at their Birgunj-based custom office, they are unable to release the loaded trucks citing critical security situation.



According to MPRF-D's Yadav, they are obliged to stage sit-in at the border point as local administration exercised excessive forces against the protestors.

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