Four parties under the UDMF alliance met on Tuesday to discuss the three-point proposal forwarded by the government after a consensus between major parties."The proposal is unclear, vague and visionless as it fails to address the 11-point demand forwarded by the UDMF as well as raised by Madhesi, Muslims, dalits indigenous communities like janajati, Tharu and women," stated the UDMF issuing a press release after the meeting.
The UDMF has argued that the proposal has envisaged that the constitution amendment bill could address its demands of proportionate representation and delimitation of electoral constituencies on the basis of population but the bill itself is unclear, vague and incomplete.
"The front has already rejected the proposal during the talks in the initial period stating that the proposal creates confusions among the people and mislead them," stated the UDMF.
"The ongoing protests will continue until the demands on citizenship provisions, delimitation of electoral constituencies and proportionate inclusion are met, and the provincial boundaries are changed," the press release read further.
The UDMF has also urged the government to be serious about the 11-point demand.
"We have rejected the three-point proposal as it is unable to address our demands as the language is vague," said Tarai Madhes Sadbhavana Party leader Ram Naresh Raya.
Meanwhile, UDMF leaders met leaders of the main opposition Nepali Congress on Tuesday to discuss the present political crisis and its solution.
"It was continuation of Monday's talks as the Nepali Congress invited us for the second consecutive day. They told us they are ready to address our concerns related to the constitution amendment bill but had no concrete answers to how they would address the concerns," said Sadbhavana Party Co-Chairman Laxman Lal Karna.
"We also reiterated that a package deal should be reached by addressing our demand for changing the provincial delineations," he added.
Karna, however, said that the recent moves by the government and the main opposition are steps ahead for fruitful dialogue.
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