At a press conference at the party´s headquarters in Balkumari that was held to announce the second phase of protest programs, Chairman Yadav said his party rejects the idea of brief constitution. “There should be complete constitution as per the mandate of the constituent assembly election,” he said.[break]
Chairman Yadav alleged that there have been attempts to make the Constituent Assembly defunct. He added that ruling parties were conspiring against federalism and inclusiveness.
MPRF demanded that state restructuring should be done in rational and practical manner. Chairman Yadav criticized the ruling parties for failing to constitute State Restructuring Commission as provisioned in the Interim Constitution 2063 BS.
“This has given an impression that ruling parties do not want federalism and new constitution,” he added.
During the press conference, MPRF announced fresh agitation against the government alleging that the government did not pay heed to its nine-point demand submitted earlier to the prime minister.
The MPRF said it was forced to launch the second phase of protests as the government also did not show willingness for implementing the 8-point and 22-point agreements reached between Madhes-based parties and the government in the past.
Addressing the press conference, MPRF Co-Chairman J P Gupta alleged that the government-formed talks team under Peace Minister Rakam Chemjong once sat for talks, but there were no follow-up talks to address their demands.
The MPRF protest program that begin March 18 includes protest rally, torch rally in the headquarters of the districts in the Tarai, stick rally, motorcycle rally and sit-in protests in front the district headquarters in Tarai districts. The protests to be staged also for demanding resignation of the prime minister will conclude with general strikes on April 8 and 9 in the Tarai districts.
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