No compromise on Madhes issues: MPRF leader
Meanwhile, coming out of the meeting, Madhesi People´s Rights Forum Co-Chair and Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta said the parties have given the prime minister mandate to seek a solution agreeable to all but his party will not accept any compromise over the Madhesi cause.
“In the name of talks with Tharu community, we cannot tolerate elimination of the norms and values established by Madhes movement,” said Gupta.
He said his party will never accept revocation of the ordinance for making the government services inclusive. “Madhes was written in the constitution and can never be replaced with anything and we are not in favour of adding any adjective to the term Madhes,” Gupta said.
He also blamed Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and the Maoists for conspiring to destroy the achievements of Maddhes movement. He also said the party has already asked its CA members to return to the capital, cutting short the opinion collection campaign. “It will be difficult for us to own the constitution if we are not involved in its formulation,” Gupta said.
He suggested that the ordinance should be tabled at the parliament as a bill and discussed to settle the dispute over it.
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