Some CPN-UML leaders, who are against the Madhesi parties´ demand for one Madhesh state have said that they will protest Khanal´s move if it was made with the intention to implement the agreement. [break]
“Either it should be decided through the Constituent Assembly or it should be mentioned ´Madhes states´ instead of ´one Madhes state´,” said Gokarna Bista, one of the UML leaders who rejects the idea of ´one Madhes state´.
He also said implementing the eight-point agreement reached with the UMDF without any changes will be objectionable to a number of UML leaders. “Our chairman [Khanal] had promised us that he would not accept the condition at any cost," said Bista. "So I trust him."
"We will protest if the objectionable clause has been accepted without condition,” he added.
Some central leaders of the party including Ram Chandra Jha, Rajendra Shrestha and Bista have been pressuring the party against accepting the agreement for "one Madhes state" and "group entry of various ethnic groups in the Nepal Army".
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