"We four major political parties have agreed to demand a separate mid-west province and to develop Surkhet as the provincial capital," said NC district treasurer Govinda Koirala.However, leaders from the same parties have disputes over the boundary of the province. NC and UML leaders are for delineating the province along north-south alignment while UCPN (Maoist) is against including Banke, Bardiya and Dang districts in the province.
Five days after locals had launched protests, the party leaders on Thursday had taken command of the ongoing protests in Surkhet district. They staged peace rallies carrying their respective party flags in Birendranagar, the district headquarters.
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