The parties leveled such accusations against each other at their central committee meetings held on Monday and Tuesday. A group of 13 lawmakers led by JP Gupta had defected from the mother party MPRF last week. [break]
The MPRF central committee meeting accused Gupta of engineering the split for money. MPRF spokesperson Ratneshor Lal Shrestha said the party split due to greed for money.
Similarly, MPRF-R´s ad-hoc central committee concluded that the party was compelled to part ways from MPRF due to the arbitrary working style of Chairman Upendra Yadav, who is also a deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs. The party further accused MPRF of upholding the Maoists´ agenda.
Issuing a white paper about reasons for the split in the party in Kathmandu on Tuesday, MPRF-R claimed that Chairman Yadav often suppressed dissenting voices in the party.
However, MPRF Spokesperson Kayastha refuted the allegations and questioned the morality of the defectors.
MPRF-R has also demanded resignation of the prime minister to pave the way for the formation of a national consensus government. MPRF-R has maintained that the resignation of the prime minister would be the first step toward implementation of the five-point deal between the major three parties inked Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, Sadabhawana Party (SP), a constituent of United Democratic Madheshi Front (UDMF), has said it will launch a protest if their demands are not met within the next three months.
UDMF is yet to make public its official view with regard to its future strategy.
“The process for the entry of 10,000 Madheshi youth should begin as soon as possible,” SP Chairman Rajendra Mahato said while addressing a press meet in Kathmandu on Tuesday.
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