Talks between Big 3, MPRF-D ends indecisively

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: The talks between major three parties and Madhesi People's Rights Forum-Democratic (MPRF-D) led by Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar ended inconclusively on Friday.

According to MPRF-D General Secretary Ram Janam Chaudhary, both sides had agreed on adopting policies for proportional, inclusive representation; electoral constituencies' delimitation based on the size of the population; and settling the issue of provincial delineation through political consensus.The dialogue petered out after the two of the three major political parties refused to mention the words 'Tarai-Madhes' on the agreement paper as demanded by the MPRF-D.

"UCPN (Maoist) was positive on our demand, but CPN-UML and some leaders of Nepali Congress were resolute against writing 'Tarai-Madhes' on the agreement paper. When they are not ready even to mention 'Tarai-Madhes' on the agreement paper, how can we continue the talks," said Chaudhary.

Chaudhary alleged that UML Chairman KP Oli and Nepali Congress leaders Sher Bahadur Deuba and Krishna Sitaula exuded arrogance during the talks and rejected our demand to use the words Tarai-Madhes in the agreement outright.

However, Chaudhary said that his party was still open to talks for settling the issues related to constitution.

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