Madhesi Front rolls back
The Broader Madhesi Front has withdrawn all its pre-announced protest
programmes, including the Tarai shutdown, following the dissolution of
the Constituent Assembly. After the prime minister announced CA
elections on Sunday midnight, BMF affiliates see no need to carry on
their agitation.
“As postponement of its revolution, the Front has formally withdrawn its protest programmes. Our agitation will take up another form and shape. The ongoing Tarai banda ends with this statement,” said Arjun Thapa, Central Committee member and Foreign Relations Department chief of Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum Nepal (MJF-N).
Thapa said that the country has taken a new direction and that their protest with erstwhile demands was irrelevant in the changed situation. However, he denied that it was the end of their movement.
Thapa said that the Front has procedural disagreements with the CA election announcement. “CA dissolution and announcement of fresh CA elections are unconstitutional. We have already objected to the way the prime minister did it.”
Another MJF-N lawmaker, Abhishek Pratap Shah, said the Front will soon discuss its future course of actions. He stressed the need for greater confidence among political parties to resolve conflicting issues. “We must go for a referendum if this is what the people want. But we should resolve all the issues at any cost. Political parties can't help but trust each other.”
The Front, an alliance of CA members from the Tarai-Madhes region, had been agitating against the proposed 11-state federal model.
“As postponement of its revolution, the Front has formally withdrawn its protest programmes. Our agitation will take up another form and shape. The ongoing Tarai banda ends with this statement,” said Arjun Thapa, Central Committee member and Foreign Relations Department chief of Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum Nepal (MJF-N).
Thapa said that the country has taken a new direction and that their protest with erstwhile demands was irrelevant in the changed situation. However, he denied that it was the end of their movement.
Thapa said that the Front has procedural disagreements with the CA election announcement. “CA dissolution and announcement of fresh CA elections are unconstitutional. We have already objected to the way the prime minister did it.”
Another MJF-N lawmaker, Abhishek Pratap Shah, said the Front will soon discuss its future course of actions. He stressed the need for greater confidence among political parties to resolve conflicting issues. “We must go for a referendum if this is what the people want. But we should resolve all the issues at any cost. Political parties can't help but trust each other.”
The Front, an alliance of CA members from the Tarai-Madhes region, had been agitating against the proposed 11-state federal model.
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