The political parties representing the Madhesis in Nepal on Monday announced an alliance with certain organisations of the Janajatis for a combined Kathmandu-focused agitation over their demands.
The new alliance — Sanghiya Samabeshi Gathabandan — has prepared a fresh list of 26 demands and will announce the details of its agitation on Tuesday.
Since numerous rounds of talks with the Government had produced no results, the alliance said, they were compelled to take to the streets.
Both the Madhesis and the Janajatis are unhappy over certain provisions of the new constitution of Nepal, which was enforced in September last year.
Dozens of intellectual, academics and writers extended support to the proposed Kathmandu-centric stir on Monday. “This alliance is sure to take the identity movement to new heights. Our fight will not stop until the Nepal Government agrees to rewrite the Constitution in accordance with the agreements signed with the Madhesis, Janajatis, Dalits, Khas, Muslims and other communities in the past,” Sanghiya Samajwadi Forum Nepal chairman Upendra Yadav said here.
Various leaders said the collaboration between the groups would prove effective in mounting more pressure on the Nepalese government regarding their demands.