The Nepal Government on Friday made a fresh appeal to Madhesis to seek peaceful solution to the political crisis through talks even as the agitating parties announced nationwide protests beginning next week in their new bid to continue their struggle against the Constitution.
Deputy Prime Minister Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar, a senior Madhesi leader himself, called the Terai-centric parties to the negotiating table. Talking to reporters at Biratnagar Airport in eastern Nepal, Gachchhadar said there was no alternative to holding talks and that the demands of Madhesis — largely of Indian-origin —could only be resolved through Constitution amendment.
Gachchhadar, who is also the chair of the Madhesi People’s Rights Forum (Democratic) — the only Madhesi party in the coalition Government but not part of the agitation, said that the Government was continuing talks with all sides as consensus and collaboration among the major parties was essential to implement the Constitution.