Upendra Yadav welcomed Bharat Bimal, leader of Sadbhavana Party (Anadidevi) at a formal program in the capital.

Bharat Bimal is given the post of senior leader in the new party.

BIRATNAGAR:Former Minister Jay Prakash Prasad Gupta has said an extensive Madhesi Forum should be formed to ensure the rights of the overall Madhesh and Madhesis.

He has also suggested Chairman of the Terai Madhesh Democratic Party, Mahantha Thakur, to be the head of the forum.

Gupta, who arrived in Biratnagar to participate in the Terai Madhesh Rastriya Abhiyan, he said the United Democratic Madheshi Front was formed just to grab state power, and therefore, it has no significance now.

He said that an extensive Madhesi forum was necessary to complete the agendas of the Madhes movement and ensure Madhesi people with their rights and senior leader Thakur should take the leadership for this.

He urged the senior leader to come out of the UDMF as it has been a haven for some leaders from Madhes. They have misused the UDMF against its political objective.

The Election Constituency Delimitation Commission should delimit the constituencies in a scientific way so that it helps in maintaining social harmony, he said.

Responding to queries about his political career ahead, Gupta said he would not join any party right now. He said all the political parties should be included in the fresh Constituent Assembly (CA) elections.

Gupta informed that as per the Abhiyan, he had visited and held discussions in eight districts in Terai including Morang, Sunsari, Saptari, Bara, Parsa, Siraha, Bardiya and Banke

KATHMANDU: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Bijay Kumar Gachhadar has said that formation of the CJ-led election government is almost sure. “The CJ-led government will be formed by tomorrow.

He should not resign from the CJ,” Gachhadar said while inaugurating an interaction program organized by Reporters Club, Rautahat chapter.

“Everything has been settled. The top leaders are awaiting for the UML’s decision,” Gachhadar revealed. Rautahat chapter chair of Reporters Club Sanjay Sahani presided over the program.

Gachhadar who is also the chairman of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (Loktantrik) said the Madhes-centric parties would vie in the elections by making an alliance to stand as the leading power in the next CA.

Also speaking at the program, Reporters Club Chairman Rishi Dhamala recalled that the Club was piling pressure on political leadership by meeting them at their doorsteps to pave a way to end the deadlock. Dhamala said this campaign would further continue to make the CA election a success.

On the occasion, 11-member new committee has been formed under the chair of Sahani.

They have submitted the memorandum to the Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai through Officiating Chief District Officer, Luk Bahadur Kshetri, on Wednesday and demanded that the date for the fresh CA election should be declared to the earliest.

They stressed the need of holding the CA and local bodies´ elections within the May, forming election government under the independent person´s leadership, and ensuring the environment to hold fair election, among others.

They have also declared the different programs of protest until for March 7 to exert pressure to the political parties and the government.

As per this, the Madhesi parties have decided to organize corner assemblies, rallies, protest assemblies, sit-in, torch rally, and baton rally, among others, in the first round.

Earlier, the Madhes based political parties organizes a protest rally that went through various parts of the city.

The Madhesi leader said there should be multi- provinces in Madhesh based on identity of multi lingual and multicultural and economic sustainability of the Madhesi.

He further added that the issue of single province was never acceptable for the YAN. The issue of single province has been brought to light to fulfill vested interest of some people and parties after dividing the Madheshi people, he added. He blamed that the Madhesh based parties have nurtured double standard in this regard.

CPN-UML central committee member and Ram Chandra Jha blamed Unified CPN (Maoist) for current political deadlock.