Nepal's ruling Seven Party Alliance (SPA) coalition government and the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) are expected to hold talks Tuesday evening to defuse the deadlock in the southern plain region.
According to the local media house's website eKantipur, the UDMF leaders Mahanta Thakur, Upendra Yadav, Rajendra Mahato, Hridayesh Tripathi and Anil Jha reached the Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's official residence in the capital Tuesday afternoon.
Minister for Peace and Reconstruction and Coordinator of the government's talks team Ram Chandra Poudel, Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula and Nepali Congress senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba are currently at the PM's residence to participate in the talks with the UDMF, an alliance of three major agitating Madhes-based parties -- Terai-Madhes Democratic Party, Madhesi People's Rights Forum and Sadbhawana Party.
Earlier, talks between the government and the UDMF held from late Sunday hight to early Monday had failed to give an outlet to the Terai impasse, though the meeting had understandably made some progress toward positive direction.
During the last round of talks, preparations were made for the final draft of the 6-point demand ready with all the necessary changes made and approved by the top leaders of the three major parties of the ruling alliance.
Reports said that at the final stage of culminating the 6-pointdemands the UDMF leaders added more conditions to the draft agreement seeking postponement of the Constituent Assembly (CA) polls and immediate recruitment of Madhesi youths into the Nepali Army.
UDMF has called for an indefinite general strike for the last 14 days to press for its 6-point demand.
The UDMF claims to represent Madhesis who make up around half of the country's population living in the southern plains along the border with India.
Madhesi people are the Nepalese mainly living in south Nepal's Terai plains, who are socio-culturally close to the bordering Indians.
Source: Xinhua
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