Madhesh

Madheshi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), Tarai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (TMLP) and Sadbhavana Party were opposed to replacing the term Madhesh, incorporated in the interim constitution following a protracted struggle.

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The agitating groups have been demanding that the government replace the word Madhesh with Tarai.

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They are forcefully demanding for a constitutional provision of the division of Nepal into the Hilly region and the Madhesh where they want to control all other ethnicities.

National Defense Movement to Begin in Nepal 2008

The chief demand of the MJF is to divide Nepal between the Hilly region and the Madhesh.

National Defense Movement to Begin in Nepal 2008

Kishor Kumar Bishwas, one of the founder leaders of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), a party formed with the help of Indian political parties and leaders, has quit his party, stating that the MJF was serving Indian interests by raising the demand of “One Madhesh, One Province”.

National Defense Movement to Begin in Nepal 2008

The group calls the Terai region ‘Madhesh’ (a Hindu word).

National Defense Movement to Begin in Nepal 2008

Madhesh refers to the Terai region specific to Nepal, approximately 25 to 35 km wide broad belt of alluvial and fertile land stretching from Mahakali river in the west to Mechi river in the east between Indian border in the south and Sivalik/Chure Range in the north.

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Dr. Bhattarai sees this change in the Indian attitude vis-a-vis Nepal's peace process to have surfaced after the Madhesh/Terai unrest.

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BIRTAMOD: Nepal Sadbhawana Party chairman and Minister for Commerce and Supply Rajendra Mahato today warned of waging a decisive struggle against the state if the new statute failed to incorporate Madhesh and Madhesi people.

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BIRTAMOD: Nepal Sadbhawana Party chairman and Minister for Commerce and Supply Rajendra Mahato today warned of waging a decisive struggle against the state if the new statute failed to incorporate Madhesh and Madhesi people.

News Rajesh Barma/ Govinda Kshetri 2010