The Sanghiya Samajwadi Forum Nepal (SSFN) Chairman Upendra Yadav has defended the protest launched by the Federal Alliance of which he is a part, in the Capital, claiming that the protest means to strengthen the national unity.
The Federal Alliance comprising Madhes-based political parties and Janajati groups has launched protest in the capital city against some provisions of the new constitution, staging demonstrations on a daily basis.
Speaking at the Reporter’s Club Nepal in the Capital, Yadav said that the protest aims at addressing aspirations of all communities including Madhesi, indigenous, Janajatis and marganalised groups among others. He said that they have taken to the streets to protest the new constitution, which he claimed was described as incomplete also by former President Dr Ram Baran Yadav and former Prime Ministers Dr Baburam Bhattarai and Sushil Koirala. “The constitution belongs to all Nepalis and it should be rewritten to keep all Nepalis content,” he said.
On efforts to get their demands met through talks, he said that they were not running away from talks. “It was the Prime Minister himself who disrupted the dialogue,” he claimed. Yadav insisted on seeking ways to sort out political problems through political means. RSS