Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Ram Chandra Poudel on Thursday said that government is making serious attempts to bring the two factions of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM) to the negotiating table.

Speaking at the meeting of the Constituent Assembly Elections Monitoring Committee of the parliament, Minister Poudel said that the government is hopeful there would soon be talks with the two JTMM factions as it is in constant touch with them.

Saying that the government is trying to hold talks with other groups also, Poudel, who is also the coordinator of government talks team, informed that there would be second round of talks with Madheshi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) on July 25.

Minister Poudel also made it clear that if the problem couldn’t be resolved even through talks then the ‘wrong trends and attitudes’ would be discouraged by all means possible including by using ‘diplomatic channel’ or building ‘public mandate’ against it.