Eight “military commanders” of the Jay Krishna Goit faction of Jantantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-G), an outfit waging an armed “movement” in terai, have rebelled from the mother party and have announced the formation of another breakaway faction with the same name, reports said.

They formed an eight member “central committee” under the leadership of ‘Bisfot’ Singh concluding that the JTMM led by Goit “cannot liberate the Terai and its people”, Kantipur Daily reported.

Chairman of the newly formed faction of JTMM Bisfot Singh told the daily that they formally created the group on Jestha 30 by rebelling along with one company of the Terai Liberation Army. He also claimed that each of their ‘companies’ has 150 armed combatants.

Stating that the people of Terai have been victims of severe oppression since ages, Singh said the main aim of his outfit would also be to undertake an armed struggle for the liberation of Terai and its people.