Lawmakers from Madhes region have threatened to even disobey the whips by their respective parties to give continuity to their month-long obstruction of the parliamentary session.

Hridayesh Tripathy, former minister and general secretary of the NSP-Anandidevi. (File Photo)

Hridayesh Tripathy, former minister and general secretary of the NSP-Anandidevi. (File Photo)
“This government is irresponsible,” said Hridayesh Tripathy, former minister and general secretary of the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP-Anandidevi). “Madhes is in a mood for agitation but the government has not shown seriousness to address our demands,” he said, adding that the scheduled session of the parliament on Monday will be stalled again.

Bijaya Gachhadar, MP of NC (Democratic) and coordinator of Madhesi MPs’ talks team, said the House will be disrupted despite whips by their parties.

The Madhesi MPs have raised demands like revocation of the report by Electoral Constituency Delineation Commission (ECDC); fresh census and fresh delineation based on that census, among others.

The Madhesi MPs representing NC, NC-D, UML, NSP-A, NSP and RPP have been stalling the House for nearly one month now. The Maoist MPs, too, had disrupted the House session by picketing Speaker’s rostrum for a number of times. Even though Maoists now have indicated that they would allow the House to run – they have even registered a motion of public importance on republic at the parliament secretariat on Sunday – the Madhesi MPs have refused to budge. A few days ago, the UML had issued directives to its MPs to refrain from engaging in activities such as picketing Speaker’s rostrum but, apparently, in vain.