Madhes-based parties have hinted at accepting the report of the Local
Level Restructuring Commission if appropriate changes are made in line to their
demands. The regional parties said this during a meeting with a
ministerial-level taskforce led by Minister for Federal Affairs and Local
Development Hitraj Panday on Wednesday. The taskforce was formed to resolve row
over the proposed demarcation of local boundaries at the political level.
During a meeting held at the Minister for Federal
Affairs and Local Development, Madhesi leaders categorically proposed three
changes in what they describe as ‘incomplete and biased report’. First, they
demanded that the provincial government should be allowed to demarcate the
local boundaries. They allege the government is deliberately setting up wrong
precedent by passing the jurisdiction of the provincial government.
Second, they have demanded allocation of local
boundaries based in proportion to total population. The Madhes based parties
claim that half of the local set-ups should be allocated to 20 districts in the
southern plains as it is home to more than half of the country’s total
population. Three, they insist that the report should also include autonomous
region, special areas and protected region as envisioned in the constitution.
The proposed report makes no mention of autonomous region, special areas and
protected region although it was in the ToR of the LLRC.
The Kathmandu Post
16/02/2017
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