Thursday, March 24, 2011

MJF Nepal to join govt

Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) led by Upendra Yadav is joining the Jhala Nath Khanal led government after an agreement with present coalition partners UML and UCPN (Maoist).

Prime Minister Khanal, UCPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and MJF chairman Yadav signed an agreement about joining the government at the PM’s residence Wednesday morning.

MJF agreed to join the government after UCPN (Maoist) and UML expressed commitment in writing to complete the peace process and constitution drafting process on time and address the issues of Madhes.

MJF central committee will meet later today to pick ministers for the Khanal cabinet. Khanal has agreed to give three ministerial berths to MJF, it is learnt. nepalnews.com

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