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Locals provide food to Madhesi protesters

Locals provide food to Madhesi protesters

By Himalayan News Service

Cadres of the agitating United Madhesi Democratic Front having a free meal nprovided by a local businessman in Raxual, Birgunj, on Friday. Photo: THT

BIRGUNJ: Locals in Raxual, India provided food to United Democratic Madhesi Front cadres, who were staging a sit-in at Birgunj border point, on Friday. Mahesh Agrawal, a trader at Raxaul, said they had managed the food with support from the local people. He added that they had served their guests. “We shall continue serving meal to the protesters till the agitation continues along the border on the Nepali side,” he said. UDMF cadres and leaders have been staging a sit-in at Dasgaja area of Miteri Bridge obstructing vehicular movement in the area.