BIRATNAGAR: Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of Nepal Democratic Forum Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar on Friday has said NDF merger with NC is aimed at addressing the demands of Madhes issues among others. DPM Gachchhadar further said the unification has helped increase NC's popularity in all seven provinces, he also claimed that an agreement was struck to give him a position of Vice President in the NC, and accommodate cadres of the NDF in a respectful way. DPM Gachchhadar was talking to media-persons at Biratnagar airport today. He also said he was committed to resolving the issue of the Madhes.