GAUSHALA: Chairman of Madhesi People's Rights Forum (Republican) and leader of Federal Democratic Front Raj Kishor Yadav has said that the ongoing agitation in Tarai region is not to split the nation.

Talking to journalists at Jaleshwor in Mahottari, leader Yadav said that the front was the alliance of true nationalist forces and made it clear that they were advocating an autonomous Madhes province by respecting the country's sovereignty and indivisibility.

Yadav also said that the government was not serious to the Madhes movement and accused the government of trying to cool down the agitation and make the agitators tired.

On the occasion, chairman of Rastriya Madhes Samajbadi Party Sarat Singh Bhandari said that the talks with Madhes-centric parties without consensus and cooperation of the Nepali Congress were meaningless.

Bhandari said NC's support was needed for the amendment in the constitution to address the demands of the Madhes-centric parties.