KATHMANDU, JANUARY 17
The long-standing debates on naming Province 2 and designating its capital have been eventually settled as the province has been named Madhesh, while Janakpur was chosen as its permanent capital.
A meeting of the Provincial assembly held on Monday decided to make Janakpur its capital while settling on 'Madhes' as its name.
A consensus was reached by a two-thirds majority to make the decision.
99 members of the provincial parliament had participated in the voting in the state assembly. Out of those, 78 had voted in favor of keeping Janakpur as the Province 2 capital.
Likewise, 80 had voted in favour of naming the province Madhes.
