A breakaway fraction of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) (formally known as guerillas) expressed its conditional readiness to hold dialogue with the government, as local newspaper The Kathmandu Post reported on Sunday.

Issuing a press statement here on Saturday, chairman of The Jwala Singh faction of the Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM), a breakaway fraction of CPN, said that they were ready to sit for the dialogue with the government and CPN in the presence of the United Nations if a commitment to solving problems permanently was endorsed through parliament.

The points it put forward for creating a conducive atmosphere for talks include announcement of terai region as an independent state, announcement of constituencies proportionate to the population before participating in elections and appointment of Madeshi people, communities with Indian background living in terai region, in the police, army and local administration in terai region.

Similarly, conducting re-census of the terai population by Medeshis themselves and expenditure of all revenue collected in the terai for the development of the region itself were among other demands raised by JTMM.

Chairman of JTMM Singh also demanded compensation of about 21, 000 U.S. dollars to the families of each Medeshi killed during the armed conflict.

The JTMM had been engaged in armed conflict in the terai belt with the demands of separate state in the region after breaking away from CPN.

Source: Xinhua