The talks, which lasted for nearly 5 hours in the afternoon, have resumed tonight after failing to reach a conclusion.
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The nearly five-hour talks between meter badge victims who had walked to Kathmandu demanding justice and Home Minister Sudhan Gurung at the Nijgadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in Bara on Tuesday ended without a written report and resumed tonight.
Just a few moments ago, Home Minister Gurung came to Nijgadh from Simara. The third round of talks is currently underway.
After the meter badge victims started traveling to Kathmandu to protest, the government decided to immediately implement the reports of the previously formed Gauri Bahadur Karki Commission, Tej Bahadur Karki Commission, and Baburam Regmi Commission through the Ministry of Home Affairs. He had been there since morning to listen to the complaints of the meter badge victims and hold talks.
He returned to Simara in the evening to hold the third round of talks. After Home Minister Gurung reached Nijgadh and started holding talks with the meter badge victims, the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Balendra Shah decided to implement the report. With the decision, he returned to Nijgadh after meeting with security officials in Simara. Laxmi Ghimire, an activist of the meter badge foot march, who is currently holding talks, informed. ‘Home Minister Gurung has come to the place where the meter badge victims are staying for the third round of talks,’ she said, ‘Now let’s see what kind of decision will be made.’
The victims demand that the six-point demands presented to resolve the meter badge problem be resolved point by point. Nirga Naveen, coordinator of the United People’s Rights Front Nepal, which is participating in the meter badge movement, said that nothing can be believed based on what is said now. ‘We need an agreement on each point of the six-point demands,’ he said, ‘Now we need a credible written agreement.’ Coordinator Naveen said that their six-point demands include the cancellation of fake tamasuks, sight bonds, registrations and checks related to meter badges, effective legislation, the formation of a special tribunal, and the implementation of past agreements.
