According to Nirga Nabin, coordinator of the United People's Rights Front Nepal, which participated in the protest, they have demanded that the reports of the commissions led by Gauri Bahadur Karki, Tej Bahadur Karki, and Baburam Regmi regarding metered rates be made public.
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The nearly 5-hour talks between meter badge victims and Home Minister Sudhan Gurung in Nijgadh, Bara have ended without a conclusion.
The talks held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry building failed to reach a conclusion. According to Nirga Nabin, coordinator of the United People's Rights Front Nepal, which participated in the protest, they demanded that the reports of the commissions led by Gauri Bahadur Karki, Tej Bahadur Karki and Baburam Regmi regarding meter badges be made public. He said, 'Until the reports are made public, an agreement will not be reached.' He also accused the Home Ministry of not being prepared for their demands.
Similarly, meter badge victim activist Laxmi Ghimire informed that high-level discussions are being held at the Prime Minister's Office on the six-point demands presented to resolve the meter badge problem. Campaigner Ghimire said that they have six demands, including the abolition of fake certificates, sight bonds, registrations and checks related to meter badges, effective legislation, the formation of a special tribunal and the implementation of past agreements. ‘No written agreement was reached in today’s talks. The Home Minister has assured that the report of the past commission will be made public today,’ she said. ‘If our six-point demands are addressed, we will stop the march tomorrow, otherwise we will go to the capital in the morning. Perhaps some decision will be taken tonight.’
Ghimire also informed that a team including the Prime Minister’s advisor Asim Sah is currently holding a meeting in the capital to discuss the demands of meter badge victims. According to her, after the above decision is taken, the third round of talks will be held between the Home Minister and the leadership of the farmers and laborers’ movement against meter badges.
Home Minister Gurung has left for Simara from the talks. Home Minister Gurung had instructed subordinate bodies to immediately make public the reports of all three commissions formed to study meter badges. Meter badge victims are angry that the reports of all three commissions have not been made public yet. During the talks, both the government and the meter badge victims have reached the conclusion that they will do the necessary homework on their demands and proposals.
The victims have said that if a written agreement cannot be reached between the government and the agitating victims regarding the demand letter, the walking justice march will proceed towards the federal capital, Kathmandu. The meter badge victims had started the walking justice march from Tirhutiya Gachhi in Janakpurdham to Kathmandu on Ashad 25. Today is the sixth day of the march. They were scheduled to reach Pathlaiya in Bara today, but after being told that the Home Minister would come, they stopped in Nijgadh. More than 200 people are participating in the walking march. They had complained to Home Minister Gurung that many of them were left homeless by their moneylenders who had taken their houses in their own names.
