The foot march of meter-tariff victims to Kathmandu, which began from Janakpur for justice, was halted in Nijgadh for six days during negotiations with the government.
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After reaching a nine-point agreement with the government, meter-billing victims who have been stuck in Nijgadh, Bara for six days are preparing to return home.
The meter-billing victims' march to Kathmandu for justice, which started from Janakpur, was halted in Nijgadh during talks with the government.
After the team of meter-billing victims who went to Kathmandu to hold talks with the government returned to Nijgadh on Saturday, the participants in the march are also about to return home. Representatives of the negotiation team are addressing the victims who have reached Nijgadh from all over the country on Saturday.
On behalf of the meter badge victims, coordinators Awadhesh Kushwaha, Nirg Naveen, Manokumar Paswan, Rijan Rana Magar, Laxmi Ghimire and Kiran Pariyar had gone to the capital to hold talks with the government. After reaching an agreement with the government negotiation team on Friday, they returned to Nijgadh on Saturday.
They addressed the victims about the agreements reached and progress made in the talks. Shivshankar Mahato, the Bhojpura in-charge of the workers' and farmers' agitation against meter badges, informed that they would go to their respective homes after having lunch on Saturday afternoon. 'We are confident that the talks will be implemented. All the victims living in Nijgadh are happy,' he said, 'Those who participated in the negotiation team explained to everyone what happened, what agreements were made and how to proceed in the coming days.'
The negotiation team was welcomed by the victims with open arms. 10 days ago, the walking march from Janakpur was stopped in Nijgadh. The team now has more than 500 participants. Meter badge victims from Chitwan and Nawalparasi had also arrived in Nijgadh.
According to the agreement reached on Friday, the government has committed to taking a proposal to declare meter badges an economic crime to the Council of Ministers and enacting a special law to control them.
After the 'Walking Justice March' that started from Tritiyagachhi in Janakpur, Dhanusha on June 25 reached Nijgadh in Bara, an agreement was reached between Home Minister Sudhan Gurung and the victims' representatives to form a negotiation team in Kathmandu on June 32.
According to the same agreement, a nine-point agreement was reached after discussions between the government team led by Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Pushkar Sapkota and the negotiation team of the victims' side in Kathmandu on Thursday. The agreement was signed by Secretary Sapkota on behalf of the government team and Awadhesh Kushwaha on behalf of the victims' side.
