He said, ”Nepali people live outside Kathmandu as well. There are marginalized communities. The plight of people who are unaware of that has been seen.”
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Janmat Party Chairman CK Raut has commented that the issue of Madhesi representation is gradually fading away even in the aftermath of the Gen-G uprising.
In a detailed conversation with Kantipur, he said that the Madhesh ‘stakeholders’ were not invited for consultation and discussion in the post-Zen-G rebellion situation, saying, ‘As much as they were seen in the name of Zen-G, they refused to even recognize the word Madhesi. When someone talked about Madhesi representation on ‘Discord’, they said, ‘We don’t recognize Madhesi, don’t talk about that.’
Raut said that the issue of Madheshi identity and rights has become even more complicated in the post-Zen-G rebellion situation. He said that he had to become more suspicious in the post-Zen-G rebellion and the situation that followed, saying, ‘The identity that the constitution has already accepted, the new Zen-G has started rejecting it, let alone rights. As in the monarchy, one language and one disguise seemed dearer than life, we became a little wary of Zen-G. We have reached a point where we cannot support it with our eyes closed.'
He said that after the Gen-G rebellion, there was talk of throwing away federalism, they have reached a point where they cannot support it with their eyes closed. In an interview with Kantipur, he said that after the Gen-G movement, the 'elite' class of Kathmandu has become dominant, saying, 'Nepali people live outside Kathmandu as well. There are marginalized communities. The suffering of people who are not aware of that has been seen.'
Raut also commented that the Gen-G movement has not yielded results according to the level at which it was. He said that nothing new would be achieved through election-targeted collaboration and alliances, and said, 'There is still time. After the country has lost so much money and lives, let's institutionalize some political achievements. Let's institutionalize change.'
