An alliance of 29 Madhes and other small parties today gave a 15-day deadline to Prime Minister Prachanda to table a proposal in Parliament to amend the new Constitution to address their grievences.
Sanghiya Gathabandhan of Janjati and Madhes parties have been protesting against the new Constitution, saying it marginalises them.
Sanghiya Samajwadi Forum Nepal Chairman Upendra Yadav submitted a reminder letter on the matter to Prachanda at his office in Singha Durbar on behalf of the alliance.
A source close to Prachanda quoted Yadav as saying: "The registration of the amendment proposal won't suffice unless it accommodates our opinion. The proposal should be agreeable to us and fulfil our demands."
"We are ready to wait for another 15 days. But the proposal should be agreeable to us," Yadav told Prachanda.
In reply, the Prime Minister assured that he was working to register the amendment proposal in couple of days.
Yadav's 15-day deadline has left the other leaders affiliated to Madhesi Morcha shocked as they have been reiterating that they would launch another protest if the amendment proposal was not registered by mid-November.
They said that Yadav did not discuss about the 15-day ultimatum. With Yadav's new deadline, Morcha leaders, who have started boycotting Parliament meeting from Friday, have been left in perplexing situation.
"We now face a moral question on what role would we play in upcoming House meetings," a Morcha leader expressed his rue.
Prachanda last week had said that the amendment proposal would be tabled in the parliament before the current Nepali month 'Kartik' ends on November 15.
The minority, mostly of Indian-origin, has led months- long violent protest seeking better representation in the Parliament and the federal structure of the Constitution that divides their ancestral homeland.
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