Terai based parties pushing country into disintegration: Jha

CPN (UML) chief whip Ram Chandra Jha on Saturday said that those who don't even love their mother tongue are raising the demand for "One Madhesh Province".

Jha, who himself belongs to the Madheshi community, said he was utterly surprised after he saw 64 CA members of Terai-based parties taking their oath in Hindi.

"That (Hindi) is not their language," he retorted while speaking at a programme organized to felicitate Constituent Assembly members elected from Sindhuli-1.

Most of the CA members from the Madhesi community belong to Bhojpuri or Maithali communities, who, although well adept in Hindi, have their own language which is very different from Hindi.

He also accused the CA members of Terai-based parties of "trying to appease others" by taking their oath in Hindi. Although he didn't elaborate who he meant by "others", he was clearly referring at India.

"Madheshi people have always been deprived of all sorts of opportunities. But instead of working to ensure that they do get the opportunities, the Terai-based parties are trying to push the country into disintegration," he said. nepalnews.com July 06 08