MJF-L cadres protest against PR selection

KATHMANDU, DEC 31 - Cadres of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Loktantrik (MJF-L) staged a sit-in outside the party office in Sanepa, expressing dissatisfaction over the selection of lawmakers under the Proportional Representation (PR) category.

The party cadres protested against the exclusion of Kamleshwor Yadav, Chairman of MJF-L's student wing, from the party's list of PR lawmakers.

Office Secretary Parmananda Mahato informed that the cadres staged demonstration outside the party office, demanding correction of party's list of PR lawmakers. Party's central committee had entrusted Chairman Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar with the task of picking PR lawmakers.

MJF-L, which has 10 PR seats, picked educationist duo Geeta Rana and Baburam Pokharel and businessmen Subodh Pokhrel and Dinbandhu Agrawal, among others, as the PR lawmakers.

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