KATHMANDU: A joint meeting of parties focused on Tarai Madhes has begun. The meeting is being held at the party office in Singha Durbar.

8 parties are participating in the meeting. Accordingly, Renu Yadav from JSP, Sharad Singh Yadav from Janmat Party, Rajkishore Yadav, Ram Kumar Sharma, Manish Suman from JSP Nepal, Lalbir Chaudhary and Ganga Chaudhary from Nagarik Unmukti Party, Sarbendra Nath Shukla and Laxman Lal Karna from LSP, Ram Naresh Rai, Keshav Jha and Santosh Mehta from Rastriya Mukti Party Nepal, Hridayesh Tripathi, Shivaji Yadav, Sabbir Hussain from Janata Pragatisheel and Brushesh Chandra Lal and Vijay Singh from Tamlopa.

The meeting has been called with preparations for forming an alliance. Discussions are ongoing.