Prime Minister Sushil Koirala on Friday called Madhesi Janadhikar Forum -Loktantrik (MJF-L) Chairman Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar and urged him to join talks as soon as possible.  

In a telephone conversation with leader Gachhadar, PM Koirala said the government is genuinely committed to address the demands of agitating groups and urged the MJF-L leader to abandon the path of protests and seek political solution to the crisis, according to MJF-L General Secretary Ram Janam Chaudhary.  

In response, leader Gachhadar said the protests will stop very soon if the major parties are serious to address the demands of the agitating groups. “Our chairman is scheduled to hold one-on-one meetings with top leaders of the major parties to seek guarantee of addressing our demands,” leader Chaudhary told the Post.

The prime minister, who is also the president of Nepali Congress, called up leader Gachhadar in the wake of violent protests in the Tarai region. Four people—two each in Mahottari and Dhanusha districts—were killed on Friday during the protests by the agitating Madhesi and Tharu groups.

Meanwhile, leader Gachhadar, who was in eastern Tarai for the past few days, has arrived in Kathmandu today.