The Bijay Kumar Gachhadar-led Sanghiya Loktantrik Morcha is likely to hold “decisive” talks with the three-party team on Sunday.

This follows the decision of the major parties to register amendments to incorporate two major demands of the disgruntled parties in the constitution.

Ram Janam Chaudhary, general-secretary of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Loktantrik, said that while their main demand is a separate Tharuhat province, the government’s initiative has created positive environment for dialogue.

“We hope to see a positive outcome from the talks on Sunday,” said Chaudhary, insisting that a lot will depend on how the government’s negotiating team presents itself on the issue of delineation.

The panel comprising Forest Minister Mahesh Acharya, UML Chief Whip Agni Kharel and UCPN (Maoist) Vice-chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha will sit with the Gachhadar-led alliance on Sunday afternoon.

The government on Friday started the process to begin constitution amendment to ensure proportional representation of the marginalised communities in state organs and electoral constituency delimitation based on population.

The Samyukta Loktantrik Madhesi Morcha, an alliance of four Madhesi parties, challenged the government to walk the talk. “The government is seeking publicity rather than implementing its commitment,” said Upendra Yadav, chairman of the Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum Nepal, a key constituent of the Morcha, in Bara on Sunday. He said the alliance would withdraw its agitation if the government implemented past agreements with them.

Tula Narayan Shah, executive director of Nepal Madhes Foundation, said the Morcha has two options—withdraw the protest and welcome with reservations the government’s commitment to amend the constitution or quit Parliament to launch tougher agitation.

“I see little chance of them taking the second option,” he said. Shah believes that easing of restrictions by India, if that happens, will signal a beginning of rapprochement between New Delhi and Kathmandu, putting pressure on the agitating parties to wind down their protests for an agreement.