The agitating Samyukta Loktantrik Madhesi Morcha (SLMM) has decided not to call off its agitation programmes despite mounting pressure from general public.

Earlier the party had reportedly decided to relax their agitation with continuation of the sit-in at Nepal-India border entry points.

Organising a press meet at at Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party (TMLP) office in Bijuli Bazaar on Tuesday, SLMM conceded the fact that they are under pressure from public to call off their strike but announced their decision to continue the strike.

According to a senior leader of TMLP, the Madhesi front has decided to relax its strike from the day of Fulpati.  “We will continue our sit-in at the key border entry points but will allow the markets to open and ease vehicular movement,” said the leader.

Likewise, TMLP General Secretary Sarbendranath Sukla ruled out the possibility of deferring the agitation programmes immediately. He said the alliance of Madhes-based parties has been holding serious discussion to change the mode of agitation.

The disgruntled Madhes-centric parties have been staging demonstration for the past two months expressing serious reservations over the demarcation of federal state borders.

The alliance has been staging sit-in at the key entry points along Nepal-India border for the past three weeks. The Indian authorities have been obstructing Nepal-bound vehicles citing Madhes agitation, thereby creating an acute shortage of daily essentials mainly fuel.