Democratic Socialist Party leaders hold meeting with Prime Minister Deuba

Democratic Socialist Party leaders held a meeting with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at the latter's residence in Baluwatar on Monday.

Party Chairman Mahantha Thakur, Rajendra Mahato and Sharad Singh Bhandari among other leaders attend the meeting held this morning.

During the meeting, the leaders discussed the 11-point agreement the party had submitted to the Prime Minister on June 7 and the issues related to taking part in government among others, according to a source.

In its memorandum, the party had demanded that the government immediately provide citizenship certificates to the children of the naturalized citizens as per the constitution.

It also demanded withdrawal of false cases slapped against the party cadres during the Tharuhat and Madhesh movement and release of the arrested cadres including Resham Chaudhary in Mahottari and Kailali, amend the constitution, provide representation in local bodies, province assemblies and federal parliament on the basis of population, implement the idea of distributing budget on the basis of population density and make public the report of high-level probe commission led for former Supreme Court justice Girish Chandra Lal.

Likewise, the party also demanded that the government arrange fertilizers to the farmers and control inflation and black marketing and provide land ownership certificates to those who have not received yet.