KATHMANDU: The government is signing an 11-point agreement with CK Raut, a secessionist, this afternoon at the Rastriya Sabhagriha in Kathmandu.
By signing the agreement, Raut will announce that he will give up his secessionist movement to join mainstream politics.
Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa on behalf of the government and Raut himself are scheduled to sign the agreement .
Raut has agreed to abandon his separatist movement and abide by the national integrity.
A PhD from Cambridge University and a computer scientist, Raut had been demanding a separate and independent Madhesh through his organization named Alliance for Independent Madhesh.
Raut, as sources claimed, held one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister KP Oli at the latter’s official residence, Baluwatar, this morning. Raut was released on Thursday after the Supreme Court’s verdict.
A highly-placed party source told Khabarhub that party senior leaders Bamdev Gautam and Narayan Kaji Shrestha have serious objections over the use of language in the 10-point agreement. “The language has been used in such a way that the agreement has been made between two countries rather than a Nepali signing an agreement with the government,” a source said.
According to party insiders, Home Minister Thapa and Prime Minister K P Oli’s chief adviser Bishnu Rimal were involved in holding talks with Raut.
Who is CK Raut?
CK Raut (Chandra Kant Raut) is a PhD holder from the Cambridge University, United Kingdom, is a formerly US-based computer scientist, author and political leader.
Raut had been demanding a separate Madhesh country for the Madhesi people. Born in Mahadeva Village in the Saptari districtof Nepal was often placed under house-arrest by the Government of Nepal.
He had done his schooling from a high school school form his village Katti before he went to study at Tribhuvan University, Nepal, and Tokyo University, Japan.
He is also the recipient of Young Nepalese Engineer Award, Mahendra Bidhya Bhusan, Kulratna Gold Medal among others.
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