NEPALGUNJ: Former Minister and Socialist Party (SP) leader Mohammad Istiyak Rai has said that the talk of integrating Banke and Bardia into Karnali state is meaningless.
Inaugurating the second State industrial and trade fair here on Friday, he said the issue raised about changes in the boundary of the State is only to mislead the people.
Leader Rai comments have come after the Nepalgunj Sub-metropolis set up a coordination committee allegedly to build a momentum to integrated Banke and Bardia into Karnali State. “We left the government after our demand for constitution amendment was not addressed, so talking instead of changes in the State boundary is not right at all,” he said.
Indicating to the coordination committee convener and Mayor of Nepalgunj, Dhawal Shumsher Rana, the former minister said that he should instead to work for the development of the sub-metropolis and stop misleading people.
The festival that will run until January 6 is hosted jointly by the Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries, Bank and State 5 committee, Butwal.
More than 250 stalls are show casing various products and produces of the State. Of them 50 are promoting cottage and small industries, according to the festival coordinator Rachana Shrestha.
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