Nepal’s new constitution was promulgated on 20th September 2015. But that hardly satisfied the Madheshis and Tharus forming 70 of Terai population. The Madheshis and Tharus are non-Nepali speaking people residing in Terai (plain) region of Nepal who are culturally distinct from the hill people. Those people think the demarcation of seven federal provinces in the constitution to be unfair. Only a patch of eight districts in the region were given the status of state in Terai; while the remaining 14 districts were carved with the hill districts with the sole purpose of converting the local people into minority. In doing so, the Madheshis and Tharus were sidelined in the entire constitution making process due to the distrust towards them. Of course, Bijay Kumar Gachhadar-led Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum–Democratic was initially involved in constitution drafting process, but later on he had no option left but to quit the alliance as his voice was not entertained.
Consequently, the major Madhesh-based parties did not sign constitution which had serious flaws. Provision was made for 165 member parliament in the new constitution. But the constituencies were developed in a way that the people of hill and mountain region get 100 seats, though their share in Nepal’s total population is less than 50 per cent. On the other hand, the Terai region inhabits over half of the cuntry’s population, but it has been allocated only 65 seats.
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