After four protesters were killed in police firing during a blockade in the volatile Terai region along the Indian border, Prime Minister K P Oli called a meeting of all major political parties at his residence this morning to find a way out of the ongoing political crisis in the nation. The meeting ended inconclusively, but the senior leaders of the parties realised the urgency to address the demands raised by the agitating Madhesi parties as the crisis has deepened with the escalation of violence in the Terai districts including Saptari, where the protesters were killed.

During the meeting, Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, UCPN- Maoist, Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal, Rastriya Prajatantra Party and Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum-Democratic agreed to proceed with the Bill, currently pending.