Limbuwan Rastriya Mukti Morcha has announced to put pressure on the political parties and the constituent assembly to regard the federal states unilaterally declared by the opposition party Unified CPN (Maoist) as the bottom line for federalism.

The ethnic front affiliated to the Maoists has declared a four-hour strike in the east on Wednesday as part of its pressure tactics. The ethnic front said it will close down all transport along the Mechi and Koshi highways from 1 pm till 5 pm today.

The Maoists, during their third phase of protests programmes, had announced 13 autonomous states unilaterally despite objection from other parties. nepalnews.com