Minister for Commerce and Supplies Rajendra Mahato has accused the current government of being as what he called "anti-Madhes", and stressed upon the need to replace it with a "national unity government".

Rajendra Mahato

Speaking at a programme organized by Madhesi Journalists' Society in Janakpur Friday, he said that the new constitution should be promulgated within the May 28 deadline in order to guarantee full rights to the Madhesi people.

He said that the important task of timely constitution drafting has been overshadowed by the power hungry attitude of the big three parties - UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress, CPN (UML) - and said that they were also to blame for the failure in forming a national consensus government.

Minister Mahato has many times in the past severely criticized the government of which he is a part and has called for its replacement. nepalnews.com