On April 6, 2016, cadres of United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) comprising of the Upendra Yadav-led Federal Socialist Forum-Nepal (FSF-N), the Mahantha Thakur-led Tarai Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP), the Rajendra Mahato-led Sadbhawana Party (SP) and the Mahendra Raya Yadav-led Tarai Madhes Sadbhawana Party (TMSP) protested the visit of Minister of Forest and Soil Conservation Agni Prasad Sapkota by greeting him with black flags in Rautahat district. The agitation by the UDMF cadres began on July 1, 2015, by burning the copies of the preliminary draft of the constitution in the capital, Kathmandu, as it failed to incorporate their demands. The Madhesis are demanding redrawing of the boundaries of the provinces in the Himalayan nation as proposed in the new constitution and restoration of rights granted to Madhesis in the interim constitution of 2007 which, they claim, the new constitution has snatched away.
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