Agreement between the GoN and Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (Rajan Mukti Samuha)

• Country/entity

  Nepal
  
• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  
• Agreement name

  Agreement between the GoN and Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (Rajan Mukti Samuha)
• Date

  10 Jan 2009
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Nepalese Insurgency (1996 - 2006) )
• Stage

  Ceasefire/related
• Conflict nature

  Government/territory
• Peace process

  Nepal related-local processes
• Parties

  On behalf of JTMM
  (Rajan Mukti Samuha)
  Sd.
  Rajeev Jha ‘Utkarsha Mukti’
  Coordinator
  
  On behalf of GoN Talks Team
  Sd.
  Janardhan Sharma ‘Prabhakar’
  Coordinator
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  An agreement in which the Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (Rajan Mukti Samuha) agree to suspend their violent activities and engage in dialogue with the Government of Nepal.

• Agreement document

  NP_090110_GoN and Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Formal structured process
  
• Rationale

  A dialogue team was set up by the Maoist-led government, which won the elections in April 2008. This dialogue team was led/ coordinated by the Minister for Peace and Reconstruction, Mr Janardhan Sharma. In October 2008, the Maoist led government invited all armed groups to talks, including, Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha, which ultimately led to this agreement.
• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  Yes
• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  Despite groups like these bordering to what can be called criminal outfits, their demands were framed under issues of inclusion and state restructuring/ federalism. The agreement states of inclusion related provisions like a, ‘people-centric constitution’.
• Name of Locale

  Terai
• Nature Of Locale

  Region
• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  27.040000, 87.000000
• Participant type

  Central state actor
  Local armed group
  
• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

Agreement between the GoN and Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (Rajan Mukti Samuha)

On January 10, 2009, a dialogue was held in a cordial atmosphere between the Talks Team of the Government of Nepal (GoN) and the Talks Team of the Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (Rajan Mukti Samuha) [Democratic Terai Liberation Front (Rajan Mukti Group)] in Kathmandu.

With the belief that the institutional development and strengthening of Nepal’s progressive transformation and of the federal democratic republic can take place only through a new people-centric constitution and embracing the principles of sovereignty, integrity, national interest and national unity, an agreement was reached on the following points.

1. The GoN shall be responsible for the security of the members of the Talks Team of the Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (Rajan Mukti Samuha) during the period of dialogue.

2. The Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (Rajan Mukti Samuha) shall suspend its violent activities and shall not engage in any unlawful activities.

3. Political assemblies and programmes may be conducted peacefully in coordination with the District Administration Office concerned.

The GoN shall treat the leaders and activists of the Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (Rajan Mukti Samuha) as political actors.

4. The Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (Rajan Mukti Samuha) shall make available to the GoN a list of its people in jail and those against whom cases have been filed in the course of agitation, and the Government shall gradually release them after investigations.

5. If the need for mediators is felt in the course of dialogues, they shall be appointed with the consent of both parties.

6. If any problem emerges in relation to this agreement, it shall be resolved by coordinating with the representatives of the Chief District Officer of the district concerned and the representatives of Janatrantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (Rajan Mukti Samuha).

On behalf of JTMM

(Rajan Mukti Samuha)

Sd.

Rajeev Jha ‘Utkarsha Mukti’

Coordinator

On behalf of GoN Talks Team

Sd.

Janardhan Sharma ‘Prabhakar’

Coordinator