Kathmandu, Jan. 31 -- A meeting of leaders from Madhesh-based parties on Thursday formed a task force with an objective to draft a framework for developing a loose alliance of eight Madhesh-centric political parties.

"The meeting has formed an eight-member task force where every party will be represented by a member," Keshav Jha, a leader from the Rastriya Mukti Party led by Rajendra Mahato, said after the meeting held at Singha Durbar.

A group of leaders from Madhesh-based political parties have been working on forming a 'loose alliance' for the past couple of months. They had earlier held an introductory meeting on January 16.

The task force members are Mohammad Istiyak Rayi from Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP), Sharad Singh Yadav from ...