Janakpur, Sept. 20 -- Just days after saying he would resign amid the peak of Gen Z protests, Madhesh Chief Minister Satish Kumar Singh backtracked on his announcement, arguing that talks with coalition and opposition leaders and concerns over the province's federal setup influenced his decision.

The reversal came as his own Janamat Party withdrew support and recalled ministers, leaving Singh caught between party pressure and the need to keep the provincial government stable.

When the protests reached their height last week, then-Janamat Party spokesperson Sharad Singh Yadav declared that the chief minister would resign and the party would pull support from the KP Sharma Oli-led government at the centre.

Singh, at the time, told the Po...