“…In 2012, the political parties finally agreed on the composition of Government and federal legislature which divides the country into 11 provinces (Hove & Vandernoot, 2015;Myrepublica, 2012). Unfortunately, the Maoist political party backtracked from this agreement because of the pressure from Madesh-based (Terai-based) political parties which demanded an ethnic federalism to meet their aspirations for autonomy and took increasingly (Kathmandu Post, 2012).…”