Why are the Tharus against the Madhes uprising?
How can Tharus accept the demand for one Madhes one region? Who are the original inhabitants? And who are the Madhesis? There have been attempts to confuse the people with these questions. This uprising is led by the
feudals. Even the Muslims in the Tarai are saying they are not Madhesis.

If the people that Upendra Yadav, J P Gupta and Mahanta Thakur claim to Madhesi are not Madhesis, then who is Madhesi?
Madhesis are Aryans. The community came to the Tarai and kept a stronghold here because of the business prospects of the Tarai. They then started ruling over the original inhabitants. Nepal has mountains, hills and the Tarai. Trying to politicise the issue of a Madhes which does not exist is very dangerous. Nepal has Tarai, Madhesis but no Madhes.

Has a conflict begun between the Tharus and Madhesis?
We won't pressurise anyone to leave like the Madhesis did to the Pahadis. We do not believe in using weapons to make our voices heard. Talks about one Madhes one region are just meant to stir unrest in the Tarai.

Didn't your demand for a Tharuhat help the Tarai become a separate region?
We are saying that places with our historical background should be Tharuhat. Our objective is not to divide Nepal by demanding an ethnic state.