Madhesh showed up. We stood in long lines. We chose change over excuses.
The ballots are counted and the speeches are over — but our floods, our potholes, our hospitals, and our unemployed youth are still here. This is the people's appeal to the new federal government, to the Madhesh Pradesh government, and to every local body: do the work you were elected to do.
"We did not vote for slogans. We voted because Janakpur still floods every monsoon. We voted because our youth are still flying out to the Gulf. We voted because hospitals still run out of medicine and schools still run out of teachers. The campaign is over. The era of development must begin — at the centre, in the province, and in every palika. Madhesh will be watching."
Madhesh has been promised everything and delivered very little for decades. This time we voted for change — across every party, every faction. But democracy does not end on election day. It starts there. This page exists to keep the spotlight on the issues that matter to the 6+ million people of Madhesh Pradesh, and to remind every elected representative — from the Prime Minister to the ward chairperson — that they answer to us.
From Saptari to Parsa, these are not abstract policy debates. They are the daily life of every Madhesi household. Every elected leader must read this list as a to-do list.
Every year the Koshi, Bagmati, Kamala, Lakhandei and dozens of smaller rivers break their embankments. Homes vanish, crops are destroyed, schools shut for weeks. We need permanent embankments, dredging, and a real disaster response — not relief tarps after the damage is done.
Large parts of Madhesh still pump groundwater contaminated with arsenic and iron. Piped water is a luxury, not a right. Babies are getting sick from the water their mothers boil. Where is the safe drinking water plan for every ward?
Provincial hospitals run on paper, with empty specialist posts, no ICU beds, and pregnant women referred 3 hours away. Maternal and child mortality in Madhesh remains among the highest in Nepal. Fix the staffing. Fund the equipment. Stop the referrals.
Community schools across Saptari, Siraha, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Rautahat, Bara and Parsa are missing math, science and English teachers for entire grades. Dropout rates spike for girls after class 8. Education is the only way out — and the system is failing our children.
Every flight from Kathmandu to the Gulf is full of Madhesi youth in their twenties. Remittances keep our families alive — but at the cost of broken homes, dead bodies returning in coffins, and an entire generation lost to other countries. We need jobs here.
Madhesh feeds Nepal — yet our farmers don't get paid on time. Sugarcane farmers in Sarlahi, Mahottari and Bara protest year after year for dues from sugar mills. Irrigation canals are silted, fertilizer arrives late, and middlemen take the profit. Pay the farmers. Fix the canals.
Janakpur, Birgunj, Rajbiraj, Jaleshwar, Gaur, Malangwa — every monsoon, our city centres turn into ponds. Substandard contracts, missing drainage, and zero accountability. A road built last year is a pothole this year. Where does the budget go?
Thousands of Madhesi families — especially women married across the border — still struggle to get citizenship documents. No citizenship means no school enrolment, no bank account, no passport, no voting. This is not a paperwork issue. It is a dignity issue.
Despite laws, dowry destroys families and dowry-related violence kills women in Madhesh every single year. Child marriage, harassment in schools, and weak police response remain everyday realities. Enforce the law. Protect our daughters and sisters.
Gutkha spitting destroys public property and spreads disease. Walls of new hospitals, new bus parks, new colleges — already painted red. Civic discipline must come from us, but the local body must enforce fines too.
Janaki Mandir, Ram Mandir, the historic ponds of Janakpur, the forts of Simraungadh — Madhesh holds priceless heritage. Yet they are left to crumble, dirty, and unprotected. Heritage is identity. Heritage is also tourism, jobs, and pride.
Open defecation is creeping back in flood-hit settlements. Garbage piles up at the edge of every town. Where are the dustbins? Where is the door-to-door collection that every palika promised in its election manifesto?
Madhesh voted in record numbers. We rejected dynastic politics. We rewarded those who promised work over slogans. The result is in — and so is our expectation.
This site is not for any party. It is for every party, every minister, every MP, every mayor, every ward chair: this is your job description now.
Every Madhesi who stood in the queue did so trusting that this election would be different. That trust is your real political capital — and it can be lost faster than it was earned.
Every promise made on a campaign stage in Janakpur, Birgunj or Rajbiraj is now a binding commitment to the people of Madhesh. We will measure your tenure by your manifesto.
Civil society, journalists, students, farmers and ordinary citizens — we will track every budget line, every tender, every transfer, every project. Sunlight is the price of power.
"We did not vote for your party. We voted for our future.
We did not vote against the old guard. We voted for the new Madhesh.
The next election will not be won with speeches.
It will be won — or lost — by the work you do in the next five years."
Three simple tests that every government — federal, provincial, and local — must pass in Madhesh.
Don't wait for budget cycles. In 100 days we expect: a flood preparedness plan for every riverside palika, a vacancy audit of every district hospital, and a published list of pending sugarcane dues with payment timelines.
Every rupee allocated for Madhesh must reach Madhesh. No more vanishing budgets, no more fake muster rolls. Publish ward-level expenditure online. The same rules that apply to a small contractor must apply to every cousin of every leader.
We don't want photo-ops at inaugurations. We want a public dashboard for every district — projects, budget, deadline, status. If it isn't measurable, it isn't being done.
Not new slogans. Not new campaigns. Just three concrete things, year after year, until Madhesh stops being the part of Nepal that everyone forgets between elections.
Industrial corridors along Birgunj-Pathlaiya, agro-processing in Sarlahi and Mahottari, IT and BPO hubs in Janakpur. Stop our youth from boarding the next Gulf flight. Pay them to build Madhesh instead.
Permanent embankments, all-weather roads, real drainage in every municipality, 24-hour electricity, safe piped water. Every contract must be published. Every contractor must be answerable.
Fill every vacant teacher and doctor post. Free quality education through grade 12. Functional district hospitals with specialists, ICU and maternal care. Health and learning are not luxuries — they are the floor.
To the Federal Government in Singha Durbar, to the Madhesh Pradesh Government in Janakpur, and to every local body across our 8 districts — this is what Madhesh asks of you, in plain language.
Honourable Prime Minister and Cabinet, Madhesh expects:
Honourable Chief Minister and Provincial Assembly, we ask you to:
Honourable Mayors, Chairpersons & Ward Members, you are closest to us — please:
We do not ask for charity. We do not ask for special treatment. We ask only for what is owed to every citizen of Nepal — delivered honestly, on time, and within Madhesh.
Voting was just one day. Citizenship is every day. We commit to staying engaged — and to keeping our leaders engaged with us.
When my road is broken, my hospital is empty, or my school is missing a teacher — I will not stay silent. I will write, call, post, and ask my elected representatives.
I will ask where the budget went. I will use the Right to Information. I will show up at ward meetings. Power answers only to those who ask.
I will not litter. I will not spit gutkha or paan on public walls. I will pay my taxes. I will respect heritage and public spaces. The government's job is theirs — but Madhesh is mine.