DO YOU THINK THIS IS EVER POSSIBLE nepalnews.com mk Jan 06 07 JTMM ready for talks with govt under UN monitoring; sets 9-pt demand Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM), an armed outfit led by Jwala Singh, which is active in parts of Terai, has said it is ready for UN-brokered dialogue with the government. Issuing a statement Saturday, Jwala Singh said the JTMM was ready to sit for talks under UN monitoring -- and if the government comes positively towards its demands. Singh, who formed his own armed group after parting ways with the JTMM led by Jaya Krishna Goit, also set nine demands including recognition of Terai as an autonomous province, appointment of Terai-origin people in all government offices in Terai region, delimitation of election constituencies based on population ratio, return of land and properties captured by the Maoists and a census in Terai led by Terai people. He also demanded that the revenue collected in Terai region be used entirely in Terai and Rs 1.5 million compensation be provided to each of the families of those "killed by the state" in Terai. Singh's statement came a few days after Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala said at a programme in Biratnagar that the government was ready for talks with the JTMM. The JTMM, which had split from the CPN (Maoist) few years earlier, is involved in individual killings, abduction and extortion in Siraha, Saptari and surrounding districts.