NC JANAJATI LEADERS DECIDE TO BOYCOTT PARTY MEETINGS Kathmandu, 17 June; NC janajati leaders decided Saturday to boycott meetings charging the main opposition had sidelined the issue of e federation with identity. “Out 11-point memorandum weren’t discussed with only internal dispute and power sharing getting priority in t,’ a statement said Saturday after a meeting of the janajati caucus. “We’ve decided and have been compelled to stay away from all meetings of the party/ We, who have been in the movement of janajatis, have been dishonoured by our own party,” statement said coinciding with a three-week anti-government and anti-Maoist movement from Monday Former lawmakers and former ministers of eight janajati organizations affiliated with the party issued the statement Saturday the same day UML expelled janajati leaderAng Kazi Sherpa from the opposition party. Opposition NC and UML have rejected ethnic states while Maoists are pushing ethnic provinces in a new federal structure. Nnnn POSTAL RATES INCREASE Kathmandu, 17 June: Postal rates are being increased from the coming fiscal year beginning mid-July. Rates are being increased with increasing costs. Rates were last increased 15 years ago. Nnnn