01 December 2016

News Story: Constitution amendment proposal invites anti-government protest across Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Anti-government protests flared up in different parts of Nepal on Wednesday against the constitution amendment proposal recently tabled by the government at the Legislature Parliament.

The amendment was registered by the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government to address grievances of ethnic Madhesi communities who have been agitated for more than one year, expressing serious reservations on the key contents of the new constitution including seven provincial boundaries, citizenship and political representation at the lower and upper House.

As part of their protest, thousands of political party cadres and ordinary people took to the streets in various districts of Western Region including the Capital city Kathmandu.

The protests have come a day after the government tabled the proposal at the House for the second time after promulgation of new constitution in September last year.

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