The demonstrations, spearheaded by Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN), come hours ahead of May 27, when the deadline for the promulgation of the new constitution by CA expires. [break]
Demonstrators have been shouting slogans demanding that the nine-point pact earlier reached between NEFIN and the government be implemented. They have demanded that the state be restructured based on single ethnic identity and have said a new constitution without federalism would not acceptable to them.
A large number of security personnel have been deployed at the site. Traffic movement has come to a halt due to the demonstrations.
Also, the major political parties and have shifted their meeting venue from CA building to the prime minister’s official residence in Baluwatar due to the ethnic communities’ demonstrations in the area.
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