They have also said that decreasing the seats under the proportional quotas would curtail the rights of the marginalized communities, sex, class and region. [break]
Speaking at an interaction program organized by the Council of Indigenous Nationalities Legal Practitioners, Vice-chairman of Indigenous Nationalities Promotion National Foundation Jhag Bahadur Thapa Magar said that numerical representation should be increased along with leadership capacity.
Likewise, former chairman of Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities Raj Kumar Lekhi said they were compelled to take to the streets as their rights were not raised effectively in the House.
Council´s Vice-chairman Krishna Angdembe said that the indigenous communities and marginalized communities and groups should pile pressure to increase the seats under the proportional quotas.
Council´s General Secretary Kansang Yonjan presented a working paper on relevance of CA, its duties and responsibilities and effect.
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