The rally was taken out against the agreement reached among three major parties - UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress and CPN-UML - to split the district into two parts in the 11-province federal model. [break]
Altogether 32 organizations including Sankhuwasabha Chamber of Commerce and Industries, ethnic organizations and sister organizations of various political parties had joined the protest program.
The rally organized with a slogan ´Save Sankhuwasabha from splitting´ encircled Khandbari Bazaar before converging into a corner meeting. The corner meeting was addressed by the Chairman of Sankhuwasabha Chamber of Commerce and Industries Ananta Gauli.
The agitating locals have sent a memorandum to Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai asking him to keep Sankhuwasabha district undivided in the new state restructuring.
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