“Heeding the opinion of all, we reached a conclusion that the state should be restructured on the basis of nationality, not ethnicity” said leader Dinanath Sharma after the party´s standing committee meeting. “Expert opinion will be sought while delineating them,” said Sharma.
The Maoist party has submitted a proposal of 13 provinces - 11 of which are based on ethnicity--at Constituent Assembly (CA) committee on state restructuring, but the party has claimed these provinces have been delineated on the basis of nationality, not ethnicity. “Ethnicity is different from nationality in that the latter has geography, history, psychology and economic basis,” said Sharma.
EU envoy calls on Maoist chairman
Daniele Smadja, ambassador, Delegation of the European Union to India, Nepal and Bhutan, called on Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the Maoist party headquarters Thursday. They discussed the current political deadlock and ways to end it.
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