CA committee approves 14-state federation

KATHMANDU, Jan 20: The Constituent Assembly Committee on State Restructuring has endorsed, by majority, federal map of 14 provinces, according to our correspondent Thira L Bhusal.

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Of the 43 members in the CA committee, 24 members, including those from the UCPN (Maoist) and the CPN-UML, voted for the 14-province map. The Nepali Congress opposed selecting only one map. [break]



It suggested that the majority-endorsed map as well as the map with six provinces (which a sub-committee had forwarded for discussion a few days ago) be sent for discussion in the Constituent Assembly.

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