KC registered his proposal at the Constituent Assembly (CA) Secretariat seeking to include ‘multireligious’ or ‘all religions treated on equal footing’ in place of religious freedom.
Earlier, another NC leader Dr Shekhar Koirala had filed a separate amendment proposal on the constitution bill to remove the term 'secularism' from its preamble.
Dr Koirala filed a 12-point amendment proposal in the CA Secretariat on Friday. In his amendment proposal, Dr Koirala has sought removal of the term 'secularism' from the preamble, insertion of the word 'proportionate' before the term 'inclusive' in the Article 278 and insertion of a provision to establish separate bench within Supreme Court instead of a separate Constitutional Court in the Article 137.
According to CA Secretariat, there have been a total 190 amendment proposals on 84 Articles and the preamble. Of them, Article 84 has received the highest number of amendment proposals with 11 amendment proposals registered already in the CA Secretariat.
The deadline to file amendment proposals on the constitution bill is ending today.
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