Speaking at an interaction organized on the implementation of federalism by the Ministry of Federal Affairs, Constituent Assembly, Legislative-Parliament, and Culture in Lalitpur, on Sunday he said the federalism is a compulsion for the country like Nepal.[break]
He said it has been too late to talk about the formation of a state restructuring commission, adding the suppressed ethnic communities, regional and language groups would not feel the sense of democracy without federalism in which the people would enjoy their rights and rule by themselves, which is a real democracy.
Minister for Culture Gopal Kiranti, said the time for having debates for the nature of federalism is already over, adding it is the time now for implementing it.
During the program, political analysts Prof. Dr. Krishna Hachhethu and Dr. Mangalsiddhi Manandar presented papers on ´State restructuring of Federal Nepal and its implementation´.
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