The proposed states are Limbuwan, Kirant, Birat-Mechi-Kochila, Mithila, Sunkoshi-Gaurishankar, Tamsaling, Newa, Bhojpura, Tamuwan, Narayani, Magarat, Tharuhat-Lumbini, and Karnali-Khasang are among the federal states proposed by the UML.
The party has suggested taking factors such as settlement pattern, cultural concurrence, administrative accessibility, economic and social interrelation, availability of resources, historic tie and pattern of the use of languages into consideration while delineating states.
The UML has concluded that economic viability should be given special priority while determining federal state. Among others, the UML has taken ethnic, linguistic, cultural, geographical and historical continuity as basis of ensuring identity of people from various communities.
“There will be a total 13 states. Four of them are multilingual, multi-ethnic and multicultural states and two other linguistic states will be compulsory,” said UML Chairman Jhalanath Khanal.
Khanal said special arrangement will be made as federal states cannot be delineated in the name of each ethnic group or caste and linguistic and cultural group in the country.
The UML has proposed a total seven states in the names of ethnic or caste groups. They include Limbuwan, Kirant, Tamsaling, Tamuwan, Newa, Tharuhat-Lumbini and Magarat states. Birat-Kochila-Mechi, Gaurishankar-Sunkoshi, Narayani and Karnali-Khasang are proposed as multicultural state. Mithila and Bhojpura are two states named behind language.
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