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Kathmandu, Nepal: In a dramatic move, coordinator of Naya Shakti Nepal, Baburam Bhattarai and Chairman of Federal Socialist Forum- Nepal (FSF-N) Upendra Yadav have stood in a same ground over the issue of constitution amendment proposal that is being tabled in the parliament by the government within few days.
Both Bhattrai and Yadav have issued a joint statement on Monday stating that their serious attention has been drawn toward the constitution amendment proposal forwarded by the government.
The joint statement is taken importantly as it is issued in the mean time when there was a speculation that both Bhattrai led Naya Shakti Nepal and Yadav led FSF-N are going to be united for a single party.
Our serious attention has been drawn toward the amendment proposal and we have a demand that amendment should end the existing prevailing discriminations on the basis of caste, class, culture, language, religion, region and sex, reads the statement.
The constitution should be amended by guaranteeing federalism with federal rights, states the statement. The demand of guaranteeing federalism with federal rights is taken importantly though it is not specified in the statement.
Earlier, some Madhes based parties had demanded that the federal state should have the right even to be separated from the state.
Autonomy, self-governance, federal judiciary, fully proportional parliament, directly-elected President, proportional representation in state mechanisms, multi-language policy and many others should be guaranteed while amending the constitution, reads the statement.
‘If the constitution is amended excluding the issues, the current problems of the country would not be resolved,’ the two leaders have said. Any other move except our demands will drive the country toward conflict, confusion and instability instead of peace, development and stability, reads the statement.
