Kathmandu : The government would table the constitution amendment proposal at the Parliament within a few days.
A meeting held among the ruling partners, the Madhesi Front and the Federal Alliance this morning agreed on the matter, held at the Prime Minister's official in Baluwatar this morning.
According to a statement issued by his secretariat, Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal said the amendment proposal would include issues related to language, citizenship, provincial boundaries and representation in the new National Assembly, during today's meeting.
Talking to media after the meeting, Secretary of the major ruling party CPN (Maoist Centre) Barshaman Pun confirmed the meeting understanding to introduce the statute amendment proposal to the House within the few days.
There was an understanding in the meeting that the government would table an amendment proposal regarding the constitution at the parliament being based on the discussions held in the meeting, he said.
Although, the Alliance has also given a positive comment on the meeting outcome, it has remarked that it would support the constitution implementation process by presenting their some differing views as the 'note of dissent'.
Terai-Madhes Democratic Party's senior Vice-Chair Hridayesh Tripathi shared that his party has accepted the agreement on registering the constitution amendment proposal in the parliament.
"The government presenting at least the constitution amendment proposal in the House is a positive move. The proposal will be registered on four different issues," asserted Tripathi, expressing his confidence that their concerned would be addressed through amendment.
The structure of federalism will be based on the model of seven provinces presented by the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML in the course of state restructuring of the country under the federal setup.
Nawalpur and Parasi of Nawalparasi district will remain intact while Rolpa and Rukum districts that were earlier proposed to be under province no. 6 will be integrated into province-5 as per the new proposal on the state restructuring floated by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Likewise, other districts like Gulmi, Palpa, Argakhanchi and Pyuthan will be incorporated into either province-4 or 6.
The main opposition and other parties would be consulted for support and agreement after registering the proposal at the Parliament, said Prime Minister Dahal.
Earlier on November 21, top leaders of the three major political parties—Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN Maoist Centre — held a meeting to discuss the purported amendment of Constitution. They, however, failed to make any headway after the UML stuck to its stance against the amendment proposal that the ruling alliance of Nepali Congress and CPN Maoist Centre wanted to bring in.
