Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Bam Dev Gautam has said that the new constitution would be promulgated by January 22 at any cost, even if the political parties fail to reach consen
Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Bam Dev Gautam has said that the new constitution would be promulgated by January 22 at any cost, even if the political parties fail to reach consensus on the disputative issues by October 7.
Speaking at an interaction organised by the Reporter’s Club of Nepal in Kathmandu on Wednesday, Gautam said that the constitution will be issued through CA’s voting process by the stipulated time and those who try to obstruct the process would be subject to Nepali people’s resistance.
Adding that there is no alternative to issuing the constitution on time, Gautam said the current political deadlock in the name of forging consensus must end soon.
Gautam accused the UCPN (Maoist) led Federal Republic Front of obstructing proceedings of the House against the rules, regulations and essence of the constitution, and against the people’s mandate.
He clarified that Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) have agreed on federal structure containing maximum of six to seven states. Federalism on basis of singular ethnic identity, however, would not be acceptable, Gautam said.
Source: nepalnews.com