Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ajaya Shankar Nayak on behalf of the government registered a fresh constitution amendment proposal at the Parliament on Tuesday.

The government had withdrawn the second constitution amendment bill registered at the House this afternoon.

A Cabinet meeting on Monday evening had decided to withdraw the old constituent amendment bill and register a new one.

The government had decided to register the amendment proposal in a bid to address the concerns of the Madhes-based parties before the local level elections slated for May 14.

The Monday’s Cabinet meeting had decided to register the proposal with a provision to amend eight issues of the old amendment bill. The bill registered at the parliament, however, does not propose any change in boundary of provinces as suggested by the old amendment bill.

Among the eight issues, provisions relating to the National Assembly, citizenship and language have been kept intact.

An issue of amending Article 274 related to alteration of borders has been added in the proposal.

Similarly, the government had also decided to remove representatives of chief and deputy chief of the local level from the electoral college to be formed for the National Assembly.

The new amendment bill has a provision of forming a federal commission to decide on the thorny issues of provincial boundaries.