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RJP-N to protest on Constitution Day
As the government prepares to celebrate the Constitution Day on September 19 with much fanfare, the Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal has decided to protest the event reiterating its displeasure at the charter promulgated three years ago.As the government prepares to celebrate the Constitution Day on September 19 with much fanfare, the Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal has decided to protest the event reiterating its displeasure at the charter promulgated three years ago.
The party formed after the merger of six Madhes-based forces on April 20 last year also protested against the statute on the 2017 Constitution Day across Madhes. The Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum-Nepal, which is now in government, was another prominent party that highlighted constitutional provisions it deemed unfair to the people of Madhes.
The SSF-N is a coalition partner while the RJP-N supports the Nepal Communist Party-led government. Both the parties are pressing for constitutional amendments.
“Since the anti-Madhes constitution was promulgated on September 19, the day will be observed by organising various protest programmes,” reads the RJP-N circular issued after a two-day meeting of the party presidium on Tuesday.
The party has directed its lower committees to stage demonstrations and protest meetings in the afternoon and to enforce a 15-minute blackout in the evening.
The party also boycotted the meeting held at the Home Ministry on September 2 called to chart out the plan for marking the day and to form an organising committee.