President Ram Baran Yadav announced the promulgation of Constitution of Nepal, 2072 at a special meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) on Sunday.

The President announced the commencement of the new constitution endorsed by the CA and authenticated by CA Chairman Subas Chandra Nembang from today.

The CA Chair also presented the copies of the new constitution which saw passage from the CA as per sub-section (3) of the CA Regulation 110. The CA meeting was attended by the Vice President Paramananda Jha, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and Chief Justice Kalyan Shrestha.

The special ceremony was also attended by CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, former prime ministers and CA members Sher Bahadur Deuba, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Jhalanath Khanal, Baburam Bhattarai among others.

Similarly, Deputy Prime Ministers duo Prakashman Singh Bam Dev Gautam, ministers, former CA members, high ranking officers of Nepal government, civil society representatives, industrialists, chief of the diplomatic missions, media and others.