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Leaders from both the ruling and opposition joined the protests organized to oppose the government’s move to make changes in federal boundaries in their areas. The government has proposed shifting five hill districts of Province 5 to Province 4 to make Province 5 plains-only province.
Defying party lines, senior leaders from ruling Nepali Congress (NC) Chandra Bhandari and deputy parliamentary party leader Top Bahadur Rayamajhi of CPN (Maoist Center) joined main opposition CPN-UML in the demonstrations.Irate cross-party cadres took to the street waving national flags. Senior ruling and opposition leaders had reached Butwal as their part of continuous protest against the government announcement to revise federal boundaries.
The government earlier this week registered a bill to make changes to the boundaries of Province-5 and a few other provisions of the constitution.
Along with the NC and Maoist leaders, CPN-UML deputy general secretaries duo Bishnu Poudel and Ghanshyam Bhusal, and the party’s secretaries Pradeep Gyawali and Gokarna Bista also participated in the demonstration. UML Vice-chairperson Bam Dev Gautam had reached Butwal but returned to Kathmandu before the processions converged into a rally. Immediately after addressing corner meetings organized prior to the mass rally, Gautam returned to the capital city citing some urgent work.
Addressing their supporters, the leaders vowed that they would force the government into withdrawing the amendment bill from the parliament arguing that the proposal was floated with an ill-intention. They argued that the proposal was registered in parliament with an intent to lay the ground for breaking up the country and that the street protests will foil the parliamentary conspiracy.
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