AS NEPAL’S constitution fails to unite various political forces and enlarge its ownership, former King Gyanendra Shah said the constitution should not come at the cost of national unity. “The country should not prove to be loser in the process of making a constitution,” he told The Indian Express in an interview at a tea garden he owns in Eastern Nepal. Madhesi people from southern plains in Nepal have been leading a several-month-old agitation against the promulgation of the constitution. The major demands of Madhesis, mostly of Indian-origin, include re-demarcation of the seven province model of federal structure, inclusiveness and proportionate representation of marginalised groups and ethnic minorities including the Madhesis, indigenous groups and Dalits in all the state bodies in the country.
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