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Terai parties obstruct CA meeting for fourth time in a row
Terai-based parties obstructed the Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting for the fourth time in a row, on Monday, demanding constitutional guarantee of ‘autonomous Madhesh province’.
K.B Gurung who chaired the Assembly declared the sitting adjourned till 2:00 pm Tuesday after the CA members from Madhesi parties came to the rostrum and starting chanting slogans. They had done the same done in the last three CA sittings.
The protesting CA members said they would not allow the Assembly to take up its normal business unless the government comes up with a new constitution amendment bill by incorporating the issues raised by them. The stalemate continues even as top leaders of the parties kept on engaging in hectic discussions on the demands of the Madhesi parties.
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