Kathmandu, April 27: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ajaya Shanker Nayak tabled a proposal seeking consideration on the Constitution of Nepal (second amendment) bill, 2073 at the meeting of the Legislature-Parliament this late evening.
Taking part in the discussion on the proposal, Prakash Jwala said it was wrong to repeatedly amend the constitution and blamed that the latest amendment proposal would alienate the hills and the tarai.
Likewise, Meena Pun said we would create two kinds of citizens with the proposed amendment and expressed serious concerned over the matter relating to demarcation.
Rewati Raman Bhandari also protested against the amendment proposal while Ganga Chaudhary Satgauwa said that the latest proposal for demarcation was still an injustice to the Tharus.
Prem Suwal said the constitution amendment was not right from any perspective.
CP Mainali said the new proposal to award citizenship based on marriage is not legal and that it should be as per the existing constitutional provision.
Rameshwar Phunyal said the proposal was aimed at curtailing the rights of the provincial assembly and thereby weakening democracy while Sher Bahadur Tamang said the constitution amendment was wrong in its principle.
Likewise, Lal Babu Yadav and Afilal Okhera said the amendment proposal could not be discussed upon.
Responding to queries raised during the deliberations, Law Minister Nayak said the amendment concerning language was introduced in respect of the mother tongue and claimed that the amendment in the citizenship provision would help Nepal head towards prosperity.
Meanwhile, the meeting of the Legislature-Parliament was postponed for half an hour for lack of quorum. The proposal required one-fourth members to be present so as to be considered. However, only 128 were present against the minimum requirement of 149. RSS
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