Incident Reports

Indigenous nationalities protest infront of CA hall

2015-01-08

Bagmati, Bhaktapur, Changunarayan

The Indigenous Nationalities National Movement Nepal today held a sit-in outside the Constituent Assembly (CA) building demanding identity-based federal provinces in the new constitution. Coordinator of the Newa Autonomous Manka Struggle Committee Malla K Sundar demanded identity-based federal provinces and said that federal provinces without identity would not be acceptable to them. He said that the protest was to institutionalise the achievements of various people's movements. Sundar said that the proportional representation of the indigenous nationalities, marginalised groups, oppressed groups and minorities should be ensured in every parts and body of state organs. On the occasion, different ethnic forums participated in the protest programmes.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Contestation over Constitution and federal restructuring
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Other indigenous organizations
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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