Incident Reports

YFN activists pull off shirts to demand constitution

2015-01-17

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Ward 31

 The CPN-UML-aligned Youth Federation Nepal (YFN) on Saturday organised a half-naked rally to exert pressure on the Constituent Assembly to promulgate constitution within the stipulated timeframe of January 22. The rally which began from the YFN office, Bijulibazaar converged into a corner meeting after reaching at New Baneshwor. Youths, who had pulled off their shirts to hit the street, chanted slogans as "Promulgate constitution on January 22", "Respect people's vote' and "Be aware of 601", among others. On the occasion, YFN General Secretary Rajeev Pahadi said that the UCPN-Maoist and Madhes-based political parties should not diminish people's aspirations and vote, saying that the promise made by political parties during CA election before should be fulfilled. Pahadi stressed on the need of promulgating the new constitution on the slated time even through voting process if consensus eluded on the disputed issues of the new constitution. The YFN has announced different promgrammes to exert pressure on the political parties for the promulgation of the new constitution on time.
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 UML and affiliated org
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
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