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He said he is committed to make the Constitution acceptable to all people through amendment to it.The government is working towards forging a national consensus towards that direction, he added.The Madhesis and various indigenous nationalities have been demanding the identity based federalism to be incorporated in the statute, that was promulgated in September last year. The Madhesi parties had led the six months-long agitation, mainly to protest against the seven-province federal model enshrined in the Constitution.The protests by Madhesis, mostly of Indian-origin, had also disrupted the supplies of petroleum products and cooking gas among other essentials to Nepal.Nepal’s Prime Minister Prachanda today said he is committed to amend the Constitution to address the demands of all indigenous communities of the country including the Madhesis.Addressing a programme organised by the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities here to mark the 22nd International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, the Prime Minister said, “the government would try to implement the Constitution in a way that all the oppressed ethnic communities and indigenous people would feel their ownership in it.”
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