Nepal's pro-Hindu party, part of the ruling coalition, today said it will table an amendment motion in the Parliament to reinstate Nepal as a Hindu nation, warning of massive street protests if the demand is not met.
Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP-N), the fourth largest party in the Parliament, took the decision during the central committee meeting of the party chaired by RPP-N chairman and Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa that concluded in Birgunj in southern Nepal today.
Party sources said RPP-N decided to move a motion against the provision of secular State in the Constitution and seek returning to a Hindu nation.
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"The party has also decided to launch street agitation for the same purpose, if the constitution amendment process could not reconvert the country into a Hindu State," the proposal endorsed by the party's CWC meeting said.
Last year, the Constituent Assembly had overwhelmingly rejected a proposal by pro-Hindu RPP-N to revert Nepal as a Hindu State, declaring that the Hindu-majority nation will remain secular.
Thapa had registered the amendment proposal demanding to reinstate Nepal as a Hindu State in Article 4 of the revised bill of the new Constitution.
The rejection had triggered violent protests amid an already volatile situation over federal structure.
Today, the RPP-N also asked the government to resolve the issues relating to the agitation launched by the Madhesis through political means of holding dialogue with the agitating parties.