KATHMANDU: The Federal Alliance including 27 political parties and groups which have been protesting the Constitution promulgated last year on Friday announced new protest programmes for what they said "rewriting of the Constitution".

The programmes include handing over a memorandum on their demands to the government via District Administration Offices, erecting black flags at government office premises, carrying out public demonstrations including rallies and mass meetings in district headquarters and mass assemblies in major cities and towns of the nation, and picketing Singhadarbar, the central administrative hub, among others.

The protest programmes would begin on April 27 and conclude on May 14 with the Singhadarbar gherao.

The Alliance argued that the Constitution should be rewritten to strengthen independence, nationality and national integrity; and to constitutionally manage non-discriminatory, secular and identity-based proportional inclusive federal democratic republic.

The Alliance constituents have also decided to raise issues of public interest including growing inflation, shortage of petroleum products and load shedding among others during their protest.

Organising a press meeting in Kathmandu, the Alliance unveiled the protest programmes today.

The United Democratic Madhesi Front, which had carried out a Madhes-centric protest for more than five months after the Constitution promulgation, has been leading the Federal Alliance.

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