MORANG, FEBRUARY 15
Rajbansi Society Upliftment Committee has demanded that Province 1 be named Birat Province.
During a press meet organised here as part of the preparation for the 15th extended meeting of the committee here yesterday, the speakers said that Birat Rajbansi people were the indigenous people of Province 1 and they had links with Birat King, hence naming the province after the king would reflect collective identity of the indigenous community, according to central chair of the committee Bhubaneshwor Mandal.
If the province is not named Birat Province, a peaceful agitation will be launched, he warned.
A version of this article appears in the print on February 16, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
