Rautahat, September 20

Constitution Day was marked in Rautahat district headquarters Gaur and Chandrapur today.

While a procession was taken out in Gaur as early as 6:30am, the procession concluded into a constitution day wish exchange programme at the District Coordination Committee office.

CDO Kiran Thapa, Nepal Police SP Bhupendra Khatri, Armed Police Force SP Rabinraj Karnajit, Nepal Army colonel Samantadhwoj Kand and National Investigation Department’s SP Abhinaya Singh were present in the event.

A similar procession was taken out at the initiative of Chandrapur Municipality. The procession was participated in by all government and non-government organisations, schools and personnel of security agencies. Government offices and banks in the municipality had flown national flag on their premises today to mark the auspicious day.

Madhesis, indigenous community and others, who were dissatisfied with the statute, didn’t take part in today’s celebration. Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal held a protest in Gaur in the afternoon today, calling the constitution as discriminatory and demanding release of Resham Chaudhary, a parliamentarian who is in prison. Around 50 persons, including Gaur Municipality Mayor Ajaya Gupta and Deputy Mayor Kiran Thakur, took part in the protest.

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