Kathmandu, September 1

The Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal today submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, opposing the report submitted by Constitution Delimitation Commission.

RJP-N issued a press release saying the party had drawn the attention of the government to the discriminatory report of CDC which reduced five parliamentary electoral districts in Madhes. The party also said that the CDC created electoral districts to suit the interests of the major three parties and the report also broke clusters of ethnic groups and communities.

The party said the CDC created only 78 first-past-the-post electoral districts in 20 districts of Madhes  which has 51 per cent population as per 2011 census report. It said 78 FPTP seats were only   47.27 per cent of the seats.

The party said that 20 districts of Madhes had got 116 FPTP seats in the past when there were 240 FPTP seats in the country and that was 48.33 per cent of FPTP seats against 48.4 per cent population of the region.

“The CDC not only curtailed our rights but also continued discrimination against us,” the party said and added that the CDC split clusters of ethnic groups and communities to suit the interests of the major three parties.