protesters police clash after nepal rejects calls to revert to hindu state
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Protesters, police clash after Nepal rejects calls to revert to Hindu state

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Nepalese police use water cannon to disperse Hindu protestors after they tried to enter a restricted area near
Kathmandu - Arab today

 Nepal’s Constituent Assembly rejected calls to revert the Himalayan nation back to a Hindu state during voting Monday on a draft of the country’s long-delayed new constitution, sparking violent protests.

Nepal was a Hindu nation for centuries when kings ruled, but has been a secular state since the monarchy was abolished in 2006.

More than two-thirds of members of the assembly, which began voting on the constitution draft on Sunday, voted against making Nepal a Hindu state again. The proposal needed the support of two-thirds of the members to be adopted.

The proposal was pushed by the Rastirya Prajatantra Party Nepal, or National Democratic Party Nepal, which also wants the country to be a monarchy.

Many people in Nepal, which has a Hindu majority, believe the kings were a reincarnation of the Hindu deity Vishnu

Following Monday’s vote, hundreds of Hindu protesters clashed outside the assembly hall with police, who fired water cannons and beat them with bamboo batons.

The protesters attacked passing vehicles, including one of the United Nations. The UN vehicle appeared to be headed to the airport with an official inside. The official and the driver were not hurt.

No one appeared to be seriously injured in the tussles between the police and the protesters.

The constitution has been delayed by years of disagreements between Nepal’s main political parties, and the voting on the draft — done clause by clause and expected to take at least a couple of days — is seen as major progress. The three main parties finally reached agreement this year, enabling the process to move on after years of stalemate.

Nepal has had an interim constitution since pro-democracy protests forced then-King Gyanendra to give up authoritarian rule and turn the country into a republic. A Constituent Assembly elected in 2008 failed to draft a new charter, and another assembly was elected in 2013.

The new constitution proposes to split Nepal into seven federal provinces. Some ethnic groups disagree with the makeup, borders and size of the provinces.

There have been weeks of protests against the draft in southern Nepal, some of which have turned violent, with at least 40 people killed in clashes between protesters and security forces. Authorities have imposed curfews in several southern towns.

Security has been heightened around Kathmandu, with hundreds of riot police officers guarding the assembly hall on Monday

source : gulfnews

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