Sharing sovereignty, providing autonomy to a complex, costly and inequality raising, national integration-threatening system of identity-based federalism is an unbearable risk for Nepal
Identity-based politics is turning out to be a reality for South Asia. Nepal is at the juncture to accept it or leap forward to continue the famed existence of past. A proposal of amendment to the present constitution for fresh demarcation of two provinces out of seven provinces for implementation of federalism, issues of naturalized citizenship and representation has jeopardized the country with a series of protests. A fully operationalised decentralization can be more effective than identity-based federalism …read more
Source: The Himalayan Times
