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101 states?, Budhabar



The State Restructuring Committee of the CA had proposed a confederation of 14 states based on ethnicity, but in the first meeting of the Commission members were unanimously against it. They felt ethnicity should not be the basis for state restructuring. The SRC members were left speechless after member Sarbaraj Khadka pointed to the dangers of ethnicity-based federal units. "We will have to make 101 states in the country for 101 ethnic groups," he reportedly said, "you can't deny one group the right to state because it has fewer people, and give another the same because it has more people."

The members also agree that carving out 14 states would not be viable, and they felt more comfortable with a 10-province model based on geography, economic status and identity. Another member of the Commission said: "Ideally Nepal would do best with seven states. If that's not possible, we will at least try to work out a nine state plan."



1. who cares
i demand either 3 states (not exactly state, more of a state with power regarding development decision and providing basic nation's duty to its people) or 101 states based on ethnic.


the capitals of those 3 states should be: kathmandu, biratnagar and nepalgunj. 


2. rosi
who is going to pay salary of 9 x 601 . I said 601 because we are Nepalese and we all want to be minister.in order to be minster we must become MP first so I am pretty sure each state as no less than 601 MP.

Nepal is doomed, you know country like Australia sometimes talks about getting rid of states because of the budget burden, red tape among the states, water rights,  and etc etc. and 9 states in  Nepal, how are they going distribute the tax collected in kathmandu, what proportion?

may be 3 state is enough if you must have state.


3. jange

Make it 102.

One for me too.



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