Deuba denies ‘one-Far-West’

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba has denied that the possibility of one far west claiming that the Far West is an integral part of Nepal.

“This is itself part of Nepal. It is not about making a state out of Nepal, Please don’t mind. But there can’t be ‘one-farwest'”
Stating that redrawing the boundaries and finding places for Kailali and Kanchanpur in it is an important task and suggested that both districts could be included within Seti and Mahakali by providing special rights to Tharus and Rana Tharus in it.

Speaking at a program organized in Dhangadi to mark the 30th General Assembly of Far West Transportation Association, Deuba said that three major political parties are executing their duty to draft the constitution within the agreed time frame.
He claimed that the constitution will be drafted, even if it is delayed by three or four months.