Kathmandu, 16 June : Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has assured that there would be no effort to divide indigenous nationalities of the country in the name of statistics.
In his address to the Bhumya Festival-2080 organized by the Nepal Magar Association at open theatre (Tundikhel) on Friday, PM Dahal said, ‘No effort will be devised to divide communities. I am clear on my opinion that the nation and nationalities should not be the subject to division”.
The Prime Minister shared he received complaints noting the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has divided indigenous nationalities, including Magar in course of administering the National Census and would direct the authorities concerned to correct it.
‘Complaints have received on behalf of the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) saying injustice was meted out against Magar ethnic group while unveiling the census results’, the PM said, adding, ‘I was not aware of the presentation of census to seclude Punmagar from Magar ethnic group’.
PM Dahal said he had drawn attention of the authorities after being informed of the census results. ‘I promise to clarify and correct presentation of the census results once the chief of Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) returned country from abroad’.
