Thousands of people including students in Nepal on Wednesday protested against the Constitution amendment bill aimed at carving out a new province to meet the demands of agitating Madhesis and other ethnic groups, saying the resource-rich Province Number five should not be split.
The protests affected normal life in Butwal area of Rupandehi district where people holding banners and shouting slogans took to the streets to register their discontent over the Constitution amendment bill which was registered at the legislature-Parliament Secretariat yesterday despite opposition from CPN-UMl.
Students from many schools and academic institutions and commoners have brought the vehicular operation to halt across Butwal, protesting the amendment proposal claiming it split Province Number 5, Himalayan Times reported.
The protests affected normal life as no vehicles were plying on the road along the East-West highway and North-South Siddhartha highway while the markets have remained partially closed.