Where is the space for WORKING CLASS IN CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY?
[top] Following the adoption of the long-awaited Constituent Assembly Members Elections Act, the on-going discourse on ’deconstruction’ and ’reconstruction’ has taken a new turn in Nepali consciousness. As per the Act, it is expected that Nepali society will be six-sector-divided ’inclusive’. As such, Nepali people’s representation in the Constituent Assembly will, on the basis of the 2001 population census, be Madhesis-31.2%, Dalits-13%, Janajatis-37.8%, Backward Areas-4%  and Others- 30.2 % for the 240 seats set aside for proportional representation. With this arrangement the Nepali people, living for long in a state of identity loss and social oppression, have now had an opportunity to directly participate in debates and actions about state restructuring. It has provided them with a space in which they can present their agenda. So those victimised by patriarchal domination (on grounds of gender), by tagadhari domination (on grounds of caste), Caucasoid domination (on grounds of
