Leaders Emphasize State's Role in Ensuring Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Representation

Leaders have emphasized the need for the state to be serious about ensuring the identity, rights, and entitlements of indigenous peoples. They have demanded that the upcoming constitutional amendment prioritize the issues of indigenous communities, connect traditional knowledge with the modern economy, and ensure proportional representation at all levels of the state. The leaders shared a common view that it is necessary to unite on the common issues of indigenous peoples, rising above partisan interests. Along with this, the need to bring the implementation of international treaties and agreements to a meaningful conclusion and to bring the movement for identity to a successful conclusion has been pointed out.

Nepali Congress Chief Whip Niskal Rai emphasized that the state must be serious about ensuring the identity, rights, and entitlements of indigenous peoples. He stated that while political affiliations can change, ethnic identity and existence are immutable. Rai demanded that the government immediately resolve the problems in this sector by activating bodies like the National Foundation for Development of Indigenous Nationalities.