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Lesson Salient Features of the
5.4
Constitution of Nepal 2072

FACTS Nepal’s first president Dr. Ram Baran Yadav has
to Understand announced the promulgation of constitution of
Nepal, 2072 through the sovereign body elected by
the people at the special meeting of the Constituent
Assembly at CA Hall on Sunday, Ashwin 3, 2072
(September 20, 2015)

The constitution at present constitutes several outstanding features. It has the
provisions of bicameral parliament and has institutionalized secularism and
republicanism and has adopted federalism.
The constitution of a country is a set of written rules that are accepted by all the
people living together in a country. Constitution is the supreme law that determines
the relationship among people living in a territory and also the relationship between
the people and the government. A constitution does many things.

a. It generates a degree of trust and coordination between the different people
living together in the same territory.
b. It specifies how the government will be constituted who will have power to take
which decision.
c. It lays down limits on the power of the
government and relay the rights of the
citizens.
Nelson Mandela said” I
d. It expresses the aspirations of the people
about creating a good society. have fought against white
domination and I have fought
The Constitution of Nepal, 2072 is the most against black domination
democratic constitution ever drafted in the country. I have cherished the ideal
It has 35 Parts, 308 Articles and 9 Schedules. of a democratic and free
society in which all persons
The salient features of the Constitution of Nepal live together in harmony and
2072 are given below:
with equal opportunities. It
The constitution is drafted by the people’s is an ideal which I hope to
representatives, the members of Constituent live for and to achieve. But
Assembly for the first time in Nepal’s history. if needs be it is an ideal for
It is flexible and can easily be amended by the which I am prepared to die”’
2/3 majority of the members of parliament.

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