Pranab urges Kathmandu to draft a constitution that will address the “diverse social fabric”Nepal on Wednesday accorded a warm welcome to President Pranab Mukherjee but asserted that India should avoid interfering in the internal issues of the country. He also acknowledged that the constitution amendment process had moved ahead in the last few months but said India continued to ask Nepal to embrace a broad-based approach in writing the constitution. “Essentially, the President said, ‘look at India’s experience’, and try to carry all sections of the population along. What we are saying is this is our experience and if you feel that there is something to be drawn, Nepal can use the same for its constitution-writing process,” Mr. Jaishankar said, briefing the media on continued conversation between India and Nepal. The new constitution adopted in September 2015 triggered an internal upheaval.

Source: The Hindu November 02, 2016 18:50 UTC