Kathmandu, March 24 -- A Central Working Committee meeting of the ruling Nepali Congress on Sunday reaffirmed the party's commitment to the federal democratic republican constitution, passed by the Constituent Assembly in 2015.

Party spokesperson Prakash Sharan Mahat said that the meeting, convened to work out its official stance on the recent activities of pro-monarchy forces, decided to defend the constitution and the political system enshrined in it. "The party is fully committed to upholding the system envisioned by the current constitution," Mahat said after the meeting.

Although an organisation affiliated to the Congress submitted a report to party president Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday, suggesting that the party should rethink...