Nepal, Sept. 19 -- It is time for true nationalists to form a united front to not only implement the constitution but also to augment it with the unfinished agenda of federalism.

The promulgation of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 through the Constituent Assembly (CA) concluded the national mission that started in the 1950s, when this concept was brought to Nepal by King Tribhuban who had returned from self-exile in Delhi. However, the agenda was dismissed after King Mahendra's coup that established one party Panchayat system in 1960. The issue of CA came up in every political movement. But it was the Maoist People's War followed by the 2006 People's Movement which gave birth to the republic, federal, secular and democratic constitution....