Non Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has demanded voting rights for the Nepali Diaspora during the upcoming constituent assembly elections scheduled for November 22.

In a statement on Friday, president of NRNA International Coordination Committee (ICC) Dr Upendra Mahato said exclusion of Nepalis living outside the country from voting in the upcoming election would not make the new constitution inclusive and acceptable to all.

Mahato further said it is the responsibility of the state to make arrangement so that Nepali citizens, wherever they live, would be able to give their vote in this special poll, which determines the future course of the nation.

NRNA said the government must arrange for overseas voting mechanism.

We had withheld our demand earlier taking into consideration the short period that remained for the election, the statement reads, adding that the government has now enough time to make arrangement for that.

Earlier, the government said, in a limited time remaining, it cannot arrange for allowing the NRNs to vote in the election since it was scheduled to be held in mid-June. Later, the government made a new decision to hold the CA elections on November 22.