''Guthi'' Bill was a controversial bill tabled at the

National Assembly of Nepal The National Assembly or Rastriya Sabha ( ne, राष्ट्रिय सभा; ) is the upper house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Assembly are es ...

by the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation on 29 April 2019. It proposed nationalising all

guthi Gosthi or Guthi ('';'' Newar: , romanized: '; etymologically from ) is a social organization that maintains the socio-economic order of Nepalese society.Title:नेपाली संस्कृतिका छटाहरु, Author:Mangala De ...

s and replacing the Guthi Sansthan with a powerful commission that would manage and regulate all guthis as well as religious sites and ceremonies. The proposed bill, and especially clauses 23 and 24 of it, sparked widespread protests by the

Newar Newar (; new, नेवार, endonym: Newa; new, नेवा, Pracalit script:) or Nepami, are the historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisatio ...

community in the

Kathmandu Valley The Kathmandu Valley ( ne, काठमाडौं उपत्यका; also known as the Nepal Valley or Nepa Valley ( ne, नेपाः उपत्यका, Nepal Bhasa: 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑑅 𑐐𑐵𑑅, नेपाः गाः)), ...

which viewed the bill as an attack on their religious and cultural heritage. Following a period of sustained street protests, the government officially withdrew the bill on 25 June 2019, the first time an incumbent Nepali government has withdrawn a bill it introduced to parliament.

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