Govt focused on resolving challenges in federalism

The nation is marking the 9th Constitution Day on September 19. The almost one-decade period of the promulgation of new constitution with federal structure has witnessed its own difficulties and some exciting ups and downs over the years. Recently, with the formation of the coalition government of the two largest political parties-Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML-- constitution amendment issues have been in discussion among leaders and general public. Against all these backdrops, The Rising Nepal daily's Purushottam P. Khatri and Gorkhapatra daily's Lucky Chaudhary and Online edition's editor Narad Gautam talked to Minister for Communication and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung, who is also the government spokesperson. Excerpts: