Millions gather around the Mandala, Maitighar to show discontentment against the Guthi Bill proposed by the Oli Government in the parliament. The controversial Guthi Bill directly targets the present tradition of Guthi which has been facilitating the various Jatras and festivals in the valley. On its backdrop Guthi tradition is also related with people’s daily lives and livelihood particularly Newari community which stand as a very good example of a community driven society.

The bill was proposed to dissolve and discontinue the Guthi corporation which has been managing all the Guthis in Nepal.  The new bill would dissolve all the provision of the Guthi which has been transcended from hundreds of years to safeguard the various culture and tradition.  

With the enormous blow from the public in social media, the bill has been withdrawn by the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation on June 18 but the people who have been protesting from last few weeks want it to be cancelled limiting the scope and retrieval of the bill in future.

Though the bill has shown a lot of aspect of Unity factor in terms of culture and tradition but on the same the bill has also highlighted a threat of polarization of communal voice. The Newari community has been voicing the issue of the bill being a direct attack against their community which has provoked a sense of racialism and discrimination.