Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Friday met members of Raute community.

In a meeting with PM Oli at the latter’s official residence in Baluwatar this morning, the members of nomadic forest tribe demanded the government support them to celebrate their festivals.

PM Oli urged the nomad people to move to villages and cities and adopt modern lifestyle. He expressed his commitment that the government will assist them for the same. He added that the future of Raute community will be ensured if they adopted modern lifestyle abandoning their traditional lifestyle while protecting their culture.

Oli also gifted clothes and shoes to the members of all three families of Raute chieftains (Mukhiyas).