In Nepal, thousands of people including students today protested against the Constitution amendment bill aimed at carving out a new province to meet the demands of agitating Madhesis and other ethnic groups.<br/><br/>They said the resource-rich Province Number five should not be split. The protests affected normal life in Butwal area of Rupandehi district. <br/><br/>Protests were also seen in districts including Palpa, Gulmi, Kapilvastu and Arghakhanchi.<br/><br/>The Constitution amendment bill was registered at the Legislature-Parliament Secretariat yesterday despite opposition from CPN-UML.<br/><br/> The amendment bill aims to accommodate the demands of the agitating Madhesi and ethnic groups that include citizenship and boundary demarcation issues among others.