By Our Reporter  The seventh Constitution Day was marked amid protests and boycotts on Sunday. When the government marked the day by organising a formal event at Tundikhel in the presence of the President and the Prime Minister, leaders of the ruling parties boycotted it and a group of demonstrators at Maitighar was demanding that the Constitution be made all-acceptable. There were messages of greetings from the President, Prime Minister, opposition leaders and former prime ministers. Even the Indian President and Prime Minister sent their message of greetings on the occasion although India had only kept the promulgation of the Constitution in notice when it was promulgated in 2015. Leaders from the USA to Russia, the UK and Japan sent the message of greetings on Constitution Day. But at home, Loktantrik Samajwadi Party protested it while Chief Minister of Province 2 who represents the ruling Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal did not mark the occasion as the JSP-N remained neutral on the Constitution Day this time. The same day, around ten thousand pro-monarchist and pro-Hindu religious people organised a demonstration demanding the reinstatement of the 1990 constitution by scrapping the present constitution. People hoasting national flags in their hands organised the protest rally from Maitighar Mandala to the Birendra International Convention Center and burnt the copies of the constitution. When the Constitution has not been all-acceptable and when the leaders continue to violate it to gain or retain power, many people have started telling that the Constitution does not win their faith. Govt recalls Oli-appointed ambassadors  The coalition government has decided to recall all politically appointed ambassadors in various countries. A few of them are called back within less than a year of their appointments. A meeting of the Council of Ministers held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Tuesday decided to call back the ambassadors deputed in India, China, Bangladesh, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Qatar, Malaysia, Israel, Spain and South Africa They were all appointed during the premiership of CPN-UML chairman KP Sharma Oli. Mahendra Bahadur Pandey from China, Dr. Banshi Dhar Mishra from Bangladesh, Narad Muni Bhardwaj from Qatar, Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada from the USA, AnjanShakya from Israel, Udaya Raj Pandey from Malaysia, DawaPhuti Sherpa from Spain, Dr. Nirmal Kumar Bishwkarma from South Africa, Nilambar Acharya from India and Lok Darshan Regmi need to return home according to the government decision. Government medals dragged into controversy Announcement of the decorations, orders and medals drew flak this year as well stating that they were distributed among the family members and those loyal to the leaders of the ruling parties. Immediately after the names of the persons receiving the medals were made public, it drew criticism. Four journalists, Nepali Congress leader PL Singh and even a medical doctor who were on the list of medal receivers have publicly rejected them. Last year, when the previous government presented the medals to those who eulogised then Prime Minister KP Oli and two daughters of President Bidya Bhandari, the medal distribution was also dragged into the controversy. This year, the government distributed more medals and many of those who received them happened to family members of the leaders who have done nothing besides fathering the leaders or being the spouse of the leaders. Among the medal recipients are Pushpa Kamal Dahal's wife Sita and Madhav Nepal's father Mangal Prasad Upadhyay. Similarly, the medals were given to the leaders of the ruling parties posthumously. Media owners, Supreme Court Justices who gave a verdict in favour of the restoration of the House of Representatives, journalists close to ruling parties and even black-listed contractors received the medals. Former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who had also distributed the medals to those who praised him last year, has expressed his ire as the journalists who wrote against his government and the Justices received the medals. But his criticism does not match his previous acts. The government seems to have failed to find the right men for the medals and when it presented them to 'our men', they have drawn criticism. Also, many of those who rejected the medals said they were given to them without consulting with them. The skyrocketing market price of daily goods affects poor consumers  Unnatural price hikes in daily goods and even garment items have badly affected the people, many of whom have also lost employment to COVID-19. Prices of pulse, oils, lentils and sugar have already increased significantly, and they are likely to increase further during Dashain. PabitraBajracharya, former president of Nepal Retailer’s Association, said that the price of daily necessities, including cooking oil, lentils and pulses has already increased by 25 per cent due to the monopoly of wholesalers and suppliers. The price of cooking oil has risen by around Rs. 50 per litre and sugar to Rs. 95 per kg in a short time which was unnatural and unethical. The price of oil, rice and sugar, which are consumed more in festivals, may shoot up further, Bajracharya said. The price hike on fancy items and shoes has also affected people this year. The price of a t-shirt which was Rs. 500 two years ago, has reached Rs. 1,000 today, said a shopkeeper. The price of fabrics has been increasing significantly for the last four years. Although the Food Management and Trading Company and Salt Trading Corporation in coordination with the government have brought fair price shops into operation in different parts of the country, they will not be a help for the poor who have lost the source of income to COVID-19 pandemic. Poor market monitoring is blamed for the price rise on the eve of the festival season. Market monitoring is often seasonal, as the authorities tend to monitor the market only on the eve of festivals like Dashain. Such seasonal monitoring is ineffective to discourage the shopkeepers and businessmen from resorting to unethical practices. Again the authorities inspect the market only if they receive complaints from consumers.