CA Members elected from Dalit communities felicitated
Kathmandu, May 24- National Dalit Commission organized today a program to felicitate all Constituent Assembly members elected from Dalit communities.
Some of the CA Members elected from Dalit communities (Photo Source: www.nepalnews.com
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KATHMANDU, May 24: The National Dalit Commission honoured 49 members elected from the Dalit community to the Constituent Assembly amid a function here today.
Minister for Woman, Children and Social Welfare Pampha Bhusal honoured the CA members. On the occasion, the CA members signed on a commitment paper prepared by the commission to ensure Dalit’s proportional representation at all levels of state mechanism through the new constitution in a secular, federal and democratic state.
Declaring untouchability and caste discrimination as social crimes, the commitment paper calls for constitutional guarantee to practically end the untouchability system in Nepal.
Minister Bhusal said the Maoists would be always with the Dalits to ensure their rights through the new constitution.
Chairman of the commission Ram Lal Bishwokarma chaired the programme.
Secretary of the commission Janaki Barah, UML’s Shanta Manawi and NC’s Bijul Kumar Bishwokarma called all Dalits for unity to end feudalistic system and build an inclusive state.
Nepaldalitinfo adds:
Recently, CA member Kabita Sardar Bantar representing Madheshi Dalits has spoken with BBC Nepali Service about her commitment for Dalit community. (Listen BBC’s record of her commitment)