Incident Reports

Preliminary draft not Dalit-friendly, says Dalit activists

2015-07-01

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Ward 28

 Preliminary draft, not Dalit-friendly, says Dalit activists. Apart from prohibiting racial discrimination and untouchability and ensuring equal rights, the demand of the Dalit community for proportional representation in the executive, judiciary, and legislative was not addressed, they said. CPN-UML leader Ganesh BK said though the interim constitution had provided separate rights for the Dalit community the preliminary draft released on Tuesday does not make any special mention about their rights. Likewise, UCPN (Maoist) leader Anita Pariyar said that the new constitution should guarantee empowerment, representation, and participation of the Dalit community in public service and other employment sectors.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Other forms of non-violent protest
Primary Cause Related to discrimination against Dalits
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations CSO/NGO , UML and affiliated org , CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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