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Statutory
provision for Dalits’ uplift emphasized
Post Report
KATHMANDU, May 7:
Speakers at a talk programme stressed the need for statutory provisions to give special
reservations to the Dalit community for all sorts of opportunities in every sphere of the
society.
Pashupati Shumsher JB
Rana, general secretary of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, speaking at a talk programme on
the role of Dalit representatives in the successful implementation of the concept of
decentralisation and good-governance said that mainstreaming of the Dalits (oppressed
classes) in the state was a major challenge before the government due to growing threat to
nationality.
"The Dalits must
be given special reservation in every option to stop the country from going worse,"
Rana said suggesting reconstitution of the National Assembly as an assembly of different
nationalities.
Rana also suggested the
government not to rule out the option of talks as a means to end the current problem
dogging the country for years.
Vice-Chairman of the
National Assembly Ram Preet Paswan said it was necessary for every political party to
render special reservation for Dalits within the party.
Jhala Nath Khanal of
the CPN (UML) stressed the need for mainstreaming all the communities to tackle the
problem faced by the country. "Today’s problem is not the problem of a single
party and all of us should make collective effort to get rid of it," Khanal said.
Khanal also suggested
the government to keep the option of talks with the Maoists open.
Pari Thapa, member of
Lower House, Durga Shov of the National Dalit Commission and Ramashish Shah of the Nepal
Sadbhavana Party also stressed for statutory provision of reservations to the people of
backward communities in order to consolidate nationality.
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