DISCRIMINATION
Dalits 'forced out' of rented house
DILIP POUDEL
BAGLUNG, Nov 7: Three students in Baglung have accused their landlord
of forcing them to leave the rented room just because they belong to
the Dalit community.
Kalpana Pariyar and Samjhana Pariyar of Khugrani - 1, and Garima BK of
ward no 6 on Sunday accused Bhimnath and Sita Poudel, the owners of
house, resident of Baglung, of forcing them to vacate the room.
"We have a naagdevta (snake god) in our house. If you Dalits are
allowed to live here, the naag will get angry inviting bad
consequences," the girls quoted Poudel duo as saying. The students
have been undergoing health assistant training.
According to the tenants, the duo had agreed to give them the room for
2,000 per month. "But the same day in the evening, they came to know
about our caste and they changed their mind," said Kalpana. "We were
humiliated and ill treated by the landlords."
The students complained that they were not given sufficient time even
to rent another room. They had to remove all their stuffs.
While the girls have demanded action against the landlords, the latter
denied the charge. "We wanted to give the entire flat to a single
family, that was the reason why we asked them to leave," the duo said.
"We have not forced them to vacate the room immediately," they
defended.
On the basis of allegation, police has already detained and filed a
case against the Poudel duo.
On the other hand, several human rights and pro-Dalit organizations
have been pressurizing action against the guilty.
Published on 2011-11-07 03:53:30
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