Dalits to welcome New Year with nationwide bandh
Announce stir against caste-based discrimination‚ murder
Added At: 2011-12-28 5:04 PM
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KATHMANDU: In the wake of murder of a Dalit man in Kalikot, the Dalit
bodies affiliated with the main political parties have announced a
phase-wise agitation including general shutdown to protest the
caste-based discrimination against the Dalit communities.
Organising a press meet in Kathmandu on Wednesday, the Dalit
organisations announced Nepal bandh for January 1. They said they were
compelled to take up the stern measures as the government remained
indifferent towards their five-point demand put forth earlier.
The Dalit Caucus has been obstructing the House business to protest
the murder of Manbire Sunar in Kalikot. They have demanded a martyr
status to the deceased and relief package to the bereaved family.
Sunar, who belonged the blacksmith community, was beaten to death by
two upper-caste men for he entered the kitchen of a hotel they ran.
The Dalit communities have been sporadically imposing strikes in
various cities in the western Nepal.
As per the agitation programme, the Dalit bodies will impose a
chakkajam across the country from 10 am to 11 am tomorrow morning.
They will hold an interaction with the civil society and the rights
activists on Friday, and take out a torch rally on Saturday evening,
on the eve of the general shutdown.
They said killing a Dalit for entering the kitchen of so-called upper
caste and caste-based discrimination matter of shame, urging the
government to make the country free from untouchability and implement
the laws related to any such discrimination effectively.
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