Kathmandu, Jan 3: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has reaffirmed his commitment to take stern action against those who discriminates and perpetrates others on the ground of caste.
At the meeting of the High-Level Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in the Capital on Monday, PM Dahal reiterated that racial discrimination was not pardonable and whoever discriminates others on the basis of race will not be spared.
Dahal said, “It is a shame that racial discrimination against the Dalits still prevails. The government cannot put up with such cases of violence. We should enforce strict laws to reduce the cases of violence.”
The PM pressed for social awareness against the ill-practice and strict legal treatment to effect change towards this end.
During the meeting, Chief Secretary of the government Dr Somlal Subedi asserted that the local administration should not free discriminators and culprits under any influence.
Dalit leaders such as Tilak Pariyar, Binod Pahadi, Chudamani Jungali and Man Bahadur BK among others argued that the caste-based discrimination persists due to the complexity involved in the implementation of a new constitution.
The parliamentarians convened at the meeting stressed on the effective implementation of the provisions in the constitution.
The meeting has decided to issue instruction to the local administration in Kavrepalanchwok to look into the case of Ajir Magar and Laxmi Pariyar’s death, issue directives to the state mechanism for effective implementation of the legal provisions against racial discriminations and launch awareness drive. RSS
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