Kathmandu, Sept. 23
Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation of Nepal, Balaram Adhikari, said that a new Land Commission will be formed by including the Dalit community.
After
accepting the 4-point attention letter submitted by Nepal Utpidit Dalit Jatiya
Mukti Samaj (an association of oppressed caste groups affiliated to the
CPN-UML), he promised to take initiatives for the rights and interests of the
oppressed Dalit community. According to Minister Adhikari, the representation
of Dalits has been legally ensured as it has been mentioned in the formation
order for the land commission formation that there will be one representative
of the Dalit community in the Central Land Commission.
Jitu
Gautam, Politburo Member of CPN-UML and in-charge of Mukti Samaj, urged the Minister
to provide land to the landless Dalit community, farmers and landless squatters.
The
Mukti Samaj has demanded the representation of Dalit community in the new land
commission even at the district level.
It
has demanded to design and implement programmes to engage them in businesses
based on the traditional occupations of the Dalit community, make them
commercial and arrange for long-term livelihood programmes.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 24 September 2024.
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