General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal of CPN-UML inaugurating a program at Khula Munch, Kathmandu, declaring the end of untouchability, Monday, Mon 22 06. nepalnews.com
General Secretary of the CPN-UML, Madhav Kumar Nepal, urged the government to announce date for elections to a constituent assembly after consultations with Maoists.
Addressing a public meeting at the Khula Manch (Open Air Theatre) organized by Nepal Dalit Jatiya Mukti Samaj on Monday, Nepal said the government should announce the date as the House of Representatives (HoR) has already announced its plans to go for the election.
He urged the dalit communities to launch campaigns to abolish discriminatory practices prevalent among them.
Speaking at the same programme, Nepali Congress general secretary Ram Chandra Poudel said no people will have to suffer simply because they are dalits when the nation ushers in a new era of democracy.
He recalled how the NC cadres had been ostracised by the feudal elements when the party launched campaigns against untouchability during the 1950s.
“This HoR may be dissolved soon after a new constitution is drafted through elections to a constituent assembly,” he said.
Chitra Bahadur KC of Peoples Front Nepal said the government would be autocratic and the reactionary forces would raise their ugly heads in the absence of a parliament.
NC (Democratic) leader Pradip Giri urged the dalit communities to keep a watch on the government, the parliament, the seven-party alliance and the Maoists until a new constitution is drafted.