KATHMANDU, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Nepali Prime Minister Prachanda Thursday
committed to institutionalizing the rights of Dalit people (marginilazed group)
from the Constituent Assembly.
Prachanda said that number of people from Dalit community representing in
the Nepali Constituent Assembly are not satisfactory.
Speaking at a program organized by Nepal Dalit Liberation Front (Unified)
in Nepali capital Kathmandu, he said that Dalit community contributed to end
feudalism and imperialism, reported Nepali National News Agency RSS.
Prachanda added that Dalit community had special contribution to
establishing pro-public society.
He also said that Dalit protest will always proceed as it is an issue of
traditional revolution.
He said that the liberation movement was necessary to launch social
transformation. "Class struggles should be institutionalized through the
continued revolution," he said.
According to Nepal Dalit information center, 23 million population in Nepal
are suffering from age-old socio-economic and political oppressions based on
Hindu caste discrimination. It is believed that caste discrimination is the root
cause of civil war in Nepal.