National Dalit Commission Chairman Highlights Lack of Progress for Dalit Community

Kathmandu. National Dalit Commission Chairman Devraj Bishwakarma has stated that the expected improvement in the living standards of the Dalit community has not occurred due to the lack of change in the thinking and working style of responsible individuals within the state structure.

Speaking at a program organized in Lalitpur on Thursday, Chairman Bishwakarma mentioned that even though excellent constitutions and laws have been enacted in the country, they have not brought about change in the daily lives of the Dalit community. Chairman Bishwakarma stated that the Dalit community is still deprived of basic necessities such as food, shelter, clothing, education, health, and employment. He argued that the tendency to consider budget allocation for the upliftment and mainstreaming of the Dalit community as 'unproductive expenditure' still prevails.