A List of Points for Elimination of Intra-Dalit Discrimination as proposed by Lawyers’ National
Campaign Against Untouchability (LANCAU), NEPAL
(This list is endorsed by
Advocate Ratna Bahadur Bagchand, President, LANCAU Nepal via email on Thu, 7 Jul
2005 )
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ug{] .
Dalits shall treat all dalits
same as those of their own caste in their homes, public dinners and wedding
ceremonies.
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In order to promote inter-caste marriages, provisions
for social acceptance, security and rewards, as well as financial, physical and
legal assistance for the wedded couple shall be made.
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Dalits of different castes shall join
hands to open hotels and organize public dinners.
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A campaign shall be organized to end the undesirable
social and cultural traditions, vices, and unhealthy living practices rampant
among Dalit communities.
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Dalits shall come forward to a struggle
for having a reservation system in place.
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Joint trusts shall be established to immortalize the
heroes from Dalit castes in the history of
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.
Common cultural values and practices of all dalits shall be identified, researched and preserved
through establishing common cultural trusts among dalits.
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Every dalit organization
shall adopt a policy of taking action against any person of a caste
discriminating a person from another caste through a strict code of conduct
within the organization, and shall also proceed for a legal action against that
person, if necessary.
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Whenever
establishing a public agency or institution mandated for all dalits or receiving opportunities such as scholarship,
political appointment, employment for Dalits,
adherence to proportional representation based on the population of each Dalit caste shall be emphasized.
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.
All hotels, water taps, spring water spots and temples belonging to individual caste people shall be made available for use as common to all.
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As the caste
discrimination and untouchability was born out of the division of labor based on Varna system, if the
leaders of Hindu religion do not declare the end of caste discrimination and untouchability meted out to dalits
and do no implement it in practice at the earliest, and consequently if dalits are to adopt another religion based on equal opportunity, they shall be accepted and protected.
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Ps cfrf/ ;+lxtf lgdf{0f u/L nfu" ug{] .
A Code of Conduct for each of the dalit
leaders, intellectuals and professional personalities shall be formulated and
implemented to eradicate internal discrimination rampant among dalit communities.
The Nepaldalitinfo
Network’s Note:
The intra-dalit discrimination rampant in our society can be found in
many hues and colors between any two castes as well as even within the same
caste. This as a core problem on the way to dalit
liberation should be tackled with a great sensitivity not to incite any
confrontation or conflict among dalit caste people,
who must have unconditional solidarity among all dalits
to work in unison for their ultimate struggle against the overall design of
caste discrimination dictated by Brahminism. Therefore,
the code of conduct for elimination of intra-dalit discrimination must
be implemented in a collective basis, without targeting or singling out any
specific caste.