2025-01-12 07:13:18

Marginalized Community

National Roundtable Conference on Dalit Rights Announced for Baisakh

Kathmandu, Nepal – Dalit rights activists have announced plans to hold a national roundtable conference in the upcoming month of Baisakh to provide new ideological guidance for Dalit liberation and empowerment. A 101-member Roundtable Conference Main Organizing Committee has been formed under the leadership of former ambassador Dr. Nirmal Bishwakarma. Prominent Dalit activists, including Dr. Mitra Pariyar (Coordinator, Castewatch Network), Khagendra Sunar (Coordinator, Dalit Campaign for Dalits), Rajesh Mayal Agni Shikha (Coordinator, Dalit Jagran Abhiyan), Karna Bishwakarma (Coordinator, National Campaign Against Untouchability), Sunil Ram (Coordinator, Bhim Army Nepal), Kumari Ram (Youth Campaign Singer), and Krishna Bishwakarma (Coordinator, Dalit Liberation Abhiyan), are among the members.