KATHMANDU, July 6: Stakeholders have argued that a caste-based discriminatory mentality was responsible for the delay in advancement of the enlisting of Dalit surname.
They said that the final task of enlistment has not reached the conclusion despite formal recommendation to the government for seven times.
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At an interaction programme organized by Active Dalit Journalists Association-Nepal, Chairperson of National Dalit Commission, Devraj Bishwakarma, said that the task of enlistment process was affected as there were some issues after some surname of the non-Dalit community were included in the list.
He, however, said that the enlistment process has now advanced and expressed confidence that the government will take decision soon.
Likewise, Commission's Secretary Jhanak Bahadur Khatri said that the issue is under the Ministry of Women, Children, Gender and Sexual Minorities, and Social Development, hoping that the government will take decision soon.
On the occasion, Commission's Chairperson Bishwakarma stated that 62 of the complaints lodged in the Commission were cleared.
