Organizing a press meet collectively on Wednesday, they demanded it for empowering dalits with rights, which has 20 per cent out of the total population.[break]
During the press meet, they demanded to make Khaptad Dalit State by incorporating different districts of the far-west region including
Bajhang, Achham, Bajura, Mugu and Kalikot, to make Sarbajit Dalit State by incorporating Myagdi, Baglung and Parbat district and Sahales Dalit State by incorporating Siraha, Dhanusha and Saptari districts of Tarai.
Chairman of the Dalit NGO Federation, Gajadhar Sunar said that it is the need of the hour to make constitutional guarantee of identity, representation and access of Dalit communities in the state restructuring which is being made on the basis of federalism.
It is said that a memorandum including the demands was also submitted to the State Restructuring Commission.
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