Minister for Home Affairs, Bal Krishna Khand, has said that it was necessary to encourage the creative class by ending the mentality of caste-based discrimination forever.
Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, Asta Laxmi Shakya has said that the culture and traditions of Nepal are the common property of all the castes and communities.
Chief Minister of Province 1, Bhim Prasad Acharya, has expressed the belief that the Dashain festival helps to promote social unity, mutual harmony, and fraternity by ending injustice and oppression.
It is appalling to mention that 17 people from Dalit community have lost lives even after the introduction of Caste-based Discrimination and Untouchability (Offense and Punishment) Act, 2068 (2011).