Kamala is a ward member of Birendranagar Municipality-6 in Surkhet, the capital of Nepali Karnali Province. She was elected as a Dalit woman ward member for the second term in the local level elections of 2079. Since she was elected member representing the Dalit community, she gave priority to the issues of her community.

She also proposed various schemes to work in favor of Dalits. But the agenda he put forward was not heard. He complained that the other representatives and employees of the ward did not give importance to the plans and agenda brought by him. Kamala says, "In the first term, I confused myself." I have to initiate some programs and schemes for the Dalit community . But neither the public representative helped, nor  So the employee .' 

He complains that no one heard about the work he proposed for the Dalit community until half of his second term. Even as a representative of the people, she expressed her grief. He said that the work could not be done as expected due to non-cooperation. Saying that her agenda is not heard in the ward, she told that because she is a Dalit, she had to endure discrimination from other people's representatives and employees.

Kamala's complaint is not different from that of another ward member Dambari Nepali . She also complained that no one listened to her after becoming a public representative . "After being elected, I had planned to work in favor of Dalit women and children," she said. But they didn't give importance to my proposal in the ward meeting.' 

She said that she did not get the opportunity to participate in the discussion and agenda of the ward in the first year. She said, "I didn't get the opportunity to participate in the discussion and agenda." I was not informed about the decision and agenda, my work was only to complete the quorum in the meeting. _{Dambri Nepali, Ward member}

'After being elected, I planned to work in favor of Dalit women and children. But they didn't give importance to my proposal in the ward meeting.' 

Manmaya Vick, a ward member of Birendranagar Municipality-1, says that she is neglected when she tries to work on the agenda of her community. There is a majority of Dalit community in our ward. There is also controversy when talking about the budget for this community. Even if there is an idea to do something in the area of ​​Dalit Sumada, there is a tradition of not listening to the agenda brought by them,' she said, 'If you can't work for Dalits, who will listen to our pain?' He said that there is discrimination in plans, budgets and programs. The Dalit people's representatives complained that their agenda was not heard, they were not given information about the meeting and agenda, they were not allowed to participate in the decision-making process and they were asked to sign only to reach a quorum in the meeting. Not only in the budget and planning, they are also saddened by caste discrimination. 

Yamuna Nepali, a ward member of Birendranagar-12, said that she is also facing the same problem as other people's representatives. She said that the first thing is that it will be difficult to allocate the budget and the second thing is that it will be complicated in the implementation. She said that if she does not get support in the implementation, the budget that she has worked hard to allocate will be wasted. He has the experience that it is difficult to allocate a budget when working on one subject. "Dalit and women's issues are ours only. It is difficult to work because it is explained that it is not the concern of others,' she said, 'I see that there is a problem because there is no understanding that everyone's issues are common. Even in this situation, we are still working.'

Kamala Nepali, a member of the ward   _{'In the first term, I was confused myself . I have to initiate some programs and schemes for the Dalit community . But neither the public representative helped, nor  So the staff.'}

A Dalit women's representative of Birendranagar says that discrimination is being done by allocating a budget for Dalit-targeted programs. They are sad that other people's representatives and employees do not support them because they are from Kota . They said that they are not comfortable bringing programs and budgets for Dalits. Stating that caste discrimination still exists, they said that discrimination cannot end from the community when they are being discriminated against. 

There are 16 Dalit women ward members in Birendranagar Municipality which has 16 wards. Khagisara Wali, secretary of Dalit Mahila Sangh Surkhet, who has been working on the issue of women of the Dalit community for a long time, says that she is also working to develop the capacity of Dalit women's representatives. But she said that the problem of the people's representatives of other municipalities can be guessed from the talk of Dalit women representatives of the capital city. She said that in some wards, the allocated budget for the target community has been frozen.

But now compared to before, Vali tells . Dalit women representatives are also able to raise their voice for their community. She said, "Instead of 50,000, 1 lakh has been allocated". They have managed to allocate up to 2 lakhs. You have allocated funds for capacity development and skill training.'' She said, "When Dalit women members and women members started taking a stand knowing that the budget of the target category should be spent for the target category, it started spending in the area of ​​the target category". This is also an achievement.'

Dalit Mahila Sangh Surkhet President Manju Sunar says that it is sad that the Dalit people's representatives are forced to endure discrimination. She asked Dalit representatives to give priority to women and children of the Dalit community in budgets and programs aimed at Dalits. He said that the Dalit people's representatives should continue their struggle as the agenda of Dalits is not easily heard.

Neelkanth Khanal, deputy head of Birendranagar Nagar, claimed that there is no discrimination against anyone in the selection of plans and programs and other participation in the municipality. This is just a complaint. "We have not deprived anyone," he said. The budget has also been allocated to cover all target groups.'