Nepal Chepang Sangh, a joint organization of minority marginalized Chepang community, has demanded from the Bagmati state government to arrange employment for Chepangs according to their qualifications.
Nepal Chepang Association President Govindram Chepang has submitted a 14-point request letter to Bagmati Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama Tamang on Sunday. In the said request letter, it is requested to arrange employment according to the qualification of the Chepangs. In the request letter, it is mentioned that since the Chepang community is still stateless, arrangements should be made to provide citizenship to them easily.
The Chepang Association has requested that the Khoria land, which the Chepang community has mined for years with blood and sweat, be transferred to their name. Likewise, the association has requested that the Chepang autonomous region be declared and the budget be allocated for the development of that region. The provincial government has been requested to make plans and arrange the budget for integrated protection and development of water, land and forest in Chepang area.
In the request letter, the provincial government has demanded that the provincial government should arrange the budget along with policies to protect and promote Chepang's language, culture, customs, and traditional values. The provincial government has mentioned in the request letter that the provincial government should conduct a Chepang development program, demanding that 10 Chepang people be provided technical education free of charge.
Since the Chepang community is still deprived of civil, political, economic and social rights, the provincial government has demanded to arrange policies, plans and budgets to bring them into the mainstream of the country. The Chepang Association has submitted a request letter not only to the Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, but also to the Economic Planning Minister and Policy and Planning Commission of Bagmati Province.
There is a majority of Chepang community in Chitwan, Dhading and Makwanpur in Bagmati province. According to the 2078 census, the population of Chepang in the country is 84 thousand 364.
