The discussion was organized by nine organizations working in the fields of Dalit, land, and human rights, including the Community Self-Reliance Service Center.
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Landless Dalits and organizations active in the field of land rights have concluded that the law should be amended, saying that the area of land that the state is supposed to give to landless families is very small and that this will not provide a long-term solution for landless Dalit families.
This conclusion was drawn at a dialogue program on 'Landless Dalits and Land Rights: Challenges of Policy and Implementation' organized by nine organizations working in the fields of Dalit, land and human rights, including the Community Self-Reliant Service Center. Representatives of landless Dalits, representatives of organizations working to end Dalit landlessness, representatives of the Genji group, activists of the Land Rights Forum and stakeholders participated in the program.
The program organized at the National Human Rights Commission office discussed the land rights of landless Dalits, their impact, and the attention that the state should give to resolve them. Stakeholders have said that Dalit landlessness will not end unless they raise their voices in an organized manner, citing the weak economic and social conditions of landless Dalits.
The program was attended by National Dalit Commission Chairman Devraj Bishwakarma, expert member of the Land Problem Resolution Commission Jagat Basnet, Joint Secretary and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Ganesh Prasad Bhatta, and others. National Dalit Commission Chairman Devraj Bishwakarma said, 'If at least the fundamental rights of the constitution were implemented, the problems of many landless Dalits would have been solved to some extent. We have made recommendations to the government for that many times, but we have not been able to feel any visible change.'
In the program, in the new political environment where the Supreme Court has decided to allow the Land Problem Resolution Commission to function, there was a discussion on the need for the Commission, organizations active in the field of land rights, and the landless community itself to make good use of it, and for everyone to create positive pressure on the state and play a role in quickly providing land rights to all landless Dalits. The program also concluded that landless Dalits across the country should be organized and cooperation and dialogue between Dalits and non-Dalits should be increased.
