Locals are demanding that the government should proceed with the work according to the report, just as the government hastily formed an investigation committee as soon as the incident came to light.
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The report submitted to the government by a committee formed by the Ministry of Home Affairs on the instructions of the Prime Minister to investigate the incident where a father and daughter committed suicide due to lack of citizenship has not yet been implemented.
The investigation committee submitted a 35-page report to Home Secretary Rameshwor Dangal on Poush 3.
It has been two weeks since the committee submitted its report. However, the report submitted to the government has not been implemented yet, and the victim's family, who are hoping to get justice, is worried. The locals are demanding that the government should proceed with the work according to the report, just as the government hastily formed an investigation committee after the incident came to light.
Ashok Kumar Bhandari, a member of the investigation committee and Assistant Chief District Officer of Bardiya, said that the 35-page report was submitted to the government after conducting a thorough and impartial investigation into the incident. 'Anju has taken the initiative to get citizenship recently as she could not get her share from her husband without getting citizenship and needed citizenship when she tried to work in a company near her house to earn a living,' said Assistant Chief District Officer Bhandari, 'She should have gotten citizenship. But why couldn't she get it? The report mentions the weaknesses seen from the ward to the administration.'
He said that it is the responsibility of the government to study the report and take action. He said that the report also mentions policy reforms to ensure that all services available to citizens are provided without prioritizing citizenship and any other documents. "The report also mentions that all three governments should take initiatives to provide orientation to employees to prevent such incidents from happening again and to provide relief to the victims' families, who are extremely poor and struggling to earn a living," said Assistant District Attorney Bhandari.
It remains to be seen whether the government will bring to justice those involved in depriving Anju Tharu of her right to citizenship and forcing her to choose death, said Anju's brother Arun Tharu of Badhaiyatal Rural Municipality-4, Dakshin Bhakari. ‘When the Prime Minister himself showed interest in this incident, there was hope that justice would be done, but after so many days, no action has been taken and doubts have arisen that justice will not be done,’ he said, ‘How did the death certificate and birth certificate of my sister, who did not become a citizen even after struggling from the ward to the administration while she was alive, get after her death? If citizenship had been granted earlier, the lives of the sister and father would have been saved.’
‘Discrimination against women in citizenship: The state did not give justice, the father and daughter gave their lives’ After the news was published in Kantipur on November 19, the Ministry of Home Affairs formed an investigation committee after Prime Minister Sushila Karki gave instructions on November 20, showing interest.
A three-member investigation committee was formed under the coordination of Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Suresh Panthi, including Deputy Secretary of Home Affairs Kulshekhar Aryal and Assistant Chief District Officer of Bardiya Bhandari. The committee was given a deadline to submit a report within 5 days. The committee submitted its report to the Home Secretary within 9 days.
Anju, who was neglected by her husband, did not even get the share of her due to the court as the ward and district administration did not grant her citizenship. Unable to get citizenship and share of her husband due to discrimination, Anju committed suicide at home on Kartik 22, while her father, 61-year-old Kanchha Tharu, who had been fighting for justice with her, also followed his daughter's path four days later.
