Mayors,We are writing this second letter addressed to you. Our first paper is published in Kantipur on June 30, 2079. We wrote that letter with the intention that it will help you as you draw the roadmap for the next five years at the beginning of your tenure.

Assuming that the main problem of Madhesh is social, we basically wrote about the actions to be taken for the social transformation of Madhesh in that letter.

In the month of November-January 2076 (December-January 2019-20), we mentioned the experience and conclusions of visiting the villages of Terai Madhesh in that letter. The transformation of Madhesh meant that there should be a transformation in the educational and health conditions of women, Dalits, tribals and Muslims in social terms. 

Overall social transformation of Madhesh means improving the health and education conditions of women there. For that, the educational condition of the public schools in the villages is to be improved. It is to improve the service style of health posts and hospitals in villages. We also gave some suggestions about that. 

However, the events that happened in Madhesh have prompted us to draw attention to a different aspect this time. Since then, the incidents of violence against Dalits, especially the recent incident of racial harassment committed against a family of Dalit Dom caste in connection with the Maha Yagya project in Aurhi Rural Municipality of Sirha District, which shamed the entire Madhesh, have made us serious. Local elites including the president were involved in that incident. 

What we think is that before thinking about the social transformation of Madhesh, it is necessary to transform the worldview and mentality of the elites there. According to the news, when the chairman of Aurhi was dragged into the legal sphere, some mayors of different districts gathered in Siraha and "lobbied" in favor of the chairman of Aurhi. 

If the mayors of Madhesh, instead of being protective of the perpetrators of excesses, accepted the shortcomings of their society and took it as a commitment to prevent such incidents from happening, how much better it would be. The message that there is a change in the internal situation of Madhesh, that the progressive thinking is awakening among the local leaders, was to go to the outside world and to the marginalized communities of the province. 

But when that should not have happened, mayors went on the counter. He started to normalize the incident. However, by not doing so, this problem of caste untouchability has been undesired as a remnant of feudal and caste system for a long time and it was a mistake on our part, it would have been better if we had expressed a commitment that this would not happen in the future by apologizing for this. The human development index of Madhesh is said to be pathetic. In terms of literacy rate, Madhesh is weaker than all provinces. It is said that poverty is highest in Madhesh. The statistics show the same. Why is this situation

? Have you ever gathered all the mayors in one place, held a conference, and called the relevant experts for a conference? And, based on the findings of that conference, have you collectively discussed how to uplift the marginalized in your area, bring a program to improve the community with special acceptance, and how to bring Madhesh out of the embarrassing statistics? If not why? If so, why is the result not seen? 

After another incident, it would be wonderful if the mayors of Madhesh gathered in one place and said that we will increase the literacy rate of Madhesh by a certain percentage in the next five years, and we will not let this situation repeat itself. But it didn't happen. 

Dalit Empowerment Act has been passed in Madhesh Province first among the seven provinces. It is a matter of pride. We must thank the government and the leading party for passing the law. That Act envisages a local caste discrimination and untouchability monitoring committee in each municipality. But that committee has not been formed anywhere except in some limited municipalities. Why? 

After another incident, how much better would it be if the mayors from all over the province gathered in one place and promised to form a monitoring committee in their own municipality and conduct a campaign against caste discrimination within a certain time? But it didn't happen. 

In the past five years, we have been able to study, observe and visit half of both (past and present) tenures. When they visited the villages of Terai Madhesh in November-January 2076, the mayors of the first term had already worked half the time. At the time of writing this letter, you mayors who were elected for a second term have already served half of their term.

You still have half time left. What we have learned from many news and studies is that the unrest is increasing in the southern part of Madhesh. As compared to the northern part, there are fewer laws and regulations in the municipalities of the southern part. Even in the case registration and citizenship recommendations at the ward office, bribery has been taken from the poor and privileged. Most of the cases where the municipal council cannot be held at the specified time are in Madhesh province. 

Last year we heard in the news, in a municipality in the western part of Saptari, a notice was issued to update the bank's 'KYC' to get social security allowance. The women there were not able to update the KYC themselves, with a large population of Dalit community. There was a news in the local newspaper that the ward secretary was updating the KYC at the ward office by taking 150 rupees per person. 

Last year, we learned that we had to protest to the mayor for the budget booklet passed in a municipality in the southern part of Mahottari. The mayor claimed that the red book passed by the city council contains a detailed description of various plans, and if it is made public, there will be a large number of complaints to the authority. That's why it's not printed!

We imagine that if the mayors of Madhesh had made a commitment to make the work of providing services on a daily basis more systematic and easy and facing the deprived people, how much better chance would there be to make positive data about Madhesh? 

We also requested in the previous letter. We want to say it again now. For progress in the literacy rate of Madhesh, it is not enough to build school buildings or hire teachers on contract or from local sources. Unless there is a culture of reading among the youth there, unless there is a change in the perception of education among the poor, marginalized and rural parents, change in the educational situation of Madhesh is impossible. 

How great would it be if the mayors of Madhesh drew up a blueprint for at least one well-organized library in each ward, well-organized information center and neighborhood-by-village parenting in various ways (see our first letter)? 

The situation of women in Madhesh is different from other places. The relationship between men and women in Madhesi society is different from other societies in Nepal. Women there have a weak role in educational conditions, health conditions, access to property, political representation and decision-making processes at various levels. There are more different types of violence against women. 

If the mayors of the whole province had brought a concrete plan on the issue of women's education, violence against women, how much better the message would have been if they had made public a new commitment? In Madhesh, there has always been goodwill and friendship between communities. But in the last few years, when religious excitement was added to Hindutva politics in India, its planned and direct effect was seen in Madhesh.

From time to time in different districts of Madhesh, incidents such as raising insulting slogans targeting the Muslim community and attacking their homes have increased. The current Birgunj incident is just a recent example. During the previous term of the state assembly, a bill on madrasa education was registered in the parliament, but it has not been passed till date.

Madrasa education should be appropriate to the context of Nepal and the students studying Madrasa should have the ability to live in Nepal through their education, along with the knowledge of religion and culture. But why has the bill not been amended and passed? Why are you mayors unable to speak up when the Muslims of Madhesh are insulted directly by linking them with the Muslims of India or Pakistan? Isn't it 'Maunam Sankana Lakshanam' because of many fears? Are the Muslims of Madhesh Pradesh not Madheshi? Not Nepalese? The mayors of Madhesh have a big challenge to prevent the politics of hatred going on in India and Pakistan from entering Nepal and the tolerant tradition of Nepal's religion is not destroyed. 

Madhesh province has the highest number of youths going for foreign employment. When young people go to foreign jobs, there are both positive and negative effects on the society. But more than that he has been exploited.

Even though Madhesh leaders are aware of the difficult journey of Madhesh youth from the village of Madhesh to the Gulf, why has the politics not spoken and taken no action? Shouldn't the mayors of Madhesh talk about their rights, for their safety, about the correct use of the money they send? How much better would it have been if the mayors of Madhesh Province had held a conference on the problems of young people who have gone to work abroad, and if they had come up with a concrete plan to solve their problems? 

Madhesh's economy is based on agriculture. There have been many changes in agriculture around the world. Technology has evolved and expanded. It is not that technology is not used in agriculture in Madhesh, but very little. negligible When you walk around the villages of Madhesh, you can feel that agriculture is still the main source of subsistence there. How much better would it have been if the mayors of Madhesh had worked at the municipal, district and provincial levels for the progressive transformation of Madhesh's agriculture?