Dalits allowed to participate in mahayagya

Birgunj, March 4:

The dispute between Dalits and non-dalits over the Dalits’ right to participate in Bishnu Mahayagya in Parsa’s Bagahi ended today in the presence of Parsa chief district officer Bhola Shivakoti after the organisers agreed to let the Dalits participate in the Mahayagya scheduled to begin on March 10.

The dispute arose after the organising committee decided to bar the Dalits from entering into the Mahayagya site and to keep them off the Jalayatra.

A six-point agreement was reached on the initiative of the CDO after the dalit victims filed a complaint seeking punishment against the members of Mahayagya organising committee on Sunday.

Though the organising committee was adamant on its earlier decision not to allow the Dalits participate in the Mahayagya, they finally gave up their stance.