KATHMANDU: Expressing discontent with what they called “excessive” budget allocation to the districts of some ministers, including Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat, dissident parliament members of CPN-UML have begun a signature campaign against the budget allocation. “We will first submit our signatures to our party chairman and then draw the attention of the government. We will not let Parliament pass the budget if this is not corrected,” said UML MP Yagya Raj Sunuwar.

Dalit Drishti launched

KATHMANDU: Chairman of National Dalit Commission Man Bahadur Nepali launched a book Dalit Drishti on Wednesday. The book was published by Janautthan Pratisthan and jointly edited by Yam Bahadur Kisan and Baburam Bishwakarma. It contains 11 articles on problems faced by Dalits. At the book launch, Nepali said the book represented the thoughts of Dalit community. The articles are based on debates conducted by Janautthan Pratisthan in the last one year. Bishwakarma said that Dalits remained backward in the society for long mainly due to nil ownership of land, superstitious beliefs, lack of access to education, untouchability, and caste discrimination.