Constantly spurned, how Dalits united to create history in local elections

A team of independent Dalit candidates wins four out of five seats in Ward 8 of Kanakasundari Rural Municipality in Jumla, including the post of chair.

Dhan Bahadur Kami had been a CPN-UML member for years. When a group split the party and formed CPN (Unified Socialist), he had an opportunity to join the new force. But he stayed with the UML. When local elections neared, he was hopeful that his party would field him as a candidate.