Dalit and women leaders in Karnali feel cheated

Big parties did not field any Dalit candidate for Parliament from Karnali Province.

Around 29 percent of the Karnali Province population comprises Dalit communities, according to the preliminary report of the National Census 2021. But the representation of people from the said communities is paltry in parliament and provincial assemblies. Ransingh Pariyar is the only people’s representative elected from the Dalit communities during the November 20 polls.