Dalits to hold nat'l confce Jan 16-17
The dalit and excluded community will hold a two-day national human rights conference on January 16 and 17 demanding an end to the discrimination they have been experiencing.
Leaders of the dalit community said this at a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters' Unity in the city yesterday.
Babular Sardar, president of Bangladesh Dalit and Excluded Rights Movement (BDERM), at the press conference said, “We have been being discriminated in the society for long and people had neglected out culture. Now we are aware of our culture and there will be no compromise with our culture and dignity. The conference will be held to press home our demands.”
“We are living in an inhuman situation in the colonies across the country and we demand the government rehabilitates us in the government khas lands,” Babulal said.
Around 20 papers will be presented at the conference organised by BDERM and Nagorik Uddyog.
Mukul Shikder, member of BDERM, read out a written statement at the press conference.
He said there is no scope to undermine the dalit people for the jobs they do. “We have participated in the liberation war, so why should we be discriminated?” he posed a question.
Generally, sweepers, cobblers and barbers, who have come from different parts of India, have been considered as dalit and excluded people.
Zakir Hossain, Chief Executive of Nagorik Uddyog, and Mani Rani Das, member of BDERM, were also present at the press conference.
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