Posted by: Pats June 9, 2008
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Do you think CA election, federalism, inclusion of minority, etc going to work in Nepal when Nepalis have no ethics at all? Read below.
| Brahmin switches caste to bag Dalit scholarship |
| Gyanendra Gautam |
| Baglung, June 9: A Brahmin student here forged documents to bag an Indian embassy scholarship reserved for Dalit students to study MBBS. Shanker Gautam of Singana VDC-4 changed his surname to Bishwokarma, a surname commonly used by Dalits, in the forged documents. Pro-Dalit organisations here protested the allocation of the seat meant for Dalit students to a non-Dalit. Amid a press conference they demanded the concerned bodies to revoke the scholarship and provide it to a genuine Dalit student. VDC secretary Lal Bahadur KC recommended that Shankar was from a Dalit family. KC, however, claimed that he only certified Gautam family’s income and recommended scholarship for him based on his poverty. However, chairman of the commission Ram Lal BK said the VDC’s letter clearly mentioned Shankar as a Dalit. Central general secretary of the commission Chakra Man Bishwokarma said Gautam managed to get a seat to study MBBS out of the four seats reserved for Dalits. Genuine Dalit candidate, Raj Kumar BK of Bardia, who is from a landless family, was deprived of the opportunity because of Gautam, as BK fell 0.5 points behind Gautam in the ranking. Coordinator of the Network of Oppressed Communities Govinda Nepali said a fraud case would be filed against KC for forging documents for Gautam. Assistant CDO Ram Bahadur Nepali said the case would be probed and the guilty punished. |