Malika Rural Municipality in Myagdi has honored twenty-five couples who did inter-caste marriage with Dalit community by giving them cash prizes.
Malika Rural Municipality of Myagdi district has honored 25 couples who married outside their caste with Dalit community. The couples received cash prize to encourage them and help end social discrimination.
During a program organized on Sunday, the local government gave Rs 3,500 cash to each of the couples. According to the rural municipality, this money was spent from the budget allocated under the targeted community program.
Message to End Caste Discrimination
Beg Prasad Garbuja, the chairperson of Malika Rural Municipality, said that caste-based discrimination still exists in the society. He explained that this program was organized to encourage inter-caste marriages and to send a message for ending such discrimination. He said that there is still a big wall of caste discrimination in society which has been there for centuries, and it is necessary to break it down. He added that they selected inter-caste couples, from elderly people to young couples, from all seven wards of the rural municipality to set a good example for everyone.
The special program was organized at Darbang, which is center of the rural municipality. Many local leaders including Vice Chairperson Laxmi Devi Gharti Pun, Chief Administrative Officer Harischandra Dhakal, and ward chairpersons Udaya Bahadur Budhathoki and Path Bahadur Roka were present to honor the couples. Other executive members like Pratikshya Rasaily, Dal Bahadur Khadkathoki, and acting ward chairperson of Ward No. 1 Mansingh Sapkota also attended the event.
Pratikshya Rasaily, who is executive member of the rural municipality, shared that these couples often face social discrimination and hidden violence after their marriage. She said that this is first time the rural municipality has organized such an encouraging program to support them in their struggle.
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