Nepali Congress leader Bhishmaraj Angdembe criticized the government for forcefully removing landless squatters without alternative housing before the rainy season.
During Monday meeting of House of Representatives, Nepali Congress parliamentary party leader Bhishmaraj Angdembe raised serious questions about the eviction of landless squatters. He targeted his comments towards Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah regarding the forceful removal of poor people from their settlements.
Squatter Rights and Government Responsibility
Leader Angdembe said that a citizen’s living place might be illegal, but their birth cannot be illegal. He explained that no one born on Nepali soil is illegal, and their mother’s womb is not illegal. He demanded that government should solve the squatter problem in a highly practical and human way.
He criticized government for displacing thousands of landless squatters and unmanaged residents right before the rainy season started. Doing this without providing any alternative shelter shows that government has zero human sensitivity. He said it is not good to forcefully remove people, put them in temporary shelters, and then chase them away overnight.
Is This Country Only For Rich People
Angdembe asked if this country only belongs to big people who wear black glasses, black coats, black pants, and speed around in black cars. He questioned if the country does not belong to landless squatters, poor farmers, and daily laborers. He said if this is not their country, the government must say so clearly.
He concluded by asking why such cruelty is being done to powerless citizens. He made a polite request to solve the squatter issue with human dignity and care, rather than acting with the arrogance of power.
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