Report in The daily star, Juen 11, 2017
Barisal: Members of Dalit and excluded community yesterday formed a human chain in front of Ashwini Kumar Hall of the city to press home their eight-point demand including quota in government service and public university admission.
They also called for immediate end to all kinds of discriminations against them at the programme organised by Bangladesh Dalit and Excluded Rights Movement (BDERM) in cooperation with Nagorik Udyog.
The speakers claimed that there are around 5.5 to 7 million Dalits and excluded community members in the country with only 5 percent literacy, 10 percent schooling and 95 percent dropout rates.
The Constitution of Bangladesh says that the state shall not discriminate citizens on grounds of religion, race, caste, ethnicity, birth and profession.
However, in reality, Dalits are excluded and other minority communities countrywide are facing discrimination, speakers said.
It is the state’s responsibility to protect rights, dignity and uniqueness of the Dalit communities in Bangladesh, they added.
“We demanded quota in government service and all public university admission,” said Uttam Kumar Bhakta, organising secretary of BDERM.
BDREM district president Lalit Das addressed the programme where Secretary of Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Barisal Ranjit Dutta and Sushanta Ghosh were present among others. http://www.thedailystar.net/city/dalits-demand-quota-govt-service-university-1418515
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