RUPANDEHI, April 23 -- Committee formed to investigate the matter
A Dalit family in Rupandehi district has returned the money offered by non-Dalit guests who came to their daughter's wedding but refused to participate in the feast.
This case is an example how caste-based discrimination and untouchability is still widely prevalent in the rural parts of the country. Interestingly, the local representatives and government officials who have been entrusted with the responsibility of eliminating such ill practices themselves were found encouraging it by "boycotting" the feast.
Ram Bahadur BK of Suddhodhan Rural Municipality-4, had invited some non-Dalit members including the local representatives and political leaders to his 22-year-old daugh...