Secretaries do not agree to go to the Dalit Commission, even if they go, they do not stay
Bhadra 23/08/2023
Secretaries do not agree to go to the Dalit Commission as much as possible. Even if they go, they don’t sit and work. From the day of appointment, they start running the ministry for transfer. Why?
Kathmandu – When the administrative centers of the country are cluttered due to the chaotic ‘personnel system’, there are complaints every time that the government works are not people-oriented. That’s why it is said, ‘Government work, sometimes the sun burns’.
Most employees do not work for free. Higher level employees prefer to go to offices with high financial resources, facilities and activities, where they can earn name and money along with work.
Due to the tendency of employees to look for convenience and convenience rather than the importance of work and responsibility, there are problems in the performance of some offices. When public servants are not honest and responsible, then none of the state agencies can function properly. A vivid example of which is the National Dalit Commission.
The responsibility of studying and exploring the overall status of the Dalit community and identifying the issues of policy, legal and institutional reforms to be made in this regard and recommending to the government and formulating and submitting to the government for implementation a national policy and program concerned with the upliftment and development of Dalits by ending caste untouchability, oppression and discrimination. The Dalit Commission has two dozen government and contractual employees. The government has provided one secretary to the commission. After the officials of the commission, the important role is on the shoulders of the secretary.
However, the commission’s most important post is under the scrutiny of everyone. The first thing is that the secretaries do not agree to come here, even if they are forced to come, they do not last. From the day of appointment, the secretaries who come to the Commission pay more attention to how they will exit than to their work and responsibilities.
It has been five years since the Dalit Commission was merged into the Constitutional Commission. During these five years, 13 secretaries have changed in the Commission. There is no record of any secretary lasting more than seven months in the Commission. So, a secretary has returned after staying for only one day.
According to the information received from the commission, Purusottam Nepal, who came to the commission on 25th November 2075, did not last even five months. He left the commission on 075 Phaganu 19. Almost one and a half months after he left, Prahlad Prasad came to Sapkota on 6th Baisakh 2076. He didn’t last either. 076 left on October 30 after serving only 6 months.
The commission remained without a secretary for a month after Sapkota left.
Then Sushil came to Dhaka on November 5, 2076. He also passed away in 4 months on February 7, 2016. Krishnaprasad Dhital, who came to Dhaka 4 days ago, did not stay for a month and a half, he left the commission on 3rd of Baisakh.
Navraj Dhungana, who came after him, worked for 6 months and Vishwaprasad Aryal only for 1 month.
After Bishwaprasad Aryal left, Pradeep Kumar Niraula, who came from 19 November 2078, returned on the same day.
After Aryal, Nirajan Ghimire, who came on 9th January 2078, lasted till 4th February 2078. After that Shivram Gelal who came on February 11, 2078 stayed till June 15, 2079. Nischal Pandey who came after him on August 6, 2079 stayed till August 29, 2079.
After Pandey’s departure, the commission was left without a secretary for 7 months.
Then Narayan Prasad Sharma came on 13th Chait 2079. He also stayed for 4 months and left in June 2080.
At present, Krishna Prasad Sapkota is the secretary of the commission. It has been five months since he arrived.
Bhojraj Sripaili, information officer of the commission, says that some secretaries are transferred to the commission, but they leave without taking the office yard. ‘Four/five secretaries were mentioned in the newspaper as being transferred here, but they did not come here,’ Sripaili said, ‘they arranged the transfer from the road and finally left.’
Why don’t they last?
Like many, high-level employees do not agree to go to the commission. Among them, none of the secretaries in the Dalit Commission want to go.
The Dalit Commission has five office bearers including the chairman and four members. These officers study, research and analyze the events that have taken place across the country and prepare an annual report.
Through the said report, the commission recommends the government to formulate laws and policies for the rights, interests and rights of the Dalit community.
To fulfill this responsibility, the government provides the commission with a budget of 2 to 40 million annually. Out of that, 2 lakhs is set aside for making reports and 1 lakhs for celebrating the day. All the remaining amount is used to support the staff and run the administration.
Dalit Commission has limited resources for work, action and activities. The Commission has neither significant activities nor resources.
Devaraj Bishwakarma, chairman of the commission, says that since there is no budget in the commission, the high-level employees do not want to stay. ‘The commission does not have enough resources. That is why the secretaries start running the ministry for transfer from the day they come.’
Vishwakarma says that there is a problem in the functioning of the Dalit Commission when the employees make ‘tea chowtari’. ‘Secretaries are in a hurry to come and go’, President Vishwakarma says, ‘There are 100% problems in the functioning of the commission when the secretaries come and go.’
Even after a decade and a half since the end of caste discrimination in Nepal, incidents of caste discrimination have decreased. In the last five years, 154 incidents of caste discrimination were registered with the police. Incidents of people being killed, chased, neglected and evicted from their villages just because they are Dalits have also happened.
However, the performance and justification of the Commission has been questioned when the employees make the important body that fights for the rights, rights and justice of the Dalit community as a ‘tea square’ and a center of self-interest.
(This news is provided by BL Nepali Service.)
