I posted this status a couple of days ago and it got more than 60 likes and 80 comments:
53 Armed Police Force inspectors were promoted to the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police namely: Sigdel, Shrestha, Pokharel, Khanal, Adhikary, Bohara, Wagle, Lamsal, Khadka, Subedi, Shrestha, Bajracharya, Shrestha, Thapa, Joshi, Poudel, Dhinal, Pandey, Bhandari, KC, Sharma, Joshi, Dhital, Bogati, KC, Lamichhane, Rayamajhi, Shahi, Bhatta, Timilsina, Pandey, Bahadur Singh, Ghimire, Khanal, Chand, Sapkota, Giri, Dhimire, Dhami, Lohani, Thapa, Bhandari, Adhikari, Basnet, Dhungana, Thapa, Dwa, Karmacharya, Nepal, Thapa, and Parajuli.
I simply omitted the first names and put the surnames as published by Naya Patrika daily on 23 June. My concern here isn’t limited to the number of inspectors who got promoted or the community they belong to. I am more worried about the declining representation of Madhesis and Janajatis in the overall political scenario.
In 2007, the population of the Hilly region was 52 per cent and it got 117 seats in the constituent assembly while Tarai where almost 49 per cent of Nepalis live just got 88 seats. Only after the Madhes movement did people come to realise how unfair this situation was and the number of seats was increased to 116. But now that the size of the constituent assembly is being slashed to 491 members from 601, it is quite obvious who will be the biggest losers. The number of seats for Madhesis is likely to decrease by five to six per cent even though the region is home to more than 50 per cent of the population.
The same is true for the Dalit community whose representation is likely to go down to 6.31 from 8.31 per cent. Now the question here is why should these communities bear the brunt of downsizing the CA?