Bahujan Shakti Party, Nepal

Bahujan Shakti Party is a political party in Nepal led by Biswendra Paswan.[5] In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, the party won 1 seat through the Proportional Representation vote.[6]

Bahujan Shakti Party बहुजन शक्ति पार्टी
President	Biswendra Paswan[1]
Ideology	Human rights Social equality[2] Secularism Social justice[3] Self respect[4]
Politics of Nepal Political parties Elections

The party was continuent of the NC-UML alliance.[7] As of 2013, its independent in Constituent Assembly.

Bahujan Shakti Party won 1 seat in 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election.[8]

The Bahujan Shakti Party rejected in September the proposed 2015 Constitution stating that it did not provide rights to 85% of communities (that are marginalised by 15% Highest caste Hindus) in Nepal (Bahujan Samaj of Nepal).[9][10] For ensuring rights to 85% Bahujan Samaj of Nepal in new Constitution of Nepal, Biswendra Paswan sat on Hunger strike.[1] The demands in agendas of his agitation are:[11]

• Guaranteed 14 percent representation of dalits in every state apparatus
• 15 per cent representation of the backward community of Nepal
• 10 per cent of Muslims of Nepal
• 37 per cent of the representation indigenous nationalities
• Capital punishment against those convicted guilty in the cases of corruption and rape.

See also

• Bahujan Samaj

References

1. "PM Koirala urges CA member Paswan to break his hunger strike". The Himalayan Times. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
2. "BSP stands for social equality". Deccan Herald. 11 February 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
3. "Cong damaged cause of social justice: Mayawati". Hindustan Times. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
4. "Ms. Mayawati said she would devote her life for the self-respect movement". The Hindu.
5. "Maximum flexibility to be adopted for new constitution-PM Koirala". My Republica. 9 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
6. Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
7. Way, The (16 January 2015). "The Brief » Blog Archive » CA dwells on CPDCC report". Nepali Times. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
8. "Voting on amendment proposals begin". The Himalayan Times. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
9. Varghese, Anil (17 September 2015). "Nepal Dalit leader says Modi's stress on consensus has meant dilution in draft constitution". Scroll.in. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
10. "Nepal's opposition parties rejects proposals on Constitution". timesofindia-economictimes. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
11. "Paswan's health deteriorating, doctors advice him for ICU care". The Kathmandu Post. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.