Lahan, August 1: National Land Rights Forum, Nepal former central member and
Dalit leader, Baldev Ram, has passed away. He was 70.
He, a
patient of heart disease for long, suffered a cardiac arrest at his own
residence based in Madhupatti of Surunga Municipality-4, Saptari this morning
and was rushed to a hospital in Lahan where doctors pronounced him dead on
arrival, according to his son Ganesh.
Ram had
got fame from the 'the carcass disposal by dalits boycott movement'. The
movement was against the forced labour imposed on dalits to dispose of animal
dead bodies launched in Siraha and Saptari.
He was actively engaged in the campaign meant for the rights of landless
squatters and dalits.
He is also the founding chairperson of Janachetana Dalit Sangam. His last rites will be performed today itself. He is survived by his two daughters and two sons.
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