Kalu Devi Bishwakarma

Kalu Devi Bishwakarma
कलुदेवी विश्वकर्मा
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
Federal Socialist Forum party list
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Personal details
Born (1958-12-30) 30 December 1958 (age 65)[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyLoktantrik Samajwadi
Other political
affiliations		Samyukta Janamorcha
Janamorcha Nepal
FSF-N
Samajbadi
PSP-N
SpouseDan Bahadur Bishwakarma
Children4
Parents
  • Hari B.K. (father)
  • Ambidevi B.K. (mother)

Kalu Devi Bishwakarma (surname also abbreviated to BK or B.K.[2]) is a Nepali Dalit politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[3] She was elected under the proportional representation system from Kailali District representing Federal Socialist Forum Nepal.[4]

She claimed to have experienced difficulties renting an apartment in Kathmandu following her election to parliament, because of the prejudice of landlords against Dalits.[3][4] Speaking in parliament, of her experience, she said that the word Dalit should be expunged from the records and replaced by Artisans.[4]

References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ "Kalu Devi B.K." hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  3. ^ a b "Casteism denies Dalit lawmaker rental apartment in Kathmandu". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  4. ^ a b c Republica. "Dalit MP's difficulties in renting quarters in capital". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-08-21.


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