Dignity Initiative facilitated a high-level political discussion by bringing the chief whips and whips of the major political parties together to talk about the resolution passed by the national assembly in relation to the ending of caste-based discrimination and untouchability. The National Assembly unanimously endorsed a resolution motion that aims to address the issues of the caste-based discrimination and practices. The 19-point motion envisions directing the government to act strictly against all sorts of discrimination in public and private places and ensure proper legal actions against the culprits.
The motion’s provisions also include free education for Dalit students up to university level and special reservation in the vocational and technical education; assurance of social security to people from the community; and incentives to promote inter-caste marriages. It directed all tiers of governments to allocate budget for the awareness campaign against the caste-based discrimination and establish the provincial offices of the Dalit Commission in all seven provinces and allocate necessary budget and resources so that they can work effectively to stop discrimination and oppression against Dalits and conduct monitoring