Kalu Devi Bishwakarma | |
Native Name: | कलुदेवी विश्वकर्मा |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for Federal Socialist Forum party list |
Term Start: | 4 March 2018 |
Party: | Loktantrik Samajwadi |
Otherparty: | Samyukta Janamorcha Janamorcha Nepal FSF-N Samajbadi PSP-N |
Nationality: | Nepali |
Birth Date: | 30 December 1958[1] |
Father: | Hari B.K. |
Mother: | Ambidevi B.K. |
Spouse: | Dan Bahadur Bishwakarma |
Children: | 4 |
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]