The present population of the Darjeeling district is near about 3,60,000 in which nearly 2,00000 are the members of the scheduled caste and Harijan and the local scheduled caste are mostly Nepalie[unclear]s and their position amongst the Nepali caste[unclear] Hi du of the place is nothing better than that in Nepal which still holds on to the most abominable type of hatred and orthodox conventions in the matter of social status of the Harijans. The Nepali caste Hindu representative if any in the Constituent Assembly is not expected to xxxxx look after and guard their interest to the extent to which their existing conditions demand.
