| SIWALIK |
Posted
on 21-May-02 01:53 PM
I have come across some more info on this "phantom" FNA that is speaking on our behalf. I hope someone can shed more light on this organization and what motives it might have for Nepal's future.
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The Foundation of the Nepalese in America (FNA) has expressed its concerns to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba during his stay in New York regarding various issues that concern Nepal and the Nepalese people.
FNA has demanded that the government and good office will consider and implement its requests.
In the memorandum FNA has stated that the organisation is deeply alarmed with the current state of affairs in Nepal. The nation is under a state of emergency and the Nepali people are being challenged by economic, political and social issues, causing a lot of pain, fear, insecurity and conflicts.
.......(The list of demand)
The above memorandum was handed-over to the PM by Rabi Singh Basnyat, vice president FNA at Laguardia Community College, New York. USA on May 10.
The FNA is led by Dr. Kamal Raj Pandey as president. Rabi Singh Basnyat, Bharat Bahadur Bishural, Gopi Lal Tamang are the vice-president of the organisation.
Praladh Pathak is the general secretary whereas Uttam Khadaka is the secretary.
Dharmendra Gopali is the press coordinator and Surya Lal Shrestha is the treasure.
Likewise, Tej Bahadur Singh, Rajendra Bikram Shah and Bishal Bikram Shah are the directors of the FNA.
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Link for the full news:
http://www.yomari.com/p-review/2002/05/16052002/fna.html
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 21-May-02 04:43 PM
Bharat Bdr Bisural's name was there. Well, I have heard about him.
He fought for MP in first general election from four constituencies, and lost from
all of them. The highest vote he got was probably around a thousand. No wonder
Mr Bisural has distaste for democracy and election.
Mr Bisural writes 'the' before his name. That signifies how important he thinks of
himself. Here, in FNA, you don't need any election, you don't have to win the
confidence of all Nepali , yet you can call yourself representatives of all Nepali
living in USA, and there , in Nepal, you have to work hard to get every single
vote. No wonder he and his cohorts think the present system is disgusting.
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Here is what I think.
Nepal's future lies in inclusive, liberal Nepal, not in bigoted, puritanist Nepal. Unless
we can accomodate people from all religions, all castes, and all regions, we won't
exist any more. We have yet to provide equal opportunity to all people. We ,
even liberal people, shudder when it comes to accomodating Nepali of Indian
origin. The threat to Nepal comes from our ineptitude, our intolerance, not from
the people of Indian origins, not from Moslems, or anyone of our conceived
suspicion and we need to understand this.
If we relapse into oppresive regime, we will lose legitimacy to rule a lot of elements
of our society although we temporarily coerce them to yield to our power. In a
autocracy, we can't represent everyone. Autocracy is not a solution,
it is like a weak old lid covering venomous bioweapon. The first day, USSR was
dissolved, the first thing to rear its head was ethnic and religious
fundamentalism and racial tension in Central Asia. Having an autocracy is waiting
for a disaster. Indonesia had the same problem. East Timore became free once Suharto was gone, and other islands are now struggling. China, I am afraid, may
go the same way if a more open society is not built. And Nepal will also be the
same. Bhutanese mentality of ethnic cleansing, or puritanism, won't salvage Nepal.
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