Kathmandu, Aug 28: A delegation of Ex-British Gurkha Soldiers has, in a meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal today, urged him to hold talks with the British government and resolve their problem, citing that the UK government has discriminated against them.
In the meeting that took place at the Prime Minister’s official residence at Baluwatar today the deputation asked the Prime Minister to take diplomatic initiation for addressing their justified demands.
Krishna Bahadur Rai, the leader of the ex-Gurkha soldiers who was present in the meeting with the prime Minister, said they requested the PM to take initiatives for resolving their problem by holding dialogue at the governmental level as 25 years’ talks they held with the UK government could not resolve the problem.
Among the problems Rai cited were that the Nepalis were paid less than their British counterparts working in the same rank, and that there were many discriminations and inequalities. He said they urged the Prime Minister to secure the rights for the ex-British Gurkha soldiers who had been recruited in British Armed Forces as per the tripartite agreement, to which Nepal is also a party to.
On the occasion, Prime Minister Dahal said that issues regarding the demands of the ex-British Gurkha soldiers have been raised time and again, and so diplomatic initiation would be taken for addressing the justified demands, the PM’s personal deputy secretary Manohari Timilsina said. RSS
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