"Closure of the Center would not be appropriate in the context no suitable options available for secured jobs in the country and billions of rupees entering the country by the ex-Gurkha servicemen.[break]
Receiving the memorandum, Committee Chairperson Padmalal Bishwakarma promised to take the issue for discussions in the Committee and seek an appropriate solution to the problem.
The Association delegation led by Chairman Narayan Prasad Koirala urged the government to not count the Ex- Gurkha Armies as the Non Resident Nepalis and to not annual the Nepali citizenship certificates issued in their name.
The Association has provided the copies of the memorandum to the Nepali Congress, the UCPN (Maoist) and the CPN (UML) as well.
Presently, the number of retired British Gurkhas is 36,000 in the country while the number of incumbent ones is 3,000.
Similarly, some 55,000 Nepalis are in the Indian Army while 3,000 in the Singapore Army.
Around Rs. 50 billion enters the country in the name of pension of the ex armies every year, according to the Association. The Association has warned of launching an agitation if the demands are not met.
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