Kathmandu, Sept 26
Advisor and former Vice President of the
Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) Kul Acharya has announced his candidacy
for the president of the organisation’s International Coordination Committee
(ICC).
He entered into the election fray with the
announcement of his candidacy on Sunday at a programme organised in the Capital
where he also announced his 7-point programme.
The NRNA international
conference is slated for October 13-15 in Kathmandu where NRNs from across the
globe will participate in the election through an online voting system for the
first time in the organisation’s history.
Speaking at the candidacy
announcement programme, Acharya said that he had a campaign to make the NRNA a
common organisation of NRNs in true sense and he would like to complete this
initiative by creating an opportunity for all.
“Right to the ancestral property
is my agenda. The registered members of the NRNA will be increased to 500,000
and National Coordination Committees will be increased to 100,” he said.
Currently, registered members are 100,000 and NCCs are 84.
He has also announced a
plan to accredit Nepali people in other countries like Thailand and Myanmar as
‘People of Nepali Origin (PNO)’.
A Nepali from Dhairing of Parbat district,
Acharya currently lives in London.
He said that he would give
priority to the strengthening of the organisation and promote transparency. “I
will give special attention to the safety and security of Nepali migrant
workers in the Middle East and Malaysia,” he said.
His plans also include
running Nepali tourism promotion campaign across the globe, establishing NRNA
Sports Council, helping Nepal to attract Foreign Direct Investment, and giving
priority to youth and women in the organisation.
Earlier on Thursday, incumbent Vice-President of
the NRNA, Rabina Thapa had announced the candidacy for the post of the
president. Likewise, Jaya Prakash Gurung and Binaya Adhikari also announced
their candidacy for the posts of vice president and general secretary.
Established 18 years ago,
the NRNA is a non-government global organisation and network of people of
Nepali origin in 82 countries.
The government of Nepal has
given legal status to Nepali diaspora with the promulgation of Non-Resident
Nepali Act, 2007. Nepali citizens living outside the South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member countries or people of Nepali origin
holding foreign nationality other than SAARC nations are considered as NRNs.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 27 September 2021.
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