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and Nepal was conducting in the camps in Nepal. The members called for a
strict control to stop the return of people who had emigrated and left the country
in accordance to their own wishes. The essence of the views expressed by the
Chimis are as follows.
The Royal Government had granted special Kidus and implemented extensive
development programmes in the south for the benefit of the Lhotsampa people.
Despite all these benefits they turned against the country in 1990 and destroyed
many service facilities and infrastructure like schools, hospitals and health
centres, roads and bridges. After carrying out such destructive activities, they
left the country and went to Nepal in accordance to their wishes. They
attempted to create communal discord among the different sections of
Bhutanese society and also tried to undermine the good relations between
Bhutan and India. They also carried out terrorist attacks, including armed
robbery, intimidation and murder of innocent people The Ngolops and their
supporters left Bhutan despite repeated appeals made by His Majesty the King
personally not to emigrate and leave the country. Once these people had arrived
in Nepal after selling their land and property in Bhutan, they made allegations
that the Royal Government had forcefully evicted them. The Chimis pointed
out that there were no grounds for such people to return. They called on the
officials of the Bhutanese joint verification team to keep in mind that the
citizenship and immigration laws of the country must not be undermined while
conducting the verification of the people in the camps in Nepal.
The Chimis said that the people are deeply concerned that the Royal
Government might allow some of these people in the camps to return. They
expressed their hope that the verification is being done in accordance to the
resolutions of the National Assembly and that the dialogue between the
governments of Bhutan and Nepal will bring a positive outcome. They also
submitted that all those people who emigrated and left the country and those
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