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As the election date approaches, the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) Australia has split.
With Mahesh Kumar Shrestha group registering another NRNA, two NRNAs have been created in Australia. Shrestha Group has registered NRN with the regulatory body Australian Securities and Investments Commission 'ASIC'.
Vivek Thapa, appointed as the coordinator of the convention organizing committee from Shrestha Group, held a press conference in Sydney and informed about this . There are 34 members in the ad hoc committee chaired by Thapa. The newly registered NRNA has four former presidents Keshav Kandel, Ganesh KC, Nand Gurung and Surendra Sigdel as advisers. Similarly, Prem Sapkota, Niraj Shrestha, Kanchan Pokharel and Sheshamani Sharma are also advisors. Newly registered NRNA convention coordinator Thapa told the press conference that membership has been opened and new leadership will be selected through the convention in the future. The impact of the controversy at the
center has been felt in Australia's NRNA. The NRNA of Shrestha Paksha had been asking not to hold the election now and not to use the MI system for membership. But they allege that this situation has happened due to the negligence of the NRNA officials here.
The high-level committee chaired by the former central president of NRNA, Shesh Ghale, concluded its session in Kathmandu on the third week of Baisakh. General Secretary BR Lama, who was elected from the convention, gave Thapa the responsibility of coordinator through a letter. In a press conference, Thapa said that NRNA, which has been authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has been registered as an organization according to the instructions of ICC. He claimed that this situation happened because the NRNA in Australia did not agree and cooperate. He also insisted that the case of NRNA is in the court and the court will recognize another group as official.
Thapa says that this situation has been created because Prime Minister Oli has ignored their efforts and requests to solve the problem through consensus and cooperation and move forward together. He said, "Even though we are the official NRNA, we told them to go together, but because there was no positive initiative from there, we were forced to register another NRNA."
