The controversies are here
He did it and claimed he did not. The issue is disqualifying the candidature of seven persons intending to run the upper house elections.
I am writing this piece on the last day for filing nominations for the contest yet the Kuenzang Wangdi insists he was right to what he did.
The seven persons disqualified by the EC to run the elections looked eligible taking into considerations their education level. All of them received their graduation from North Bengal University of India’s West Bengal state and Manipal University of another Indian state Sikkim.
Most Bhutanese, not been allowed to pursue their higher education inside the country, travel to these states for higher education. Many take here school education as well. There are to aspects for this disqualification. The first is communist rule in WB that made the state of less priority to India as well. Educated in a communist state would inject communism in Bhutan, it is feared.
The other reason is both the states have good domination by ethnic Nepalis. Interestingly, most Bhutanese of northern district prefer to pursue their education in these Nepali dominated area of India. The government fears this will discourage youngsters not to opt these states for higher education.
Bother less. No matter what the government and the king perceive, persons of their choice will not always be the rulers.
In a statement, “They are simply not eligible but not disqualified by the ECB,” said Wangdi.
The ECB alleged they were disqualified on the grounds that they did not have university degree certificates.
The aspirants of the democracy have become the first pray of king’s nominee Wangdi that will pose question of state’s sincerity to establishing a true democracy.
Those students who graduated from Sherubtse in December 2006 are recognized by the ECB with their degree results but without their degree certificates. But the same batch of students graduating from India with their results and provisional certificates from the university is not recognized.
The candidates reacted, “Even we have to wait for the convocation to get our original degree certificates. The recognition of degree of in-country and out-country graduates by the ECB is unfair.” (BT)
The largest democracy India nominates a nil-degree holder such as Laloo Yadav in union cabinet while the smallest democracy-tryst Bhutan says persons holding degree will not have the capacity to rule the country.
ECB said RUB students are recognized because the university has submitted its letter to ECB regarding the validity of the provisional certificates. Should this mean that Indian government must make an application to ECB making an appeal for recognizing their students to contest the national elections?
Like RUB, the MU and NBU issue their certificates only during the convocation ceremony.
Lets see, how the good degree holders will act.