CPN leader Rawal condemns govt for its decision to provide Rs 1 billion for IIFA ceremony

KATHMANDU,June 29: Standing Committee Member of Communist Party of Nepal Bhim Rawal has condemned the government’s decision to contribute Rs 1 billion for the popular Indian award ‘International Indian Film Academy Award (IIFA)’.

Rawal has also expressed his strong disapproval of the decision made by Kathmandu Metropolitan City to contribute about Rs half a billion for IIFA ceremony.

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‘Who is behind the government’s such a decision? “The answer would be known if the meeting of the standing committee was held?”, tweeted Rawal.

भारतीय चलचित्र पुरस्कार अाइफाको अायोजनाको लागि काठमाडौं न.पा.ले ४४ करोड दिने, नेपालको करिव १ अर्ब लगानी हुने र त्यसलाई सरकारले स्वीकृति दिएको खवर सुन्दा अाश्चर्य लागेको छ । यस्ता काम कस्को उक्साहट र स्वार्थमा कसले किन गर्छ होला ! नेकपाको स्थायी कमिटीको बैठक भए जान्न पाइन्थ्यो कि?

— Bhim Rawal (@BhimRawal179) June 29, 2019

Nepal Tourism Board and Kathmandu Metropolitan City will serve as an organizer and a co-organizer of the award ceremony respectively. 

The government has defended its decision saying that it made the decision to this effect with Visit Nepal 2020 in mind.