A meeting of the resettled Bhutanese in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada has announced the formation of ‘Bhutanese Community of Saint John’ (BCSJ) Sunday.
The meeting also formed a committee of the BCSJ under the chairmanship of Raghu Osti. Similarly, Karna Maya Subba, Damber Osti and Kamal Subba are selected as Vice Chairman, Secretary and Finance Secretary respectively, informed Basudev Osti from Canada.
The meeting has also decided to conduct a cultural program in August. “We are organizing the cultural program in August to inform our new community about our past, present and future challenges,” said Raghu Osti addressing the meet. “It will be a good opportunity to show our presence in this city as many of them are ignorant about us,” he added. At least 14 Bhutanese families live in this city.
Meanwhile, the Bhutanese Community Organization of Minnesota (BCOM) was named by resettled Bhutanese in Minnesota of US.
Our correspondent Arjun Pradhan reported that a gathering on Saturday also selected Ahok Biswa, Bhola Nath Dahal,Barun Dhakal Govinda Dhungana, Govinda Adhikari Himesh Pokhrel and Khadga Aley to BCOM executive board.
Likewise, Kishore Gurung, Krishna Kharel,Parmananda Khatiwoda, Prakash Humagai and Tilak Pakwal to the board.
