Author: Yubaraj Ghimire
Publication: The Indian Express
Date: July 26, 2010
URL: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vp-by-his-side-godman-says-nepals-hindu/651619/
Nepal's Vice-President Paramananda Jha seated by his side, Indian 'godman'
Kapil Advait, popularly known as Pilot Baba, created a flutter on Sunday when
he told a gathering here that huge amount of money was involved behind the
2006 declaration of Nepal as a secular country that ended its identity as
a Hindu nation. He said "an influential Nepali" had taken Rs 2 crore
to declare Nepal a secular country.
"I am revealing it now that a sum of
Rs 20 million (Rs 2 crore) was given to an influential Nepali for declaring
Nepal a secular country when major political change took place in the country
in 2006," he told his followers on the occasion of Guru Poornima. He
did not disclose any names but added, "I am saying this based on my knowledge.
The person who took the money has been an important citizen of this country."
The declaration of Nepal as a secular country
was made by Speaker Subhash Nembang on May 18, 2006 when G P Koirala was the
PM. "I don't make distinctions between faiths, but selling off your religion
and culture for money only brings shame to society. Nepal is a case in point,"
Pilot Baba, who was earlier greeted by the Vice-President at the gathering,
said.
"I am an Indian but am committed to have
Nepal's glory restored because it is my Guru dham," he said, adding that
he was initiated into sanyas in 1972 in Nepal.
