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GENERAL POLLS

Party presidents have the last say

DPT

Monsoon effect: The waterfall near Takti on the Thimphu-Phuentsholing highway has swollen to intimidating levels because of continuous rain in the past few days

Samten Wangchuk, Pemagatshel

Like a town waking from a slumber, the heart of Pemagat-shel was suddenly bustling yes-terday with people from various parts of the dzongkhag flocking to the area.

Villagers from as far as Khenadang and Yeching under Nanong, almost three hours drive along gravel-strewn feeder road, Zobel, Shumar and other such distant villages as-sembled at Pemagatshel mid-dle secondary school hall.

It was as though the whole

of Pemagatshel waited for this day to watch their champion trounce a new challenger at the public debate.

Just a few minutes before the debate was to begin Druk Phuensum Tshogpa president Jigmi Y Thinley hummed in

through the town in his Land Cruiser, greeted

by shops, the walls and sealed windows of which had his post-ers glued on most of them.

The People’s Democratic party candidate Pema Wang-chuk had already made his way into the hall.

Pg. 2

A well-attended public debate

PDP president in last TV debate at Haa

There will be no Kuensel edition on

July 15 (Monday)

Nabbed for dealing tobaccoBhutan Narcotics Control Agency, trade and police officials caught two individuals selling tobacco in Thimphu yesterday.

They raided three shops above taxi parking area at 3.30pm following a tip off from an informer.

The woman, 35, was caught selling 1,410 grams of chewing tobacco, 182 pieces of cigarettes and 600 sticks of bidi.

The officials seized 14 sticks of cigarettes, 5 tins of snuff and 175 sticks of bidis were retrieved from the man, 25.

Sonam Pelden, Haa

Sounding mellow and tired the People’s Democratic Party President, Tshering Tobgay, talked about the same issues that has dominated his cam-paign in his last nationwide tel-evised debate yesterday in Haa.

The president has to date conducted some 80 zomdus across the country.

Like he did in his previous meetings the former opposi-tion leader from Sombaykha, Haa, thanked the people for electing PDP as the opposition

party and then went straight into issues.

For, in what could perhaps be a move to instill apprehen-sion or concern among the electorate for the last time or a reflection of how “genuinely scared” he said he is, Tshering

Tobgay reminded the people once again that

huge debts, rupee shortage, cor-ruption, unemployment, lifting of subsidy on LPG and Kero-sene and the “souring” of Indo-Bhutan relations.  These issues, he said, are compounded with India not yet committing assist-ance for the 11th Plan. Pg. 2

paign in his last nationwide tel- scared” he said he is, Tshering

PDP

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MISSINGName: Dorji Jamtsho, 24, village : Narphung, Samdrup Jongkhar. Last seen on 22/6/2013 at 4:30pm at Lungtenphu wearing black tracksuit. If anyone has seen him, please contact 17623471.

From Pg. 1Both candidates spent their

time indoors yesterday, away from the downpour, preparing for the debate that was the last for this election.

The noise that filled the hall as people snatched chairs from one another, exchanging gimlet eyes as they did so, also went quiet as candidates took their seats beside the podium, amplifying the sound of the lone lazily spinning fan on one corner of the damp hall.

Jigmi Y Thinley began with his speech, undeniable smooth and composed, which bor-dered around his reminiscence of DPT government’s five-year tenure, which he did in a chro-nology and ease expected of a seasoned stump speaker. Pulled out from his campaign speech, Jigmi Y Thinley spoke about how his government laid a firm foundation for democra-cy, secured the country’s soul, its sovereignty, unity among its people and the laws it crafted.

He took the last one minute of the 10 he was allocated for his introductory speech to en-sure the audience at the hall, thousands watching live tel-ecast of the debate and thou-sand others listening to it on the radio, that the loans the country had taken for its de-velopment would be cleared within a year or so of the coun-try’s many projects taking off.

Pema Wangchuk, who struggled for the first few min-utes of his rather stiff and stag-gered speech, emphasised more on decentralisation of power to the grassroots and how that was characteristic of a democracy, which he said was something the DPT government failed to do in its five-year tenure.

If there ought to be change in the country, through govern-ance, he said candidates had to change as had to the political party taking the helm, which should it not happen, people in future would loath to take part

in the process.Jigmi Y Thinley asked his

opponent that at a young age he was put through the elec-toral process thrice during the council elections, primaries and now the general one, and what knowledge and experi-ence he had gained.

Pema Wangchuk said he did not jump at the opportunity PDP proffered him instantly but consulted the kenchosuum and believing his third shot at the process was redolent of a chance, he joined in.

Pema Wangchuk’s ques-tion to his opponent was on the weakening of Indo-Bhutan relations evidenced by the nu-merous media reports.

Jigmi Y Thinley said people ought to know who wrote the stories when a media carried such stories, which media it was and who owned them, or what they bore in mind to plant such articles during the peak electoral process.

At the end of the debate, people at the audience said the questions people asked from the floor to candidates were too pointed.

“It’s like a heavy load is being lifted off of our shoulders with the whole process near-ing its end,” a Pemagatshel shopkeeper said, adding the election process had grown suffocating ever since it began. “I can’t wait to vote and putting an end to this election.”

A well-attended public debate

It’s like a heavy load is being lifted off of our shoulders with the whole proc-ess nearing its end” Pemagatshel shopkeeper

‘‘Smuggled sandalwood seized in Paro

Yeshey Dema, Paro

Forest officials in Paro seized, over the weekend, 900kg of sandalwood smuggled in from India.

Forest officials said they received a tip off and caught the truck carrying the load at Lango at around 10:40pm on Sunday night.

The sandalwood was hid-den under a load of red bricks.

The offender said the sandalwood was smuggled from the border town of Ali-pur, India. The fine for a kg of smuggled sandalwood is Nu 750.

“There are 771kg of real sandalwood and 112kg are fake,” forest officials said.

“The smuggled timber will be handed over to the forest head office in Thimphu, as we have no laws of tendering it.”

This is the first case of smuggled sandalwood Paro forest officials dealt with.

It is suspected that the bootleg product was to be sold in China.

From Pg. 1PDP’s stand he said is that

these issues can be addressed so long it’s accepted that these issues exist. “We need to discuss these issues and solve them and if we’re given a chance, we make sure that all these issues are addressed,” he said.

His opponent, Druk Phuen-sum Tshogpa’s Dorji Tsherin-gla, also had nothing new to say nor did he get into these issues except during the question an-swer session. Perhaps being a new face, the former teacher and principal reminded the people on why he joined the party and spoke on the party’s manifesto of connecting Som-baykha with a road to Samste, among others.

The public debate was far from a “debate” and more of a forum for both the candidates to clarify, justify and remind-ing the people once again about the issues and pledges that they need to weigh before casting

their votes. Dorji Tsheringla was his usual self while Tsher-ing Tobgay deliberately avoided being aggressive.

An article in the Hindu newspaper on Indo-Bhutan relations stole some airtime of the debate with both the can-didates explaining to the people what the article talked about.

While remaining calm, Tshering Tobagy also snapped at his opponent with sarcasm by asking Dago Tsheringla to be specific with his question on bribery allegations. Bring-ing back the issues confronting Bhutan, he asked Dago Tsher-ingla how DPT would go about making Bhutan self reliant in seven years.

“Works have begun to make Bhutan self reliant and we can do it, but if it’s the wrong party that forms the government, then that can’t be done,” Dago Tsheringla said. “The debt that has been made can be cleared and, if we form the government,

clearing that debt would be our responsibility.”

Tshering Tobgay said that PDP’s pledges together, includ-ing power tillers and helicopters and Boleros would cost about Nu 3B, which is more than the debt the country is in.  “When I meet people, they say that the way the government func-tions need to change,” he said. “They’re asking for change.”

PDP president in last TV debate at Haa

When I meet people, they say that the way the government functions need to change”

Tshering Tobgay PresidentPDP

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Seized Sandalwood in Paro

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PDP Khamaed-Lunana candidate reported againstTenzin Namgyel, Gasa

Returning officer of Khamaed-Lunana, one of the two con-stituencies in remote Gasa, has written to the People’s Demo-cratic party candidate to report to election commission for fail-ing to attend the live telecast of public debate on July 7.

Returning officer Tandin Dorji’s letter said failure to report to the commission may result in severe consequences, including disqualification of candidature.

If his reason to stay away from the public debate was found “not genuine”, Pema Drukpa could be disqualified, while also having to reimburse campaign fund of Nu 130,000.

The public election fund Act stated, unless specifically exempted by the election com-mission, the non-participating party or candidate shall be ineli-gible to receive funds and liable to refund the funds received for the election.

One of the election officials said, unless a candidate is hospi-talised or if a death has occurred, his candidature may not be con-sidered.

The candidate is on his way back from Lunana, where he had gone for the campaign.

Yesterday, he was reported to have reached at Jaziphu, which is officially a four-day walk from the office of the returning officer

at Khamaed gewog centre.Pema Drukpa’s reason for

missing the debate was on the health ground but, on the con-trary, a letter to the commission by the PDP stated that their can-didate was still campaigning in Lunana, a major vote bank that has 482 eligible voters. Khamaed gewog has 458.

Returning officer, Tandin Dorji said Pema Drukpa’s reason to stay back didn’t match with their party’s letter. “I couldn’t believe on him,” he said.

Pema Drukpa campaigning without election officials’ pres-ence has drawn suspicion from DPT candidate, Kinley Dorji.

Kinley Dorji said his oppo-nent declining to accompany the election team during their visit to Lunana for the common forum could be to woo voters by using illegitimate ways and means.

As proposed by Pema Drukpa, the returning officer approved the schedule to visit the remote gewog to conduct the common forum for the can-didates but, when they actually started the journey on June 17, he did not turn up.

Like the public debate, Kinley Dorji was doing one-man show in Lunana as well.

Pema Drukpa left for Lunana on his own without the surveil-lance of election team a few days after the election team and DPT’s candidate left for Lunana.

Election officials said given

a distance and difficulties asso-ciated in journeying to Lunana, they had specifically allocated

a proper time for the common forum. “It was sad when one didn’t turn up,” said the official.

However, Pema Drukpa could not be reached for the in-formation.

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MY COUNTRY, MY TOWN

The exodus has begun. For the past few days, the electorate has been leaving in droves from the main urban centres for their hometowns and vil-

lages all across the country to cast their vote in the country’s second general election.

In another three days, Bhutan will have chosen one of the political parties to form the country’s second elected government, five years after it transited to a parliamen-tary system of governance.

It is definitely not the best time to be on the road, with the monsoon in full blast, and most of the national highways across the country reporting roadblocks, mudslides, falling boulders and stranded passengers.

For some voters, it is excitement mingled with worry, as they head off to their villages to cast their vote. From the literate voter in the towns to the farmer tilling the earth, eve-ryone just wants this election to end once and for all.

So much has happened in the past few weeks that have made a lot of people quite uncomfortable with the whole election proc-ess and the mud slinging. The most recent campaign issue has been on Indo-Bhutan relations that were sparked off by news re-ports in the Indian media, followed by the removal of subsidy on gas and kerosene.

The timing was such that it became a new election issue, although it had been simmer-ing in the background and waiting to flare up.

More recent reports in the Indian media say that, while the timing of removing the subsidies was off, there was no political mes-sage in the removal of subsidies, nor is there a preference for any political party to form the government.

Never has there been so much open debate and discussion on Indo-Bhutan relations as in the past few days and this is a change from the past when Indo-Bhutan relations were ‘sensitive’.

This can only be good for both coun-tries in the long run. The relationship will strengthen on the new openness and build on the foundations of the past. As it is, In-do-Bhutan relations are evolving to become an economic one, built on trust and mutual respect between two sovereign nations.

The reaction in Bhutan, in recent days, some foreign policy hawks say, has been displayed by other smaller countries in the region that live in the shadow of a large neighbour.

If Indo-Bhutan relations do sway votes, it will be because of worry what the friend and neighbour might do next to affect living, or because of the need to express sovereignty despite all.

Post campaign, pre poll

MY SAY

To catch a bull by the back: A bit risky, wouldn’t you say, just to get a free ride Photo: Tashi Dawa, Lhuentse

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Sir,In this democratic system every citizen has fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression. But it does not mean one can speak anything without weighing the conse-quences.

The right of a person to swing his arm ends at a point where the other person’s nose begins.

In this great land of ours, there had been strife and turmoil, a magnitude suiting our size. Yet we are still united as one nation and one people through the hundred years of Monarchy. And the active re-alization of this sense of one-ness of heart and soul by each and every one of us is a sign of

national integration. However, some pes-

simistic politicians and their supporters, who are trying to garner votes, are trying to cre-ate divisions and regionalism. Such forces disturb our peace and unity.

Bhutan is a small coun-try and no region is more important than the other.

We have to understand and learn to live as we did in the past and inculcate a spirit of unity, co-operation, mutual goodwill and integrity among our children. No matter which political party comes to power we have to live together as neighbours, and Bhutanese.

Sithup

National integration, not regionalism

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A choice between equals in GelephuTashi Dema, Gelephu

Although the people in the south-ern border district of Sarpang are engaged in paddy transplanta-tion, they try and attend party campaign meetings that happen every two to three days.

That is because the people of the seven gewogs say their choice is more for the party than the can-didates. Those, who attend the campaign meetings, say they do it as a formality.

DPT’s Karma Donnen Wang-di, 43, and PDP’s Gopal Gurung, 46, people say, come to them with many promises, but doubt if they will live up to them or represent them.

Voters say the DPT candidate did not do much during his ten-ure as a National Council mem-ber in the past five years. He did not visit villages to discuss mat-ters with them.

But PDP’s candidate, voters say, is equally not promising. He not only has a communication problem in the national language,

but also does not know what the party manifesto contains.

“So many of us here decided that we’d base our votes either on what the party manifesto has to offer or on the party leadership,” Harilal, 76, from Chuzergang said.

A 67-year-old man in Serzhong, a small community of about 60 households, said his family would base their vote on the party and its leadership.

“I’ll vote for DPT, as the party name indicates that it’s a party of peace and happiness and it has a dynamic leader,” he said.

But his neighbour, a 33-year-old woman prefers PDP as the party has a promising young president. “We have to give PDP a chance to prove that they’re equally capable,” she said.

In Chuzergang, where peo-ple are busy transplanting paddy, people say they do not believe DPT’s promise to construct a bridge over Maokhola, or PDP’s promise to provide 100 percent employment and shifting Gel-ephu dungkhag to their place.

“We know that whichever party forms the government, it’ll

have no direct benefits to indi-viduals,” a 52-year-old woman said. She attended party cam-paign meeting about five times in the past two weeks.

Meanwhile, Karma Donnen Wangdi, who is accompanied by his parents, uncle and aunt and party supporters, said his prom-ise of a bridge over Maokhola is for real, and people living on the other side of Maokhola should believe him.

In his campaign meeting in Serzhong community lha-khang, he explained to people that things are not as bad as por-trayed by the other party.

With his good command over Dzongkha and frequent usage of parliamentary terms, he could connect to the people. His father, a retired army major and dzongda, speaks Sharchopkha and Khengkha to get the mes-sage across. DPT’s dzongkhag coordinator, DB Suberi, 78, also delivers speeches in Lhotsam-kha to connect to the Lhotsham people.

Karma Donnen Wangdi’s parents settled in Gelephu after his father retired as a dzongda,

and he is more known to the re-tired civil servants in the locality. Many Lhotsham people refer to him as their ‘Joing’ meaning ‘in-law’.

Retired major Gopal Gurung, who recently returned from a seven-day campaign in Gong, campaigns with four to five sup-porters tagging along.

In his typical army tone, he keeps his campaign speeches short and to the point, and lets his supporters do most of the talking.

“I’m an army man and I don’t know how to woo voters,” he said.

Resettled in Gelephu after his father retired from the army, Gopal Gurung said he did not know much about Gelephu, al-though he came once a year in

his 22 years of service in army to spend time with his family.

He said his chance of win-ning is very high, as people are aware of politics and electoral process.

His wife, three daughters and parents, aged 75 and 80 years, are in Namkhaling, Gelephu.

While Karma Donnen Wangdi’s supporters boast that their candidate does not lie and is a man of few words, Gopal Gu-rung’s supporters say their can-didate is a straightforward man.

Gelephu constituency has about 14,648 eligible voters in Gelephu, Umling, Tarithang, Chuzergang, Serzhong, Jigme-choling and Chudzom gewogs.

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Less buses, more travellersTshering Wangdi

It is excitement rippling among people for the upcoming general elections polling no doubt, but this is also coming with a few dis-gruntled lot, particularly visible at the Thimphu bus terminal, who are bound to places for reasons other than elections.

As of 3pm yesterday, most of the ticket counters at the terminal were empty. However, a lot of people were still waiting for the ticket dispatchers to get back, just “in case”.

According to the base in-charge, Ngawang Gyeltshen, with the road safety and transport au-thority (RSTA), tickets for every

bus leaving the terminal is sold out until July 15.

“For the eastern dzongkhags, all tickets were already booked a few days ago,” he said, adding that even the cabs leaving for distant dzongkhags are already on their way.

While there were also 20 standby buses booked by the election commission, all seats went full three days back.

Ngawang Gyeltshen said that most of the standby buses were allocated for Trashigang.

Tashi, who has to leave for

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“I have to reach back home as soon as possible, since one of my relatives is sick. I’m looking for July 14 ticket, but things aren’t working out,” he said. “I hope the

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The office of the base in-charge has also been keeping busy, with a lot of people com-ing to enquire for an alternative. Ngawang Gyeltshen said they don’t have any other options.

The situation outside of the RSTA building is no different. A lot of people were requesting ei-ther the drivers or conductors to give them a ride.

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Timing of subsidy withdrawal a ‘coincidence’A senior GoI official clarified the issue in an article that featured in the Hindu

Samten Yeshi

Although the government of Indian meant well, the timing of subsidy removal on cooking gas and kerosene was “unfor-tunate” and alarmed many Bhutanese, senior members of Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) said.

The members, while in-teracting with the media after they met with Thimphu’s busi-ness community to explain the party’s economic action plan, said an article that featured in The Hindu, bringing to light India’s stand on issues, cleared doubts lingering in many minds.

A senior official of Indian government was quoted in the paper saying subsidy

withdrawal was a coincidence, and that there was no political message in it.

One of the senior mem-bers of DPT, former minister Yeshey Zimba said that it was unfortunate, because subsidy withdrawal came at a time, when the other party was mak-ing a point for electoral gain that government of India was disappointed with DPT.

“Nonetheless, we believe that what the paper has quoted is genuine, and things will fall in line, if we form the govern-ment,” he said. “We can pick from where we left with a friendly note.”

Yeshey Zimba, said peo-ple, mostly DPT members, were alarmed, when DPT was bombarded with accusations of damaging relations with India.

“That’s why all our senior member came to Thimphu, leaving our campaign half way at this crucial time,” he said, referring to the meeting of the senior DPT members held on July 4.

According to him, DPT felt that, if the party is really a

threat to Bhutan-India friend-ship, and therefore to the future security of the nation, the party is in a position to look into all the options before them, as to what has to be done.

This is also why he said DPT took it up with the interim government, calling up on the chief advisor for immediate solution, since it was going to create a lot of problem for the people at the moment.

“It’s something we can re-solve later, but we didn’t want to see our own people being subjected to this,” he said.

He also said the way things were happening, the Times of India article, which blamed DPT leadership for ruining relations with India, appeared “planted”.

On the other hand, he also said our own people put flesh to the story.

“It’s so natural that Time of India or any other media fol-lowing events in Bhutan will report, because it’s happening in public forums and live de-bates, with candidates talking about this issue all the way,” he said.

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We can pick from where we left with a friendly note”

Yeshey ZimbaDPT candidateSouth Thimphu

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DTP’s Thimphu candidates and members interact with media after the meeting

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Tempa Wangdi, Trashigang

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Tshering Tobgay, while campaigning in dzongkhags in eastern Bhutan, vouched that his party has high chances of win-ning the elections and forming government this year.

Besides, promising a mini-mum of five ministers from east, the campaign strategy was such that the party could solicit enough constituencies to form the government.

“With voters’ increased sup-port shown across the country for my party, PDP fancies high chances of forming the govern-ment in 2013,” Tshering Tobgay said.

PDP’s chances to form the government eventually forced DPT to worry and slur their pledges.

“If DPT is criticising our pledges, it’s because we’re re-ceiving immense support from the people,” he said in Sam-drupjongkhar, where he last campaigned before returning to

Haa for his public debate. “Un-like DPT, we’ve never tried to criticise its pledges.”

He also kept accusing DPT of lying to people that DPT would form the government.

“DPT is trying to steal votes by blatantly lying to people that it is forming the government, and PDP would end up as opposi-tion,” Tshering Tobgay said.

PDP already won 13 con-stituencies and, if the party took ownership of the two constituen-cies that voted for Druk Nyam-rup Tshogpa, it had 15.

In the east, the party targets 11 constituencies, which could have them secure 26 seats, a ma-jority to form government.

The party offered DPT stronghold areas, including Radhi-Sakteng, Thrimshing-Kangpar, Kanglung-Samkhar and Dewathang-Gomdar, a minister each.

Promise of six ministers in the east is viewed as a strategy to win 11 of the total 17 constituen-cies in the east.

A voter from Martshala said, at a time when people in remote areas like Dewathang- Gom-dar are disgruntled with lack of

development, such a strategy could work.

“Moreover, PDP giving us a minister from our constituency is something we never expect from DPT’s candidates,” an-other voter from Martshala said.

PDP’s promise of three min-isters from Trashigang alone, however, comes in contraven-tion of the Constitution.

Article 17, section 5 of the constitution pronounces that

not more than two members elected from the electoral con-stituencies of the same dzong-khag shall be entitled to be ap-pointed as ministers.

Tshering Tobgay also pledged in the east that country needs a party like his to form the government in 2013 to address economic crisis.

“PDP is happy whether you give us a chance in 2018 or 2023, but we need that opportunity now more than ever because of country’s economic situation,” he said.

If given the chance, PDP said that its government could transpire people’s aspirations of

greater change into reality. “If you’ve waited for a new party, elect PDP for it’s the change you wished for,” Tshering Tobgay said.

The party president reiter-ated that PDP needs a chance because addressing rupee crisis, reinstating LPG and kerosene subsidies, mobilising money for 11th five-year plan and growing debt are beyond DPT govern-ment’s abilities.

“It’s only PDP who could now mend the strained Indo-Bhutan relations, for DPT lacks that bilateral strategy,” the presi-dent said.

PDP president oozes confidence

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By pledging at least five ministers from the east, the party hopes to make inroads into DPT strongholds

We’ll be govt.: Tshering Tobgay speaks to voters in a meeting

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Bhutan-India relations – Sailing in troubled waters

As a Bhu-tanese citizen, never for a moment

did I imagine that the grav-est threat to our foreign policy would arise from within our own borders, from the entrails of our own hitherto united and intel-ligent people. Looking at how Bhutan-India relations have been politicised today, and the spate of strange and disconcerting developments unfurling in the country, I am simply stunned, lost and scandalised.

It is in this mood and light that I hereby set forth to put the disturbing and (what increasingly appears to be) an unintelligible issue of purportedly strained Bhutan-India relations into some focus, so that we can understand its implications.

Historical backgroundBhutan-India relations

have been founded on the understanding and accept-ance of geopolitical realities of the region – that Bhutan and India are geopolitical Siamese twins and, con-joined together as we are,

we have no choice but to accept and live with this reality and to endeavour to benefit from it.

The 1910 Treaty of Puna-kha firmly laid the founda-tions of this geopolitical equation. Subsequently, the 1949 Indo-Bhutan Treaty, signed on 8 August 1949, in Darjeeling, became the basis of Bhutan-India rela-tions for more than half a century. The historic India-Bhutan Friendship Treaty of 2007, signed on 8 February in New Delhi, updated the treaty of 1949 and ushered in a new era of friendship and economic cooperation.

The most significant feature of this treaty, one of the many shining legacies of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, is the removal of the provision entrusting the guidance of Bhutan’s foreign policy to India, and not requiring Bhutan to obtain India’s permission over arms imports. This was a blot on Bhutan as well as India, which both countries could ill-afford to be tagged with in the 21st century. The removal of this clause indeed exemplifies and ele-vates the trust and maturity

of the relationship between the two countries.

DPT and Indo-Bhutan Relations

DPT’s foreign policy direction hinged consist-ently on the unquestionable and inextinguishable reality that India would always be the cornerstone of Bhutan’s foreign policy matrix. The DPT government, therefore, did everything possible to expand, deepen, elevate and secure Bhutan-India rela-tions in the past five years. This was evident from the fact that Jigmi Y Thinley visited India nine times in five years, more than any other Bhutanese leader be-fore him, with the exception of Their Majesties. In fact, Jigmi Y Thinley’s first over-seas visit as prime minister of democratic Bhutan was to India, barely a month after assuming office. His last official overseas visit, when leaving office, was also to India, in February 2013. 

Jigmi Y Thinley inter-acted with Indian leaders at all levels from a wide social and political spectrum dur-ing his tenure as prime min-ister. His visit to Bihar re-sulted in the granting of two acres of land by the Bihar government to Bhutan at Rajghir, Bodhgaya, to build a Bhutanese temple and guesthouse. He also met the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, and was in Madhya Pradesh in the capacity of chief guest at a Buddhist University. He hosted the chief minister of Assam in Bhutan and met Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal chief minister. Further, he was invited by the govern-ment of India to deliver the prestigious Hiren Mukher-jee memorial address to the Lok Sabha.  He was also the keynote speaker at PAN IIT congress of the prestigious IIT, besides meeting Indian corporate leaders twice in

Mumbai and Kolkata. Similarly, other Bhuta-

nese cabinet ministers met Indian leaders, including the prime minister, in India, as well as at every interna-tional fora outside of India.

The visit of Indian lead-ers to Bhutan was also un-precedented during the ten-ure of the DPT government. The Indian prime minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, came to Bhutan twice, first on a state visit and second for the 16th SAARC summit hosted for the first time in Bhutan. The opposition leader, Susma Swaraj, also visited Bhutan, besides parliamen-tarians and leaders from all political walks. 

It looks highly implausi-ble that, after such intense and friendly interactions between the two govern-ments and nation states in the past five years, that India should harbour any doubt and suspicion at all of the royal government’s commitment to Bhutan-India relations.

If it is indeed true that India is still offended by the routine, harmless and friendly overture extended by Bhutan under the DPT government to China, as it did to so many other countries and heads of gov-ernment at the Rio Earth summit, and is choosing to implicate DPT (and consequently Bhutan) with culpability at such a cru-cial point in the elections, I must confess that I am totally baffled and con-founded.

Politicisation and brinkmanship

Bhutan-India relations came to the fore as an issue during the 90-day election period. In fact, it intensi-fied as campaign fodder after the primary round of elections, which gave the DPT a clear advantage and majority over the other

party. The appearance of two

articles, subsequently in the Times of India, whip-ping up an old issue, came like a bolt out of the blue. Our friends in India, un-wittingly ensnared in this game of political brinks-manship, must remember that such inadvertent, mercenary and gravely in-jurious attitudes and moves do not bode well at all for Bhutan-India friendship in the long run.

For the discerning Bhu-tanese, alarm bells should start ringing, given the timing of the withdrawal of subsidies and other very strange posturing from certain quarters and indi-viduals here in the country. I am inclined to believe that the interest groups are resorting to desperate pres-sure tactics to leverage New Delhi’s influence in Bhutan to not only induce, but perhaps blatantly rig, the electoral outcome.

An AppealElections are a sover-

eign right and responsibil-ity of the people of Bhutan and, even more so, of the political parties that are the backbone of any democ-racy.

Please remember that the fallout from the kind of desperate political ma-noeuvrings and brinksman-ship that is at play currently will be directly on our peo-ple and the country.

Let us not dig our own grave.

Contributed by Karma Temphel

Ngyamtso, a writer and an avid political observer

based in Motithang, Thim-phu (77600154 or

ngyamtso01@odiyan.com.bt)

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Tempa Wangdi, Trashigang

Polling officials for the remotest polling stations in Trashigang, Khashateng and Khiliphoog in Merak gewog, are already on their way to make it on time to conduct the general elections poll on July 13.

The team for Khashateng left via Samdrupjongkhar to Jomotsangkha on July 7.

“The Khashateng team is expected to reach their desti-nation either on July 10 or 11,” Radhi-Sakteng returning of-ficer (RO), Pem Tshewang said.

Dzongkhag had decided to send polling officials via Samdrupjongkhar, en-route to Jomotsangkha because of impending danger from cross-ing Jomori river on foot from Merak.

During the primary round, polling officials returned from Khashateng via Jomotsangkha and Samdrupjongkhar after the bridge over Jomori river was washed away.

“All the tiny wooden bridges built over Jomori river might have been washed away by now,” an official from Merak said. “Moreover, landslides and erosion also poses threat to of-ficials’ lives.”

The officials have to cross Jomori river down-stream around ten times, while trekking from Merak to Khashateng.

“Khiliphoog team, who left yesterday is expected to have reached Merak,” Pem Tshewang said. The team will leave Merak today morning and is expected to reach Khi-lophoog tomorrow evening.

Both the teams have been allocated with a health official each.

Polling officials for Sakteng and proper Merak are leaving tomorrow to the respective polling stations.

In Trashiyangtse, all the polling officials are leaving today. “They’ve been given the refresher’s course, so they’ll disperse from today,” Bumde-ling-Jamkhar RO, Namgang Tshering, said.

There are over 171 polling officials in Bumdeling-Jamkhar constituency including secu-rity personnel and lady friskers. Tarphel is the furthest polling officials in Bumdeling.

Thrimshing-Kangpar con-stituency in Trashigang is also deploying its officials from today. “The officials are to leave on July 11 but we’re also planning to send them by today evening if possible,” RO Tsher-ing Wangdi said.

Merdha in Kangpar and Berdengphu in Thrimshing are the furthest polling stations in Thrimshing-Kangpar constitu-ency.

Polling officials head for Merak

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All the tiny wood-en bridges built over Jomori river might have been washed away by now”

An official, Merak

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WednesdayJuly 10, 2013KUENSEL*14 KNOW YOUR CANDIDATE

Karma Rangdol, 61, hails from Khema, Khema gewog.He studied Bachelor of Arts (English Honors) at St. Stephens College in Delhi, India. He started his career in 1978 and worked for 25 years in finance, insurance and banking institutions. He also founded and pioneered the transformation of the Unit Trust Bank to Bhutan National Bank Ltd. He resigned as the managing director of BDFCL in 2008.

Lobzang Dorji, 25, is from Ngar village, Gangzur gewog.He has a Bachelors degree of Arts in History and Dzongkha from Sherubtse College, Royal university of Bhutan. Before joining politics, he worked as a Research officer in Bhutan Tour-ism Corporation Limited and as the National Youth Coordinator to People’s Democratic Party. He is single.

Gangzur – Minjay, Lhuentse

Registered voters : 7,254

The season that resembles your character most…Autumn- Calm and mature

A part in a movie, which motivates you each time you watch it?The scene from the Wizard of Oz where the curtain is pulled aside to reveal the Wizard. That scene was thought provoking

Why do you believe you’re the best choice for your constituency?I have worked hard in the last five years for the peo-ple of my constituency

The biggest challenge you faced during the cam-paign this time?Confusion created by outright lie among voters

The same can’t be said about Lhuentse in terms of development, as one could about its rich history, religion and cultural heritage. Why?One reason is that Lhuentse is not connected directly by road. But one should know that development though important is immaterial compared to culture, which is symbolised, as you said in Lhuentse’s rich history and religion. Devel-oped and rich countries are embarking on missions to trace their history and finding it very difficult, almost impossible. Juxtapose this to economic develop-ment, which can be achieved within few years

The issue of housing shortage is a long-standing one in the dzongkhag. How would you solve that?The National Housing and Development Corporation (NHDC) is constructing houses in different parts of the country to solve this issue, which is not just confined to Lhuentse. I will talk with the NHDC about this. Moreover, with a proper town coming up, private people will also get opportunities to construct houses and rent it out

Bhutan’s biggest challenge today and why?Letting people understand the difference between interdependence and de-pendence. We are at a crucial juncture and this needs to be understood

Your priority for the constituency?Shingkhar- Gorgan road to fulfill the aspirations of Lhuentse people

Anything voters ought to know about the candidate you are up against?I am sure they have already gauged what kind of a person he is. What they need to know is if he can execute his promises

Asset declarations election commission made public reveal you are one of the richest candidates contesting this election. How does it work for you in winning the elections?It doesn’t. And wealth was never a pre-requisite or a prohibition to serve the people

The season that resembles your character most...All season

A part in a movie, which motivates you each time you watch it?Game Change, which is a political drama based on events of the 2008

United States presidential election campaign, and I like the ending

Why do you believe you’re the best choice for your constituency?Starting from my kindergarten till my graduation, I was always there in my village, worked in paddy fields; understand the ground realities and prob-lems people face, which the previous MP did not fulfil. I know each and every one in my constitu-ency and most importantly, I represent the com-mon people of Gangzur-Menji

The biggest challenge you faced during the campaign this time?Worry. That whether people of my constituency will choose the same gov-ernment or go for a change

The same can’t be said about Lhuentse in terms of development, as one could about its rich history, religion and cultural heritage. Why?As of now Lhuentse is the poorest dzongkhag despite its rich religious and cultural heritage. I even authored a book titled Lion fortress reflecting the importance of Singye Dzong. But Lhuentse lacks road, township and other facilities to promote these religious sites

The issue of housing shortage is a long-standing one in the dzongkhag. How would you solve that?By re-opening loan schemes to business communities. There are 28 shop-keepers in Lhuentse in want of loan to construct buildings. If elected we will be making the loans available

Bhutan’s biggest challenge today and why?Corruption and nepotism, because these are everywhere, people know about it but do not have the guts to open up. It’s my responsibility to fight corruption

Your priority for the constituency?The Shingkhar-Gorgan highway

Anything voters ought to know about the candidate you are up against?So far none of the voters asked, but we are very friendly

You are the youngest candidate contesting this election and pitched against a DPT senior. Why should people go for you?The fourth king ruled the country at the age of 17, and the fifth king took over at a very young age. Look at the developments brought. I lived in Lhuentse and understand the problems. It’s not of age and experience but it’s about the people’s voice that needs to be heard and I will be their voice

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Tshering Tenzin, 51, is from Phagi-dung, Menbi gewog. He did Bachelors of Engineering in Telecommunication from University of Bologna, Italy, and ob-tained a diploma in Electrical Engineer-ing from Royal University of Bhutan.He started as a section officer in the Department of Telecom in 1985 and was the chief of ICT & Media Division, BICMA, before resigning to join DPT in 2008 elections.He has three daughters.

Yeshi Dorji, 42, is from Zhong-maed village, Maedtsho gewog. He is married with 3 daughters and a son.He has a Masters in biology from University of Missorrie, USA. He served as a senior planning officer in the agriculture ministry before joining PDP in 2008.He then worked at the UN office of project operations (UNOP) as team leader for 4 years and resigned again to contest from PDP.

Menbi – Tshenkhar, Lhuentse

Registered voters : 7,135

The season that resembles your character most?All seasons, but the most appropriate is Spring - it gives you hope and freshness

A part in a movie, which motivates you each time you watch it?Yet to discover...

Why do you believe you’re the best choice for your constituency?I don’t believe it but I like to render the best of services to the people of my con-stituency and the nation

The biggest challenge you faced during the campaign this time?I wish to meet all the people of my con-stituency but the time does not permit

The same can’t be said about Lhuentse in terms of development, as one could about its rich history, religion and cultural heritage. Why?This is mainly because of the distance from the capital and its re-moteness

The issue of housing shortage is a long-standing one in the dzongkhag. How would you solve that?There is no proper township. So first thing is we have to have a proper thromde to allow people build more houses

Bhutan’s biggest challenge today and why?I worry about Indo-Bhutan relationship. It does not appear good. No budget commitment for the 11th plan yet from the Indian gov-ernment, removal of subsidies recently, and lowering of electricity tariff …

Your priority for the constituency?Boosting income of the people

Anything voters ought to know about the candidate you are up against?He is a gentleman

You were introduced as the ministerial candidate if PDP comes to power. Do you think you have got what it takes to be a minis-ter?I don’t deserve to be a minister but if the people and the party be-lieves in me and gives me the mandate I shall serve with the best of my ability

The season that resembles your character most?Spring- guaranteeing brighter days to come

A part in a movie, which motivates you each time you watch it?I always find the emotional farewell scene from Rain Man very powerful where the brothers touch heads together while saying goodbye

Why do you believe you’re the best choice for your constituency?It would be rather arrogant to say that I believe myself to be the best choice. It is for the voters in my constituency to see if I am or not

The biggest challenge you faced during the cam-paign this time?Subduing fear that has been sparked by the support-ers of PDP

The same can’t be said about Lhuentse in terms of development, as one could about its rich history, religion and cultural heritage. Why?I would like to say we are proud that despite development, Lhuentse is still so rich in its history, religion and cultural heritage. We know that the world has now realized that economic development alone is not development. There are other aspects such as culture. Lhuentse has both.

The issue of housing shortage is a long-standing one in the dzongkhag. How would you solve that?A new town is coming up. This will solve all the issues

Bhutan’s biggest challenge today and why?Creating awareness that democracy is about responsibility and that all of us are responsible in choosing the right government so that the future of our children are secured

Your priority for the constituency?Development of tourism opportunities, market accessibility for farm and indig-enous products and look into biogas production, besides the Shingkhar-Gorgan road

Anything voters ought to know about the candidate you are up against?At the end of the day, we the candidates are offering voters a choice. As they go to vote, they should really analyse the consequences of their choice

Voters said you hardly visited them during your term as National Assembly member. Why?I think the people who are saying this are the ones who have never stayed in their villages here and so do not know what has been happening

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འབྲུག་གི་མི་སེར་ཡོངས་ལུ།

༉ ད་རིས་ལས་ ཉིན་གྲངས་གསུམ་གྱི་ནང་འཁོད་ལུ་ འབྲུག་གི་མི་སེར་ཚུ་ ཚོགས་རྒྱན་བཙུགས་སའི་ས་ཁོངས་ནང་ རང་སོའི་ཚོགས་རྒྱན་བསྐྱུར་བར་འབྱོན་འོང་། ཁོང་གིས་ གཞུང་གཞི་འཛུགས་ཀྱི་དོན་ལུ་ ཚོགས་པ་གདམ་ཁ་རྐྱབ་ནི་རྐྱངམ་གཅི་གིས་མ་ཚད་པར་ ཚོགས་པ་དེ་གི་ ལྟ་བ་དང་གཞི་རྩ་ དེ་ལས་ ཕན་ཐོགས་ཚུ་ཡང་གདམ་ཁ་རྐྱབ་འོང་། གདམ་ཁ་འདི་གིས་ མི་སྡེ་དཔལ་འབྱོར་དང་ སྲིད་ཀྱི་རིང་ལུགས་གོང་འཕེལ་གྱི་ཐོག་ལས་ ང་བཅས་རའི་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཀྱི་གནས་སྟངས་ ག་དེམ་ཅིག་ཁར་ལྷོད་ནི་ཨིན་ན་ ཧ་གོ་ཚུགས་པ་གིས་མ་ཚད་ མ་འོངས་པའི་ལོ་ཚུ་ནང་ ང་བཅས་རའི་བརྩི་མཐོང་དང་ ལམ་སྲོལ་བཟང་པོ་ཚུ་ ག་དེ་སྦེ་བདག་འཛིན་འཐབ་ནི་ཨིན་ན་དང་ ཆ་འཇོག་འབད་ནི་ཨིན་ན་ཚུ་ཡང་ འདྲ་མཉམ་སྦེ་གལ་ཆེཝ་ཨིནམ་ཧ་གོ་ཚུགས་ཟེར་ཞུ་ནི་དང་།

རང་གི་ ག་ནི་བ་རྩ་ཆེ་བའི་འགན་ཁུར་འདི་ ལག་ལེན་འཐབ་པའི་སྐབས་སུ་ གཙོ་རིམ་དང་ ཚ་གྱང་སྦོམ་ཤོས་ཅིག་ ང་བཅས་རའི་ རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཀྱི་རང་དབང་རང་བཙན་དེ་ ཐུགས་ཁ་ལས་བརྗེད་ནི་མི་འོང་། ཁྱིམ་ཚང་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་སྟོབས་ཤུགས་ཅན་ཚུ་གི་བར་ན་ཆགས་ཏེ་ཡོད་པའི་ སྐོབས་ཚུད་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཆུང་ཀུ་ ང་བཅས་རའི་ འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་བཟུམ་ཅིག་གིས་ རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་གཅིག་མཐུན་དང་ གཅིག་སྒྲིལ་ཐོག་ལས་ སྒྲིང་སྒྲིང་དང་ ཞི་བདེ་བཟོ་དགོཔ་ཁག་ཆེ། དེ་འབདཝ་ལས་ འབྲུག་པའི་རང་ལུགས་ མི་ཉམས་གོང་འཕེལ་དང་ རྩ་བརྟན་བཟོ་ཚུགས་མི་ ཚོགས་པ་ཅིག་དང་ འགོ་འཁྲིདཔ་ཅིག་གདམ་ཁ་རྐྱབ་གནང་ཟེར་ཞུ་ནི་ཨིན།

སྨོན་ལམ་རྣམ་པར་དག་པ་ཅིག་བཏབ་ཐོག་ལས་ཚོགས་རྒྱན་བཙུགས་གནང་།འབྲུག་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ།

# Post # Name of the Candidate

Citizenship I.D.No

Interview date

1 AEE(Civil)

1 Tshering Wangmo 11410002953

Group-A 22.07.2013

2 Dechen Wangdi 11410000904

3 Kesang Tshering 10811002846

4 Phuntsho Wangdi 11410006177

5 Phuchu Dukpa 11904000596

6 Samten Dorji 11107001838

7 Namgay Wangdi 11410003037

8 Kinzang Wangdi 11513003852

9 Gyem Tshering 10801001742

10 Jigme Namgayl 11502001909

11 Tshewang Penjor 10712000280

12 Ugyen Dorji 10503000528

13 Suk Bahadur Rai 11812000009

2 AEE(Mech.) 1 Sangay Dorji 11102003517 Group- A 22.07.2013

3 AE(Civil)

1 Tashi Tshering 11106002976

Group-A 22.07.13

2 Pema 11107002335

3 Sangay Peldhen 12008001239

4 Rohit Kr. Kaflay 11103001327

5 Karma Wangdi 10713002215

6 Sonam Tashi 12004000384

7 Sarna Pradhan 21306000291

8 Ugyen Dorji 10707000354

9 Tshering Norbu 10805000752

10 Bhim Bdr. Basnet 21301000159

11 Sangay Zangmo 11703002547

12 Tshering Choden 11805001591

13 Elisha Rai 21301000243

14 Cheten Wangmo 11608002178

15 Thinley Gyeltshen 11505002066

16 Choden 10501000871

17 Pema Lhazom 10601004090

18 Tashi Tshering 11206001172

19 Ugyen Thinley 11505001436

4 AE(Mech.)

1 Birja Raj Gurung 11313000502

Group- A 23.07.2013

2 Jigme Dorji 11503004665

3 Sonam Chogyel 11109002593

4 Dophu 10202000384

5 Lalit Raj Gurung 11204001742

5 AE(Elect.)

1 Karna Bdr. Mongar 10205000692

Group - A 23.07.20132 Wangda

Tshering 11410000878

3 Sherub Thaye Moktan 11811000026

6 JE(Civil)

1 Zangmo 11904001424

Group-A 23.07.2013

2 Tshewang Choden 11704000073

3 Nima Dem 10211001169

4 Sonam Phuntsho 11513002780

5 Nar Bdr. Gurung 10303000111

6 Kado 11515003410

7 Dil Kr. Gurung 10301000359

8 Pema Tshering 10602001749

9 Tshering Phuntsho 10204001208

10 Sonam Pem 11806000265

11 Yeshi Gyeltshen 10907001403

12 Sanjay Pradhan 21203000860

13 Gampo Dorji 10906002264

7 JE(Mech.)

1 Tenzin Wangdi Sherpa 11304001705

Group-A 23.07.20132 Dawa Tshering 10204001592

3 Tshewang Dorji 11501002004

8 JE(Elect.)

1 Wang Tshering 11506000165

Group-A 23.07.2013

2 Sangay Wangchuk 11602002349

3 Elash Rai 21203000638

4 Sherab Zangmo 11503003103

5 Pawan Sharma 21204000270

6 Sangay Rinchen 10715000866

9

SO Gr. I (Civil)

1 Uttam Kumar Pradhan 11213001064

Group- A 24.07.20132 Kinzang Thinley 11606002198

3 Choigye Norbu 11502002320

SO Gr. II (Civil)

1 Sonam Tobgye 10104000066

Group-A 24.07.2013

2 Phub Dorji 10801000913

3 Tshering Dorji 11503003272

4 Ugyen Norbu 11513000796

5 Tshering Phuntsho 11512003372

6 Tashi Tobgay 11607001999

10

SO Gr. I (Elect.)

1 Dawa Gyeltshen 10204002896Group-A

24.07.20132 Wangchen 11705000111

3 Raj Kumar Rai 11216000265

SO Gr. II(Elect.)

1 Sangay Tenzin 10702000221

Group-A 24.07.2013

2 Thinley Namgay 11604002149

3 Dechen Wangmo 10603000702

11 Mechanic Gr.II

1 Tshering Dorji 11505005072

Group-A 24.07.2013

2 Dawa Tshering 11309001955

3 Thinley Wangdi 10308002304

4 Yangki 10714001267

5 Karma Tshering 10807001234

6 Sonam Zangmo 10713000271

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The following shortlisted candidates for the various posts in Punatsangchhu-II Hydroelectric Project Authority are hereby notified to report to PHPA (HQ), Thimphu for selection interview on the dates mentioned against their names and category.

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12 Lab Technician-III

1 Nim Dorji 11902000667

Group-A 24.07.2013

2 Tshering Dema 10711000751

3 Kamal Maya Gurung 11310000819

13 Work Supervisor-III

1 Dal Bir. Alley 10309000359

Group-A 24.07.2013

2 Jigme Tshering 10306001614

3 Kuenga Norbu 10204001206

4 Rinchen Khandu 12007001752

5 Tashi Tshewang 11502002909

6 Namgay Dorji 11009000551

7 Jigme Tenzin 10710001022

8 Nima Tshering 11401001411

9 Pema wangchuk 11907000687

10 Kinley Pemo 11503004228

11 Dorji 11515002839

Group-A 25.07.2013

12 Kinley Tenzin 11401001901

13 Kinley Zangmo 10906001100

14 Sonam Dendup 10606001148

15 Wangmo 10605001806

16 Yeshey Rabten 10204001214

17 Gyem Dorji 11911001470

18 Kinley Penjor 10401000110

19 Gembo Dorji 10713000543

20 Sonam Norbu 11505003066

21 Ugyen Tenzin 11915000897

22 Chencho Wangdi 11508003297

23 Yeshi Lhamo 10808000644

24 Bolanath Luitel 11801000849

25 Kencho Namgay 11906000403

26 Ashok Sunwar 11809001889

27 Phurpa Tshering 11101000694

28 Kinley Gyeltshen 11003000345

29 Wangdi Tshering 10713001886

30 Tshering Chophel 11607001630

31 Sangay Peljor 11111000487

32 Nima Khandu 11802002142

33 Doday 11906001455

34 Prem Kami 21204000242

35 Choki 12001002988

36 Sonam Choden 10704000622

37 Jigme Sonam Dendup 10905000118

38 Karma Yedon 10904001533

39 Thuk Tyen Tshering 11504001273

40 Sonam Lhamo 10308000815

41 Galey 11512004096

42 Balaram Ramdam 31804000070

43 Chimi Dema 11703000809

44 Tenzin Dendup 10204000643

45 Pema wangchuk 11508004446

46 Ugyen Dorji 11915000886

47 Ugyen Dorji 10902001456

48 Tashi Penjor 11107000441

49 Dil Prasad Pithakotay 11804001101

50 Sonam Lhamo 10705000703

51 Phuntsho Wangmo 10705002104

Group-A 26.07.2013

52 Jamtsho 11901000821

53 Jiwan Chhetri 11211000748

54 Tenzin Wangmo 10602001494

55 Penden Wangchuk 10104001273

56 Karma Tshering 10803000183

57 Suk Bir Rai 11307001473

58 Kinley Wangdi 11411001560

59 Chencho Wangmo 10810000533

60 Tsagay 10805001189

61 Yeshi Tshomo 10705004563

62 Sangay Letho 10713002712

63 Tenzin Wangchuk 10709004249

64 Dilip Kumar Chhetri 31202000004

65 Udim Ghalley 11203002027

66 Kencho Tshering 11907000382

67 Gaugay 10207001793

68 Rinzin Chhophel 10907000368

69 Pema Dorji 10206000444

70 Kinley Tshering 11007000595

71 Lakjay 11102000032

72 Krishna Bdr Subba 21812000024

73 Nima Dendup 10902000580

74 Sonam Tenzin 11701000257

75 Ugyen Tashi 11002001123

76 Dorji Tshering 10801002004

77 Kinley Namgay 10303001266

78 Bishal Rai 11108000750

79 Sherab Zangmo 11506006108

80 Sonam Yangchen 10901001467

81 Tenzin Gyeltshen 11308002436

82 Tenzin Gyeltshen 11913000596

83 Hem Kumar Subba 20211000052

84 Tshering Choki 11410009243

85 Ngawang Chophel 10607002160

86 Yeshi Lhendup 11808001065

87 Pekey 11907000814

88 Wangchuk Lham 11912000252

89 Sonam 10605001807

90 Deki 91401000038

91 Sonam Yeazer 11302000428

92 Pow Dorji 11913001946

93 Arjun Ghaley 21806000114

94 Ashok Kumar Rai 11206001448

95 Deki Yangzom 11607000088

96 Chador Zangmo 11503001449

97 Tshundup Zangpo 11510002533

98 Wangchuk 11907000063

99 Tshering Wangchuk 10709000401

100 Sangay Dorji 11804001690

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101 Dhan Bdr. Gurung 11309002269

Group-A 27.07.2013

102 Sonam Dorji 11305002858

103 Tshemgen 10705002845

104 Nidup Lhamo 10715001371

105 Nidup Dorji 11909001009

106 Leki Tshering 12005002955

107 Tashi Wangchuk 10902001535

108 Mani Kumar Rai 21305000551

109 Rinchen Tshering 10713001801

110 Kinzang Sherab 10907000885

111 Tshering Nidup 12007002470

112 Singh Bir Tamang 11801000309

113 Bedha Nidhi Biswa 11109001953

114 Tshering 12008000905

115 Yuden 11008001641

116 Bhim Kumar Rai 21206000140

117 Bumpa Tshering 11008000243

118 Santa Bdr Gurung 10306000304

119 Tshering Euden 11512003203

120 Kezang Tobgay 11107007154

121 Kinzang Dorji 11302000329

122 Tenzin Dorji 10709003261

123 Pasang Tshering 10204002746

124 Kinzang Dorji 11008001165

125 Pema Dorji 11806001344

126 Chador Wangdi 11607001594

127 Passang Dorji 10713002714

128 Gagan Pradhan 11803001169

129 Rinchen Dorji 11513004570

130 Sonam Choden 11102005154

131 Penden Dema 11601000731

132 Dorji Needup 10701000695

133 Ngawang Sherab 11308003799

134 Choki Wangmo 12007000569

135 Birkha Bdr. Tamang 11801001165

136 Yeshi Choden 11502000755

137 Jampel Nima 11105003909

138 Langa Tshering 10905003072

139 Lhab Tshering 10501000888

140 Tshering Dorji 10802000439

141 Kota 11806000100

142 Pema Wangdi 10103000783

143 Pema Yangkey 10802001941

144 Pema Tshering Tamang 11806000253

145 Rinzin Dorji 10711002351

146 Nim Dorji Sherpa 11802000382

147 Dawa Gyeltshen 11107000191

148 Deo Mani Subba 21208000314

149 Kinley 10208000687

150 Namgay Tshering 11908001466

151 Thinley Namgay 11007001654

152 Gyem Tshering 10204002763

153 Ngawang Norbu 11005001929

154 Tshering Dorji 11401001987

155 Lhab Dorji 10311001178

156 Kinley Choden 11401002313

157 Phub Dorji 11108001716

158 Ran Bdr Monger 11308004430

14Jr.

Environment Officer

1 Kezang Choden 10906002774

Group-B 22.07.20132 Chador

Gyeltshen 11502001180

3 Phub Tshering 11909000475

15Office

Assistant/ UDC

1 Kinga 11401001909

Group-B 22.07.2013

2 Tshering Drukpa 11407000617

3 Leki Tenzin 10708001334

4 Sonam Wangmo 10712002192

5 Sangay 10803000632

6 Meto Tshering 11105003037

7 Dorji Choden 12005003158

8 Tshering Lham 11411001729

9 Tanden Gyeltshen 11410007593

10 Tashi Penjor 11002001372

11 Kinley Choki 11004001843

12 Sonam 11503003957

13 Reshma Pradhan 21203000013

14 Sangay Wangdi 10402000149

15 Tshering Gyelmo 10905002486

16 Kuenzang Choden 10101001822

17 Dema Lhamo 11107004681

18 Kuenzang Choiden 11312002471

16 Sr. Store Keeper

1 Chado Drukpa 11901001244Group-B

22.07.20132 Leki Dorji 11914001172

3 Tashi Dawa 10501000512

17 Store Keeper

1 Sangay Dorji 10907001157Group-B

22.07.20132 Passang Dorji 11105003516

3 Phub Rinchen 10501001336

18 Computer Operator

1 Pelki Lhamo 11805000479

Group-B 22.07.2013

2 Bikash Rai 11214001388

3 Mani Raj Gurung 11210001463

4 Tshering Dema 11312002981

5 Kamal Kumar Ghalay 11202001352

6 Subash Subba 11808001151

7 Phuchey Wangmo 10202001114

8 Tshering Peldon 11513002119

19 Dispatcher/LDC

1 Phurba 10207000861

Group-B 23.07.2013

2 Chen Tshering 10504001020

3 Karma Choden 10501001667

4 Sonam Darjay 11512001395

5 Namrata Ghalley 21209000149

6 Kinley Wangmo 10711002547

7 Kinzang Pema 11503001451

8 Dema Lham 10203001375

9 Gyelmo 10710000065

10 Karma Phuntsho 11505002967

11 Phub Gyeltshen 11914001553

12 Chandra Kala Gurung 11214001854

13 Dema 10605003289

14 Sonam Lhamo 10710001518

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15 Sumitra Subba 31208000185

16 Wangchuk Lham 11908000038

17 Thinley Wangmo 11104002221

18 Chimi Wangmo 11506001882

19 Sonam Wangmo 11915000732

20 Choney Wangmo 10906001388

21 Deepitka Chhetri 21204000090

22 Dorji Wangda 11107003173

23 Tsheten Wangchuk 11102006072

24 Dendup Pelmo 10713000930

25 Tenzin Eden 10101002122

26 Yeshey Lham 11905000127

27 Migma 11008002385

20 Security Guard III

1 Sonam Dorji 11915002014

Group-B 23.07.2013

2 Wangchuk 11902002188

3 Sonam Wangchuk 10804000039

4 Singye Dorji 11608001524

5 Ugyen Thinley 10903003001

6 Wang Gyeltshen 11111000933

7 Karma 10302002383

8 Sangay Dakpa 12003002612

9 Ash Bdr. Rai 11207001894

10 Norbula 10101003425

11 Dolay 11902002525

12 Yeshi Gyeltshen 11401000162

13 Tsagay 11002000969

14 Phurba Dorji 11913002358

15 Kado 11913001951

16 Karsel Dawa 10902000723

17 Tshering Wangdi 11504000025

18 Dawa 11909000253

19 Tenzin Jamtsho 11504002372

20 Kinley Namgay 11811001665

21 Namgyel Tenzin 11001000339

22 Leki Dorji 10706002106

23 Gembo 10310001228

24 Thinley Norbu 11411003020

25 Kencho Dorji 11410001387

26 Jambay Wangdi 11601001323

27 Ugyen Tenzin 10607000678

28 Dawa Gyeltshen 11905000540

29 Tashi Tshering 11411002708

30 Tashi Gyeltshen 11315001488

21

Driver(Fire) 1 Tashi Dorji 11913000912 Group- B 24.07.2013

Driver

1 Jagat Bahadur Darjee 10304000396

Group-B 24.07.2013

2 Jigme Tshering 10306001614

3 Sonam Dendup 10705000540

4 Dechen Wangdi 10905005351

5 Ugyen Choida 11502001474

6 Sonam Chophel 10709004120

7 Ugyen Thinley 10713000294

8 Pema Dorji 11107000946

9 Yeshi Dorji 11906000423

10 Sonam Tshewang 10905000357

11 Kelzang Dorji 10710001442

12 Mindu 11007001031

13 Sonam Tobgay 11505005039

14 Dawa 11516001714

15 Tashi Norbu 11508000663

16 Jamyang Dorji 11915000794

17 Jangchub Pelzang 11512004413

18 Dendup Tshering 11107001345

19 Kinlay 10206000677

20 Yeshi Dorji 11906001208

21 Tandin wangdi 11104002244

22 Kota 11605000472

23 Phuntsho Dorji 11101002940

24 Sangay Dorji 10716000171

22 Skilled Handyboy

1 Mon Bdr. Rai 21201000157

Group-B 24.07.2013

2 Yeshi Zangpo 11005001094

3 Lal Bdr. Powdyel 10205002443

4 Subash Jimba 10308001223

5 Martey 10208000684

6 Gaugay 10206000096

7 Sangay Rinchen 10801002224

8 Depak Mongar 21202000185

9 Nim Gyeltshen 10201001306

10 Sonam Wangdi 11104002391

11 Phurpa Yeshi 10705000424

12 Bishnu Kumar Subba 10311001832

13 Tshering Lhagyal 10703002507

14 Nima Wangchuk 12004003379

15 Kinley Gyeltshen 11008000526

16 Choten Zangpo 10705000387

17 John Timsina 11806000313

18 Karna Bdr. Tamang 11305003747

19 Chabilal Ghallley 10205002747

20 Kencho 11009001713

21 Bal Bdr. Subba 11812000995

23 Peon

1 Bhubaneswori Sharma 11209000613

Group-B 25.07.2013

2 Pema Choden 11909001002

3 Choidup 10902000530

4 Chimi Wangmo 11007001057

5 Mon Maya Subba 11810001804

6 Chhimi Wangmo 11410005390

7 Damcho 11914001805

8 Neten Dema 11602001785

9 Mon Maya Upreti 21812000223

24 Cook III

1 Shacha Gyeltshen 10311001601

Group-B 25.07.2013

2 Krishna Man Rai 11213003060

3 Dal Bdr.Ghaley 11213001453

25 Cook Helper1 Dawa 11915000962 Group-B

25.07.20132 Lekpay Tharchen 10709003616

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26 Helper

1 Kinzang Loday 11512004857

Group-B 25.07.2013

2 Durgay Ghalley 11203000556

3 Karma Eden 10204001204

4 Kinzang 10208000436

5 Ugyen Zangmo 11101003175

6 Nima Lhamo 11315000178

7 Chimi Dolma 10805001857

8 Matho Pemo 10502000654

9 Jampel Pelden 11312001342

10 Norbu Dema 11004000102

11 Phuntsho Yuden 11101002159

12 Tshering Lhamo 11401001352

13 Ngawang Cheche 11701003146

14 Pemo 11213003691

15 Kinley Zangmo 11905001108

16Tshering Yangchen

11501001794

17 Nidup Tshogyel 10602000538

18 Rinchen Bidhar 11007000133

19Tshering Wangmo

11401000956

20 Namgay Pedon 11003000584

21 Zeko Om 11911001118

22 Chimi Wangmo 11911000873

23 Kezang Choden 11508002157

24 Choki Wangmo 12007002444

25 Dechen Yangzom 10704000978

26 Sangay 10706001713

27 Rinchen Pelmo 10708000478

Group-B 26.07.2013

28 Karma Gyelmo 11911000809

29 Passang Dorji 11006000034

30 Jigme Thinley 10709000281

31 Mindu 11912002232

32 Tshering Dema 10706000407

33 Yangka Pem 11003000453

34 Sonam Gyelmo 11008000356

35 Kutchu Wangmo 10203001585

36 Pema Choki 11913000386

37Sonam Wangchuk

11407000517

38 Dawa Zangmo 11407000521

39Kinzang Wangchuk

11004000960

40 Karma Wangmo 11704000200

41 Kaka 11401002303

42 Sonam Choden 11514001256

43 Devi Mishra 11808000563

44 Tulsi Maya Karki 21310000065

45 Sonam Choden 11411002370

46 Phuntsho Dema 10716002754

47 Tandin Choeda 10203004030

48 Em Bdr. Ghalley 11203002028

49 Rinchen Delkar 11107007144

50 Tshechu Wangmo 11103000556

51 Tashi Choki 11001000564

52 Pema Tshomo 11101003618

53 Kali Maya Pokwal 21804000112

54 Pema Choden 11805002321

55 Wangchuk Dem 11905000466

56 Dechen Zangmo 11007000131

57 Tshomo 11004000179

58 Dorji Gyeltshen 11405000241

59 Sonam Choden 10703000737

60 Pema Lhamo 12001002336

61 Nima Dema 11506003078

62 Choki Lhamo 11208001505

63 Pema Khando 10210000935

27 Caretaker

1Hem Lal Chamlagai

11801000920

Group-B 26.07.2013

2 Dorji 11915001423

3 Tashi Phuntsho 10608001868

4 Taujay 10710001896

5 Phuba 11901001263

6 Ngochen 11505001017

Group-B 27.07.2013

7 Pema Dorji 11607000375

8 Karma Tenzin 10716000011

9 Gangchen 11312001974

10 Shacha 11704000005

11Kuenzang Wangchuk

11510004523

12 Lengo Pema 11915001717

13 Tshewang Rinzin 10608001070

14 Kinley 11915001076

15 Nadola 12001003945

28 Sweeper

1 Yeshi Lhamo 10705000435

Group-B 27.07.2013

2 Norbu Dema 11513004938

3 Dawa Zangmo 10204000846

4 Phub Dema 11904000546

5 Dorji Pemo 11104002219

6 Kardung 10712000625

7 Yangchen Dema 11602000970

8 Wangmo 11604002077

9 Pema Wangmo 10603000592

10 Tempa Zangmo 10904001320

11 Tshering Dukar 10708000744

12 Gari 11411001331

13 Tshering Choden 11915000745

14 Lemo 11009001106

15 Sonam Pemo 11513000506

The candidates are required to produce the following documents in original at the time of interview. - Academic Certificate, Mark Sheet.

- Experience Certificates.

- Citizenship ID Card.

- Valid Security Clearance from Royal Bhutan Police, HQ, Thimphu

- No Objection Certificate from the present employer (for in-service candidates only).

- Other relevant certificates. Sr. Personnel Officer

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*6 ADVERTISEMENT WednesdayJuly 10, 2013KUENSEL

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB), NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING

THIMPHU THROMDEPost Box No. 215, Thimphu-11001

Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Multi-Donor Trust FundThimphu Strategic Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Plan and Implementation of Priority Actions

23/IT/ADM/2012-2013/2451

1. The Government of Bhutan has received a grant fund from the International Development Association towards the cost of Thimphu Strategic Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Plan and Implementation of Priority Actions and intends to apply a part of the funds to cover eligible payments under contracts for construction works as detailed below. Bidding is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the IBRD Guidelines for Procurement. Bidders from Bhutan should, however, be registered with the Royal Government of Bhutan. Bidders are advised to note the minimum qualification criteria specified in Clause 4 of the Instructions to bidders to qualify for the award of the contract.

2. The Executive Secretary, Thimphu Thromde invites bids for the construction of works detailed in the table. The bidders may submit bids for the following work.

3. Bidding documents (and additional copies) may be purchased from the office of the Executive Secretary, Thimphu Thromde upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Nu.500 from 11/07/2013 to 11/08/2013 between 900hours to 1600hours on any working day in the form of cash or demand draft on any scheduled bank payable at Bhutan in favour of the Executive Secretary, Thimphu Thromde. Interested bidders may obtain further information at the same address. Bidding documents requested by mail will be despatched by registered/speed post on payment of an extra amount of Nu.500. The Executive Secretary, Thimphu Thromde will not be held responsible for the postal delay, if any, in the delivery of the documents or non-receipt of the same.

4. Bids must be accompanied by security of the amount specified for the work in the table below drawn in favour of the Executive Secretary, Thimphu Thromde. Bid security will have to be in any one of the forms as specified in the bidding document and shall have to be valid for 45 days beyond the validity of the bid.

5. Bids must be delivered to the Executive Secretary, Thimphu Thromde on or before 13:00hrs on 12/08/2013 an will be opened on the same day at 1400hours in the presence of the bidders who wish to attend. If the office happens to be closed on the date of receipt of the bids as specified, the bids will be received and opened on the next working day at the same time and venue.

6. A pre-bid meeting will be held on 24/07/2013 at 10:00hrs at the office of the Executive Secretary, Thimphu Thromde to clarify the issues and to answer questions on any matter that may be raised at that stages as stated in Clause 9.2 of ‘Instruction to bidders’ of the bidding document.

7. Other details can be seen in the bidding documents.

Component No.

Name of work Approximate value of work (Nu.)

Bid security(Nu.

Cost of bid documents (Nu.)

Period of completion

1 Improvement at Changangkha Lhakhang 8.456 millions 169,000/- 500/- 8 months

Executive Secretary

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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FORESTS, THIMPHUDepartment of Livestock

NOTICE INVITING TENDERDOL/Gen-26/526

Sealed tender are invited from interested parties for supply of :

1. Stationery and catering for fiscal year 2013-20142. Vehicle hire from 21st September to 27th September, 2013 (Coaster bus, Hiace bus, Prado, SantaFe)

Tender document can be collected from Administrative Section, Department of Livestock, after producing the valid trade licence, tax clearance and valid registration book for vehicle hire. The tender will be available till 8th August, 2013. The tender should be submitted on 9th August, 2013 before 11am and it will be opened on same day at 2pm. The cost of tender is Nu. 300 (non-refundable).

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