National Day celebrations in camps

Khudunabari, December 17: Exiled Bhutanese in all the camps marked Bhutan National Day  today with various programs.

Students in different camps observed National Day with cultural programmes, poem recitation, sports and others.

Exiled Bhutanese organized demonstrations against the new king at various camps in Jhapa and Morang districts on Sunday in the initiation of the All Bhutan Student Union (Revolutionary).
 
Although they were celebrating December 17 as the national day in last few years, they termed the day as "black day" this year.
 
"We don't want the USA, no one can sell us, we want to return to our own homeland," they chanted while protesting.
 
They also burnt an effigy of the out-going king Jigme Singhye Wangchuk, accusing him of deceiving others by abdicating.

Student leaders addressing the demonstration blamed America of being responsible towards creating division among the exiled Bhutanese. Bhutan News Service/T. P. Mishra