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'UK govt used us when it needed’

Gurkha troops furious over British cuts in regiment
LONDON. July 27 : Gurkhas in the British Army have reacted sharply to the cuts in their inclusion tn the regiment attacking Britain's decision as a “grave Injustice" and accusing it of reneging on promises to maintain Gurkha levels at 4,000 until after 1997. reports PTI.
Lt Col Lalkajl Gurung, chairman of the Ex-Servicemen's Association and a member of the Nepalese National Assembly. said the 69 per cent reduction was an In-KUce Inflicted on men who
I shed blood for Britain.
"The British government used us when they needed us to defend British sovereignty and they throw us out when they don't need us" said Col Gurung, in an interview with the "Dally Telegraph", who served with the Gurkhas in Malaysia.
"we demand that the Nepalese government and the British government cut the Gurkhas on a par with the rest of the army So some altcrna five arrangement can be made for the Gurkha soldiers' future". he added.
Col Gurung, who also served with the 2/4 Indian Gurkha regiment said the "abrupt and heavy reduction'' in the number of Gurkha soldiers would hit the finances of their families.
Col Gurung said they did not expect a permanent attachment with the British army, but the government should stick by previous assurances that their number would not drop below 1.000 until after 1997.
A Nepalese Foreign Ministry source said under the 1947 Tripartite Treaty Gurkha recruitment signed between Nepal. India and Britain, the British government should have Informed the Nepalese government 24 hours before making any important decision on its Gurkha regiments.
In Hong Kong, where up to 5.000 Gurkhas are stationed, talk is not of recruitment but redundancy, of the 35 per cent to be pared down, only half will be by natural wastage. Some 2.000 will be made redundant on terms yet to be announced by the treasury.
Thirty years ago Maj Chinta Bahadur Gurung walked for seven days to reach the British army recruiting centre from his (arming village of Syangar just south of Pokhara in the Nepalese Himalayas.
The flight to Hong Kong, where he is now stationed with the Queens Gurkha rifles, took less than seven hours. Although only 14 at the time, he was confident of success. "I lied about my age. but because I was rather tall I was taken on", said the 5 ft 5 inch soldier.
Major Gurung's father, uncles and two brothers were also in the army but with the Gurkhas being cut from some 5.000 troops worldwide to 2.500. his son. now 18. may break the tradition.
He Is not so worried, only months from retirement, he will return to his farm in Nepal "I will put a rocking chair on the verandah of my family home face the hills and think about rm oast".