Republican senator claims America gave money to spread atheism in nepal
Kathmandu, March 25: The statement given by one of the senators that US President Joe Biden's administration has spent more than 500,000 US dollars i.e. 60 million Nepalese rupees to spread atheism in Nepal is currently in discussion.
Brian Mast, the Republican senator who won from Florida, quoting the incident, questioned why the money was spent on people who do not believe in religious faith in Nepal. He had previously written a formal letter to the Foreign Affairs Committee in the US Senate raising similar questions last September.
Two years ago, when Newt Greenwich, another member of the Republican Party and former Speaker of the House, accused Biden of spending five million dollars on a religious project, there was a similar controversy. Mast's comments appear to be a continuation of questions raised by Republican senators.
Mast gave his views on this topic for eight minutes in the US Senate parliamentary committee on Friday. Mast himself posted his presentation on Twitter on Friday.
In the run-up to the presidential election in the United States, there is a continuous conflict between the Democrats and the Republican senator on religion, gender, environment, and the policies taken on different countries.
In his presentation to the Parliamentary Committee on Friday, Senator Mast targeted Richard Rahul Burma, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Biden administration, and questioned why funds were sent to Nepal to promote opposition to religion and atheism. "Half a million dollars have been sent to spread atheism in Nepal, now they have appeared in parliament to give false information," claimed Mast.
Speaking on the subject of Nepal, Republican senator Mast has raised the question as to what purpose the half a million dollars i.e. five hundred thousand dollars paid by American citizens in taxes has been spent in Nepal.
State Minister Burma defended that no funds were sent to Nepal for such purposes, saying that the American policy of respecting religious freedom has always been there.
“We do not give any money to promote any religion or people of other religions, it is inappropriate to make such a comment," Burma replied.
Mast has accused that as soon as Donald Trump left the presidency, money was spent arbitrarily in Afghanistan, Houthi, Gaza and other areas. He alleges that the State Department of the United States distributes money exaggeratedly to homosexual sex workers in Colombia on the basis of sexuality and skin color.
Republican MPs tend to take a hard stance on issues such as ethnic minorities and immigrant refugees. Mast, who was once in the US military, has openly supported the policies of Donald Trump in the past when he was president regarding national security.
He has also criticized the policies taken by US President Joe Biden and his administration in Yemen, Ecuador, Afghanistan, IsraelPalestine
disputed territory, Gaza, etc. Another senator, Crowe, defended Mast, saying the grant had a record of promoting fundamental religious rights. While speaking after the mass, he demanded clarification on the issue of the distribution of money in the name of religion by the US administration.
Earlier, Newt Greenrich also accused the Biden administration of supporting the antireligious campaign by quoting the news published in newspapers with radical views in America. The American government denied his accusations and said that the United States would always take sides on the issues of religious freedom and personal rights.
The Republican MPs were not satisfied with the answer that the American government did not promote atheism in Nepal and elsewhere, had a long-standing policy of supporting religious freedom, and supported basic human rights.