*How did Prasad get into New Zealand?
Due to very strict Covid travel restrictions, one can only travel to New Zealand if the person is:
* a New Zealand Citizen
* Has a New Zealand Resident Visa or *Holds a Critical Purpose Visa.
* Although his son and his daughter-in-law live in Auckland, family members of temporary visa holders will be able to enter New Zealand only from 11.59pm on 1 May 2022.
* If one is an Australian citizen or permanent resident, that person can enter New Zealand from 11.59pm on Tuesday 12 April 2022.
Does Prasad hold dual Fijian and Australian citizenship? Or does he
hold Permanent Residency in Australia? He arrived in Auckland on
12 April 2022
* He was in New Zealand campaigning on behalf of NFP-PAAP
*We notice that NFP chucked out and blocked a Fijileaks supporter from its Facebook page for raising the above questions
* Fijileaks: Fiji Hospitals Not FIT for Political Leaders?
* We wonder if Prasad broke Fiji election campaign rules by taking part in fund-raising dinner, radio interviews, and speeches to Fijian residents (potential voters) in Auckland?
*Campaigning, legally, only kicks off on 26 April in Fiji and abroad
* Did he also infringe NZ visa regulations by participating in fund-raising dinner and granting radio interviews when he was only allowed to enter New Zealand reportedly for pre-booked medical examination?
*Or did he use his son, who lives in New Zealand, as an excuse to sneak into Auckland to campaign and indulge in Gosh Fulia? After all, New Zealand has the best succulent LAMB CHOPS in the world.
* Since Covid, New Zealand only allows entry to citizens, those with permanent residency and Fijians needing medical assistance
* RUNAWAY Leaders: Rabuka ran away from SODELPA and Parliament. Now, his 'Deputy Prime Minister' runs away from a radio interview.
He refused to disclose when NFP will bring out its Manifesto, and like
a spoiled student, the Ponga Professor stormed out of the radio studio
*Bloody good riddance
*He was once again speaking in his bullsh*t posh Indian Hindi, throwing in a few English words but refusing to SPEAK in our coolie mother tongue - FIJI HINDI. No wonder he has become hostage to the coupist and racist Rabuka, from whom he was hiding during the 1987 Coups. He kept reminding his listeners about the Rabuka-Reddy 1997 Constitution
*Fiji Hospitals Not FIT for Political Leaders. We wonder if Prasad broke Fiji election campaign rules by taking part in fund-raising dinner and speeches to Fijian residents (potential voters) in Auckland?
*Did he also infringe NZ visa regulations by participating in fund-raising when he was only allowed to enter New Zealand for pre-booked
medical examination? He is refusing to disclose his health report.
*Anyway, his interviews were in Sudh Hindi, ashamed to speak Fiji Hindi.
Like in Fiji, Prasad was talking as if he was talking to India Indians
“You are talking like FBC now. You are not listening to me so how can I say. I am telling you the situation and later on I will tell my plan”.
Prasad refused to move beyond his version of Fiji’s problems.
"Whatever sector you talk about the situation is bad. This has happened under the Bainimarama and FijiFirst government. We will go into the Government with three key points. We will tell the people how we will improve the economic situation”.
When the Radio Tarana interviewer Pawan Rekha Prasad insisted on what NFP’s solutions were – Professor Biman had had enough.
“I am stopping the interview with you because you are talking nonsense. You can keep the interview to yourself.”
National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad walked out of an interview on Radio Tarana in Auckland after he said that he was harassed and unfairly treated in the interview.
When the presenter had asked Professor Prasad to explain changes that he plans to bring in through policies, the NFP Leader said economy, health and education and any other sector in Fiji are not doing well.
Prasad said that this is under the Bainimarama and FijiFirst led government over the last 15 years.
The NFP Leader then said that they will tell the people before the elections what they will do when they form government.
Prasad said they will focus on good governance and true democracy and Fiji’s regional and international reputation but the details will be revealed later.
When asked on the solutions to fix the economy, Professor Biman Prasad told the Radio Tarana presenter to tell the people about the current situation in Fiji.
When asked on what is the solution, Prasad again said the presenter has to explain what is the situation.
Prasad said before COVID-19, there was negative economic growth for Fiji and COVID took the economy further down. He said countries like New Zealand and Australia came forward to provide budget support.
When asked what is his plan, Prasad told the presenter she was not listening to him.
He then said he will talk about the situation and then give the plan.
When the presenter asked again what is his plan for those people who want to vote for him, Prasad said the campaign has not started as yet.
Professor Prasad then said the Radio Tarana presenter should ask him questions respectfully or he will end the interview.
When the presenter asked what is in the NFP manifesto and when will it come out, Prasad said the presenter had first said that the election is yet to be held and the manifestos are yet to done.
He asked whether any other party has come out with the manifesto and then walked out of the interview, saying he is ending the interview and the presenter is talking nonsense.
When questioned by fijivillage on why he walked out of the interview, Professor Prasad claims it was a plan to discredit him.
When the presenter had asked Professor Prasad to explain changes that he plans to bring in through policies, the NFP Leader said economy, health and education and any other sector in Fiji are not doing well.
Prasad said that this is under the Bainimarama and FijiFirst led government over the last 15 years.
The NFP Leader then said that they will tell the people before the elections what they will do when they form government.
Prasad said they will focus on good governance and true democracy and Fiji’s regional and international reputation but the details will be revealed later.
When asked on the solutions to fix the economy, Professor Biman Prasad told the Radio Tarana presenter to tell the people about the current situation in Fiji.
When asked on what is the solution, Prasad again said the presenter has to explain what is the situation.
Prasad said before COVID-19, there was negative economic growth for Fiji and COVID took the economy further down. He said countries like New Zealand and Australia came forward to provide budget support.
When asked what is his plan, Prasad told the presenter she was not listening to him.
He then said he will talk about the situation and then give the plan.
When the presenter asked again what is his plan for those people who want to vote for him, Prasad said the campaign has not started as yet.
Professor Prasad then said the Radio Tarana presenter should ask him questions respectfully or he will end the interview.
When the presenter asked what is in the NFP manifesto and when will it come out, Prasad said the presenter had first said that the election is yet to be held and the manifestos are yet to done.
He asked whether any other party has come out with the manifesto and then walked out of the interview, saying he is ending the interview and the presenter is talking nonsense.
When questioned by fijivillage on why he walked out of the interview, Professor Prasad claims it was a plan to discredit him.
From Fijileaks Archive, 7 August 2014
LOST IN EXPRESSION: Aiyaz Khaiyum trumps Biman Prasad in FBC's Aaina debate - reinforces why "Fiji Hindi" must be the language of political discourse. Prasad's decision to speak in "Indian Hindi" leaves many scrambling for Hindi Dictionary
FROM THE ARCHIVES: VICTOR LAL writing in the Fiji Sun during the 2006 general election campaign:
Fiji Hindi baat bolo, Indo-Fijian politicians!
You are not contesting election to Indian Parliament
By VICTOR LAL
ONE of the most ridiculous and nauseating features of the election campaign is the language usage of Indo-Fijian candidates on the election trail: a pseudo pompous and counterfeit Hindi, as if they are contesting for power in India and not in Fiji.
Several potential voters wrote to me complaining that instead of speaking in the everyday Fiji Hindi to them, the candidates have been making speeches in Shudh (Standard/Correct) Hindi, a language a vast majority of the Indo-Fijian voters hardly understand.
A similar spectacle has been displayed during Question Time and Talk Back programmes on Fiji TV. I decided to watch the appearance of Lekh Ram Vayeshnoi of the Fiji Labour Party, Bimal Prasad of the National Federation Party, Shiu Ram of COIN Party and Dildar Shah of the National Alliance Party on these two programmes.
Again, a pathetic reoccurring pattern, as if Vayeshnoi, who is contesting the Nadroga Indian Communal seat, was reading a script out of the Hindu holy book, the Bhagavad Gita. When, all he was trying to do, was to explain his party’s manifesto (for which there is no Fiji Hindi word).
The other three were equally guilty, and at times I felt sorry for Shiu Ram, who even resorted to English to make his point, instead of opting to speak the language of the Indo-Fijian masses, and over 30 per cent of taukei Fijians – Fiji Hindi.
What is wrong with speaking Fiji Hindi? Are they ashamed of the language of their coolie forefathers? Why are these Indo-Fijian candidates contesting the Indian communal seats when they are by commission or omission, speaking to the voters in the language of ‘Mother India’.
For God’s sake, even Indian candidates, despite belonging to different political parties, speak in the 700 different dialects and languages to their prospective voters in India. A regional aspiring candidate in Madras will be speaking in Madrassi, and even the Communist candidate in Bengal will be pouting his Maoist and Stalinist propaganda in Bengali. The Italian-born Mrs Sonia Gandhi, the leader of the Congress Party, also speaks in a Hindi language which is understood by the vast majority of the voters.
More importantly, the candidates in Bihar would be speaking in Bhojpuri or Awadhi, from which the corrupt version of Fiji Hindi has originated in our country. So why can not our own aspiring Indo-Fijian politicians speak the language of their people?.
As Nemani Bainivalu, a University of the South Pacific Hindi graduate, and later a cultural assistant with the National Reconciliation Unit, had once pointed out, only 20 percent of Indo-Fijians can read and write their formal language.
Many Indo-Fijians cannot even read their holy books written in the Khadee Bolee dialect, and pass on religious teachings by word. I am not suggesting that Sudh Hindi be replaced in our education system, or that everyone should be writing novels like Dauka Puran by Professor Subramani of the Department of Literature and Language at the USP.
What I am protesting against is the gibberish Shudh Hindi that is being shoved down the throats of Indo-Fijian voters who are struggling to ‘swallow’ the words. The election message and manifestoes of the political parties would be better understood if the Indo-Fijian candidates resorted to the conversational Fiji Hindi at the hustings. It will also help bring the taukei Fijians into the campaign, especially the 30 per cent who speak the language, and many others who have a smattering command of it.
It must be made very clear to Indo-Fijian candidates that despite the teaching of Shudh Hindi and Urdu in schools, Fiji Hindi is an integral part of the identity and culture of the Indo-Fijian population. It is unique to Indo-Fijians in the world. The day Indo-Fijian politicians kill Fiji Hindi, they will be killing a part of their history and heritage in Fiji.
For no matter where one goes in the world, the moment one hears an Indo-Fijian open his mouth, one immediately asks him: ‘What part of Fiji are you from?’ In a similar vein, India Indians are able to separate us from them solely on the basis of our Fiji Hindi.
If the Indo-Fijian politicians and aspiring candidates are too ashamed to speak to us in the language of our coolie forefathers, they should pack their bags and their manifestoes and take the next Air India flight to India, and wait there for the next general election in that country to practice their Shudh Hindi. We don’t need Indian political impostors in Fiji.
Such candidates and Indo-Fijian leaders do not deserve our sympathy or votes.
Long live FIJI HINDI.
Fiji Hindi baat bolo, Indo-Fijian politicians!
You are not contesting election to Indian Parliament
By VICTOR LAL
ONE of the most ridiculous and nauseating features of the election campaign is the language usage of Indo-Fijian candidates on the election trail: a pseudo pompous and counterfeit Hindi, as if they are contesting for power in India and not in Fiji.
Several potential voters wrote to me complaining that instead of speaking in the everyday Fiji Hindi to them, the candidates have been making speeches in Shudh (Standard/Correct) Hindi, a language a vast majority of the Indo-Fijian voters hardly understand.
A similar spectacle has been displayed during Question Time and Talk Back programmes on Fiji TV. I decided to watch the appearance of Lekh Ram Vayeshnoi of the Fiji Labour Party, Bimal Prasad of the National Federation Party, Shiu Ram of COIN Party and Dildar Shah of the National Alliance Party on these two programmes.
Again, a pathetic reoccurring pattern, as if Vayeshnoi, who is contesting the Nadroga Indian Communal seat, was reading a script out of the Hindu holy book, the Bhagavad Gita. When, all he was trying to do, was to explain his party’s manifesto (for which there is no Fiji Hindi word).
The other three were equally guilty, and at times I felt sorry for Shiu Ram, who even resorted to English to make his point, instead of opting to speak the language of the Indo-Fijian masses, and over 30 per cent of taukei Fijians – Fiji Hindi.
What is wrong with speaking Fiji Hindi? Are they ashamed of the language of their coolie forefathers? Why are these Indo-Fijian candidates contesting the Indian communal seats when they are by commission or omission, speaking to the voters in the language of ‘Mother India’.
For God’s sake, even Indian candidates, despite belonging to different political parties, speak in the 700 different dialects and languages to their prospective voters in India. A regional aspiring candidate in Madras will be speaking in Madrassi, and even the Communist candidate in Bengal will be pouting his Maoist and Stalinist propaganda in Bengali. The Italian-born Mrs Sonia Gandhi, the leader of the Congress Party, also speaks in a Hindi language which is understood by the vast majority of the voters.
More importantly, the candidates in Bihar would be speaking in Bhojpuri or Awadhi, from which the corrupt version of Fiji Hindi has originated in our country. So why can not our own aspiring Indo-Fijian politicians speak the language of their people?.
As Nemani Bainivalu, a University of the South Pacific Hindi graduate, and later a cultural assistant with the National Reconciliation Unit, had once pointed out, only 20 percent of Indo-Fijians can read and write their formal language.
Many Indo-Fijians cannot even read their holy books written in the Khadee Bolee dialect, and pass on religious teachings by word. I am not suggesting that Sudh Hindi be replaced in our education system, or that everyone should be writing novels like Dauka Puran by Professor Subramani of the Department of Literature and Language at the USP.
What I am protesting against is the gibberish Shudh Hindi that is being shoved down the throats of Indo-Fijian voters who are struggling to ‘swallow’ the words. The election message and manifestoes of the political parties would be better understood if the Indo-Fijian candidates resorted to the conversational Fiji Hindi at the hustings. It will also help bring the taukei Fijians into the campaign, especially the 30 per cent who speak the language, and many others who have a smattering command of it.
It must be made very clear to Indo-Fijian candidates that despite the teaching of Shudh Hindi and Urdu in schools, Fiji Hindi is an integral part of the identity and culture of the Indo-Fijian population. It is unique to Indo-Fijians in the world. The day Indo-Fijian politicians kill Fiji Hindi, they will be killing a part of their history and heritage in Fiji.
For no matter where one goes in the world, the moment one hears an Indo-Fijian open his mouth, one immediately asks him: ‘What part of Fiji are you from?’ In a similar vein, India Indians are able to separate us from them solely on the basis of our Fiji Hindi.
If the Indo-Fijian politicians and aspiring candidates are too ashamed to speak to us in the language of our coolie forefathers, they should pack their bags and their manifestoes and take the next Air India flight to India, and wait there for the next general election in that country to practice their Shudh Hindi. We don’t need Indian political impostors in Fiji.
Such candidates and Indo-Fijian leaders do not deserve our sympathy or votes.
Long live FIJI HINDI.